“…Furthermore, the literature confirms that SMEs are considered as the sector of society that provide economic growth to many countries, generating jobs even if their survival rate over time is too low (Jamali et al, 2015). Similarly, in Peru, it has been reported that small and medium-sized companies contribute to employment opportunities (Barron, 2020;Jauregui-Arroyo et al, 2023) and like most countries, especially developing, it contributes to the reduction of poverty (Wiid et al, 2016). A recent study also pointed out that although medium-sized companies have limited resources and deficient levels of innovation, they are the engine of a country's economy (Ghezzi et al, 2022).…”