Carlos Poblete Entrepreneurship is widely promoted as an inherently desirable and socially valuable career path, yet this promotion often obscures structural constraints, uneven outcomes, and high failure rates. While prior research has documented the risks of excessive entrepreneurial encouragement, less attention has been paid to the discursive processes through which
Cristian Larroulet Cristian Larroulet, researcher at DESENTR, recently published the article “Chile: Population Decline and Ageing” in Mirada Sur, examining the country’s rapidly changing demographic landscape and its main economic and social implications. Larroulet highlights that Chile now has one of the world’s lowest fertility rates, alongside a rapidly growing
Carlos Poblete, Mauricio Apablaza and Vesna Mandakovic Entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) are commonly conceptualized as configurations of resources that support entrepreneurial activity. While this perspective has generated important insights, it under-specifies how EEs become psychologically relevant for entrepreneurs. This study explores the role of EEs as normative infrastructures that may normalize
La Tercera With the support of the Templeton World Charity Foundation, a study developed by researchers at the Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD) revealed how entrepreneurship can become a key tool for integration, autonomy, and human well-being among migrants and older adults in Chile. The research, the first of its kind
This report presents the results of a national survey applied to entrepreneurs and ecosystem actors to analyze the territorial dynamics of entrepreneurship in Chile, framed within the research agenda of DESENTR.
Poblete, C., Acuña, C., Mahn, D. and Rifo, F. (2025),
Entrepreneurial identity construction among communitarians: unravelling the psychological mechanisms, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development;
https://doi.org/10.1108/JSBED-07-2024-0352
Poblete, C., Rifo, S., & Molina, M. (2025).
Evolving bonds: the dynamic role of place attachment in the entrepreneurial journey.
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https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2025.2591092
Poblete, C., Mandakovic V., & Apablaza M. (2025).
Shielded by business ownership? The role of senior entrepreneurship as a defense mechanism against ageism.
The Bottom Line; https://doi.org/10.1108/BL-09-2024-0161
