Colombian Livestock: Reflections on Entrepreneurship

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to interpret the managerial action and characteristics of cattle ranchers in Colombia in their primary phase. The research was qualitative, analytical and documentary design, with secondary sources. A hacienda of origin in the seventeenth century was the Caribabare hacienda. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, recognized haciendas were Marta Magdalena, Santa Bárbara de las Cabezas and Jesús del Río. Outstanding businessmen for their contributions to livestock in the twentieth century were: the Ospina Vásquez family, Diego Martínez Camargo and Adolfo Held. Pepe Sierra owned farms from Antioquia to Valle del Cauca. The cattle entrepreneurs have had a traditionalist and absentee managerial tendency, a rentier vision of the business; some entrepreneurs have overcome failures; important associations have been created, but in general the level of associativity has been low; Innovation has been low.