A study of small neighborhood tienditas in Central America

Michael J. Pisani; David W. Yoskowitz

doi:10.1353/lar.2012.0055

A study of small neighborhood tienditas in Central America

Michael J. Pisani, David W. Yoskowitz

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We describe and benchmark tienditas (in-home convenience-like retail stores) and the tiendita business sector using a large sample of 850 tienditas from Nicaragua and El Salvador. Three research questions concerning tiendita business dynamism, informality, and competitive scope shape our article. In general, we fi nd that tienditas may range from subsistence operations to dynamic business enterprises primarily run by female microentrepreneurs; they typically skirt government oversight; and they compete fiercely in a monopolistically competitive business environment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	116-138
Number of pages	23
Journal	Latin American Research Review
Volume	47
Issue number	SPEC ISSUE
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/lar.2012.0055
State	Published - 2012

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