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Abstract
The present study research identified the level of social capital in a small enterprise and its
impact in the company itself. In Latin America, the importance of this concept lies in its
relevance because diverse disciplines uses it as a reference setting, today it is used not only as
part of political science and sociology, but also as part of the organization theory, economics,
human behavior and management. It put emphasis in the relationships among people, among
organizations and not in the individuals as isolated subjects. One of its advantages is that the
social capital can contribute in the analysis of the small local communities from a social
perspective and economical development. Because of the nature of the data handled in this study a qualitative design was adopted, and it
was used the method case study, selecting for that matter the small enterprise Koolel Kab S. de
R.L. Mi. The results of the study show that the origin of enterprise was an initiative of the
partners who share the same objectives. It was verified the presence of social capital, which has
permitted them to access to new information, to improve its commercialization, to obtain
more funds, to develop new products and improve its production and sales. Based on these,
we can conclude that social capital has contributed mainly to improve aspects such
as learning and knowledge generation, innovation and management processes.