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MICRO BUSINESS AS SUSTAINABLE AND EFFICIENT ORGANIZATIONS THE CASE OF HANDCRAFTS IN SOUTHERN SAN SEBASTIAN (MEXICO)

José G. Vargas-Hernández

Abstract


In this paper, the organization’s sustainability is analyzed, which are committed to the exploitation’ activities of Tule Thypha spp at the Zapotlán’s Lake and its socioeconomic and environmental impact in the municipalities of Gómez Farías and Zapotlán el Grande. The initial hypothesis delimits the consideration of the scarce social capital of the organizations which limits development’s sustainability.

The research method employed is the ethnography complemented with field work supported by informal interviews, documental and bibliographic research. The main conclusion is that there is not equilibrium between organization’s sustainability due to scarce social capital, environmental and economic development sustainability.


Keywords


Organizational Social Capital, Organizational Sustainability, Environmental Culture, Economic Development, Zapotlán’s Lagoon.

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