Impact of the pandemic in the labor area of ​​Ecuador and its influence on the prosperity of some enterprises

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Camila Nicole Carvajal-Balladares
Damaris Ariana Quiroz-Gómez
Yeimer Prieto-López

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the main incidents of the pandemic in the labor area of ​​Ecuador and describe alternatives for the economic reactivation of the most affected enterprises. Different scientific methods were used such as: historical-logical that allowed to obtain the main theoretical and methodological foundations that support the variables of the research, the theoretical systematization, scientific observation, surveys; as well as the criteria of experts and specialists. The research was oriented under the quantitative, descriptive, transactional field paradigm. 


The objective of this work is to examine some theoretical contributions on entrepreneurship, in order to deepen this concept, rescue the characteristics that an entrepreneur has, and examine the importance of the entrepreneurial spirit in the social order in times of the Covid-2019 pandemic. Specifically, it is analyzed whether education can encourage individuals to have entrepreneurial attitudes and the role that the State is responsible for in this regard; also if the existence of enterprises reduces unemployment; and the relationship of the concept of entrepreneurship with that of local development in our current times. To meet the aforementioned objectives, a theoretical study of these issues was carried out, based on a theoretical review of the contributions to date. The bibliography was searched, selected and systematized, to analyze it and finally present the conclusions. 


It is intended to understand the relationship between entrepreneurship and other concepts such as education, employment and development in the labor area of ​​Ecuador. An attempt is made to study whether education can encourage individuals to acquire entrepreneurial attitudes and the role that the State has in this regard; if the existence of enterprises can reduce unemployment; and if there is an entrepreneurial spirit in a community, positive effects are generated for its development.

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Carvajal-Balladares, C. ., Quiroz-Gómez, D., & Prieto-López, Y. . (2021). Impact of the pandemic in the labor area of ​​Ecuador and its influence on the prosperity of some enterprises. 593 Digital Publisher CEIT, 6(6-1), 635-648. https://doi.org/10.33386/593dp.2021.6-1.938
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Author Biographies

Camila Nicole Carvajal-Balladares, Universidad Tecnológica ECOTEC - Ecuador

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Bachelor of Science DegreeUniversity student in the career of Law and Governance.Applicant to publish their first scientific article

Damaris Ariana Quiroz-Gómez, Universidad Tecnológica ECOTEC - Ecuador

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Bachelor of Science.University student at the Faculty of Marketing and Communication.Applicant to publish their first scientific article.

Yeimer Prieto-López, Unidad Educativa bilingüe Torremar-Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo (UEES)-Universidad Tecnologica ECOTEC - Ecuador

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Doctor of Educational Sciences. Bachelor of Education. Associate Professor. Professor at ECOTEC. Professor at UEES in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and in the Master of Educational Management. Teacher and Academic Auditor at Torremar Bilingual School. He has participated in various national and international events. He has more than twenty publications in Indexed Magazines, such as Latindex and Scielo. Doctoral Thesis Tutor at the Universidad del Rosario, Argentina, and the University of Holguín, Cuba. He has received more than three hundred hours of training in Education and Pedagogy in 2020 and 2021.

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