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2023-09-29
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Management of Family Smes: Innovation strategies in Brazil and Colombia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22490/25392786.7223
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Silvana Dalmutt Kruger Universidade Comunitária Regional de Chapecó-Unochapecó https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3353-4100
Anderson Conte Universidade Comunitária Regional de Chapecó-Unochapecó
Luz Marina Dávila Coa Universidad Nacional Abierta y A Distancia
Vítor Cardoso da Silveira Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul – UFMS
Jesús Rafael Fandiño Isaza Universidad Nacional Abierta y A Distancia
Vladimir Jhosmell Baquero Márquez Universidad Nacional Abierta y A Distancia
Antônio Sérgio Eduardo Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul – UFMS
Cleunice Zanella Universidade Comunitária Regional de Chapecó-Unochapecó
Antonio Zanin Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul- UFMS
Diego Andrés Munive Baños Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Introduction: this research aims to identify which competitive or innovation strategies were used by family SMEs in Brazil and Colombia after the COVID-19 pandemic. Methodology: the research is descriptive, through multiple case studies with interviews with company managers and qualitative analysis, with the aim of identifying which competitive or innovation strategies were used by family businesses in Brazil and Colombia, after the pandemic period. Results: among the results found, it is evident that: 1. The groups of Brazilian and Colombian entrepreneurs have identical weaknesses
in the managerial and organizational context. 2. In adverse scenarios such as the Covid-19 pandemic, they have allowed some companies to identify business expansion opportunities and others have adapted to guarantee their continuity. 3. Innovations and competitive strategies adopted in the face of the adverse context of the Covid-19 pandemic, noting that such strategies contributed to the continuity of family businesses.