O ESTADO DA ARTE EM PESQUISA SOBRE PEQUENAS EMPRESAS E EMPREENDEDORES NO NORDESTE

Abstract

In Brazil, there is a scarcity of research about small businesses and entrepreneurs and, besides, no information system to allow the access by the researchers to the publications in those fields. This study was conceived with the following objectives: a) to identify and prepare a catalogue of the research published in Northeast region since 1980; b) analyse the areas/topics and methodological approaches that have been used in those studies. It has been found that authors and institutions involved in such research would be willing to organize and systematically divulge their results. The information, when it exists, is spread around and the access to it is difficult. Most of it is kept only in its original state and institution.