Post-peace agreement: A stage to be legitimized under the calediscope of the Colombian Mipymes

Abstract

The Colombian armed conflict is recognized worldwide for being one of the oldest on the planet and for having tried different initiatives to solve it; in relation to this, this empirical and transversal work provides new information on the intention of national businessmen to participate in economic actions aimed at legally legitimizing peace building. The results obtained through a sample of 482 micro, small and medium enterprises (Mipymes) in the country indicate that there is a greater propensity to support the victims than the ex-combatants in terms of generating employment for them and linking them to their enterprises, with a notoriously low willingness to contribute to a fund to finance activities to consolidate the postagreement. The conclusion is that it is necessary to avoid polarization, and to make managers and businessmen more aware of the importance of their role in building lasting social and political stability. Bearing in mind that the culture of peace plays a very relevant role in the economic and democratic progress of Colombia in the globalized world