SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED PROPERTY AND ITS RELATION TO THE BACKGROUND OF SMES IN COSTA RICA: 1813-1920

Abstract

This article tries approach the theme of the small and medium properties in the XIX century, within the export agriculture of the Central Valley; with the aim of establishing its relationship with the background of the birth of SME in the nineteenth century (1813-1920). For the study, the content analysis technique was used to examine primary and secondary data collected. Among the results, it is noted that the State, in the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century, established regulations, which, for the most part prevented the business growth of some companies.