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<journal-id>0186-1042</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Contaduría y administración]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Contad. Adm]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0186-1042</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Contaduría y Administración]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0186-10422021000300014</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/fca.24488410e.2021.2765</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La expansión de la microempresa informal: ¿cuestión de desempeño o de empeño?]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The expansion of informal microenterprises: Is it a matter of performance or determination?]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aguilar Barceló]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José G.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Orraca Romano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pedro P.]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Baja California  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,El Colegio de la Frontera Norte  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>66</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0186-10422021000300014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0186-10422021000300014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0186-10422021000300014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Los resultados acerca de la relación entre la gestión del emprendimiento informal y sus posibilidades de expansión son aún escasos. Con base en datos de la ENIGH y a través de regresiones logísticas, se exploran las características asociadas al crecimiento de este tipo de emprendimientos en México. Se comprueba que el establecer el primer local o evolucionar hacia el segundo son problemas estructuralmente distintos y no siempre asociados a indicadores económico-financieros. Aunque fundamentales para cumplir con sus objetivos, las utilidades no parecen ser el principal detonador del crecimiento en este sector. Lo anterior podría deberse a la falta de orientación a la maximización intertemporal de beneficios y a las restricciones que impone un proceso de crecimiento en el nivel de utilidades de corto plazo. Por lo tanto, además de los indicadores económico-financieros, otras características asociadas al emprendedor y la naturaleza de su proyecto deben ser tomadas en cuenta para entender el potencial de crecimiento de este.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The results on the relationship between the management of informal entrepreneurship and their possibilities of expansion are still scarce. Based on ENIGH data and through logistic regressions, we explore the characteristics associated with the growth of these enterprises in Mexico. It is shown that establishing the first location or evolving into a second one are structurally different problems, which are not always linked to economic-financial indicators. Although vital to meet their objectives, profits do not seem to be the main trigger for growth in this sector. This could be due to the lack of orientation towards intertemporal profit maximization and the restriction imposed by a growth process on the level of short-term profits. Therefore, in addition to conventional economic-financial indicators other characteristics associated with the entrepreneur and the nature of his project must be considered to understand its growth potential.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Microempresa]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Informalidad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Desempeño]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Crecimiento]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Expansión]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Microenterprise]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Informality]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Performance]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Growth]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Expansion]]></kwd>
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