Dolores Del Río: return migration and successful entrepreneurship in Mexico, 1904-1983



Título del documento: Dolores Del Río: return migration and successful entrepreneurship in Mexico, 1904-1983
Revista: Paradigma económico
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Número de sistema: 000530653
ISSN: 2007-3062
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Volumen: 13
Número: 3
Paginación: 185-209
País: México
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, descriptivo
Resumen en español Dolores Del Río was the first Mexican woman to succeed in the UnitedStates. Her condition as returned migrant has received only marginalattention. In the 1940s, she applied some of the most valuable skillsof the American film industry, such as innovation, knowledge of themarket and a powerful work ethic. Her life experience reveals howreturn migration can nurture successful entrepreneurship in Mexico. Italso demonstrates, on a theoretical level, that personal qualities, and notsocial macro conditions, are the central factor behind successful returnmigration.
Disciplinas: Sociología
Palabras clave: Return migration,
Mexico,
United States,
entrepreneurship,
film industry
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