Projektdatenbank (ab 2004)

Projektnummer

0057714

Zusammenfassung

The central objective of my research is to analyze the dynamics of the market for digital devices in Bolivia. Aymara merchants, wholesalers and importers in La Paz / El Alto are among the main agents of this fast growing sector. They belong to a category of traders that are normally examined within the context of informal economies. Current research has so far given little attention to the peculiarities of the market for digital hardware. Fast changing production cycles and brand marketing of Transnational Corporations meet small-scale firms that largely rely on social capital and an i...