Abstract

GONCALVES-ARAUJO, Juliana; BARBOSA-DA SILVA, Leilson Vanderson  and  CARDOSO-DA SILVA, Maria Emanuela de Paula. Small enterprises and management practices: contributions of Brazilian journals. estud.gerenc. [online]. 2018, vol.34, n.149, pp.457-468. ISSN 0123-5923.  https://doi.org/10.18046/j.estger.2018.149.2752.

This study aimed to verify the contributions made in the articles of the main Brazilian journals about the management of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). Through the analysis of 80 articles, this study lists the main academic contributions in 5 main axes identified: successes of small companies, cost and production management practices, management practices such as strategies and planning, accountants, managers and entrepreneurs, and the internationalization and export in small companies. This study found a descriptive tendency of the Brazilian studies about the MSMEs, going against international studies, which search for relations between managerial practices and organizational characteristics. Finally, the study has as main contribution the proposal of future studies on MSMEs.

Classificações JEL: M41.

Keywords : management practices; micro and small enterprises; bibliometric analysis.

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