TY - GEN AU - Costamagna Rodrigo AU - Idrovo Carlier, Sandra AU - Mendi, Pedro PY - 26 SN -  1469-1930 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10818/51062 AB - Most developing countries are characterized by large informal sectors. A substantial proportion of firms in these countries began operations in the informal sector, eventually becoming formal. The purpose of this paper is to study whether, after... LA - eng PB - ournal of Intellectual Capital KW - Informality KW - Latin America KW - Competition KW - Licensing KW - Informalidad KW - America Latina KW - Competencia KW - Licencias TI - Initial informality as an obstacle to intellectual capital acquisitions: Empirical evidence from Latin America ER -