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<journal-id>1870-4115</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista pueblos y fronteras digital]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. pueblos front. digit.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-4115</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Investigaciones Multidisciplinarias sobre Chiapas y la Frontera Sur]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1870-41152008000200031</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/cimsur.18704115e.2008.6.194</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La dimensión institucional del comportamiento empresarial]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Morales Barragán]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Federico]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México IIA ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Distrito Federal]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2008</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2008</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>3</volume>
<numero>6</numero>
<fpage>31</fpage>
<lpage>57</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-41152008000200031&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-41152008000200031&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-41152008000200031&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen En el artículo se plantea que el debate latinoamericano dedicado al desarrollo local se enriquece mediante la incorporación del análisis institucional del comportamiento empresarial, el cual tiene una larga tradición en las ciencias sociales. En particular se sugiere estudiar aquél a partir de las reglas, normas, concepciones o significados, revelados en la actuación observable de los empresarios. En correspondencia con esta perspectiva, se propone una guía de observación para obtener datos de dicho comportamiento.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This article proposes that the Latin American debate on local development can be enriched by incorporating an institutional analysis of business performance, something that has a long tradition in social sciences. In particular, the author suggests conducting such an analysis on the basis of rules, norms, conceptions and meanings revealed in the observable actions of entrepreneurs. In line with this perspective, an observation guide for obtaining data on this type of performance is suggested.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[business performance]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[institutions]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[local development]]></kwd>
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