Araceli Almaraz Alvarado, PhD, is a Professor at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte. She is also a member of the National System of Mexican Researching, an associate editor for the Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business, and a specialist in the History of Business. Oscar Javier Montiel Méndez, PhD, is a Professor of Management at Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ). Also a member of Mexico's National System of Researchers, he has authored several books on entrepreneurship. His research includes family business, and creativity in entrepreneurship.

• Chapter 1. The history of entrepreneurship in Mexico: A recent view from the academic lens; Oscar Montiel, Guadalupe Calderon Chapter 2. Origins of entrepreneurship: the other faces of the rhombus; Araceli Almaraz Chapter 3. Footwear cluster: a history of entrepreneurship in crisis; Lorena del Carmen Álvarez-Castañón Chapter 4. Rural Entrepreneurship and Small Businesses in México; Rebeca de Gortari, María Josefa Santos Chapter 5. Cultural Milieu and Business Initiatives in Mexico’s Midwest; Carlos Riojas, Angélica Basulto Chapter 6. Sea Urchin, the Origin of an Export Venture Driven by Japanese Immigrants; Virginia Guadalupe López Torres, Luis Ramón Moreno Moreno, Mónica Lorena Sánchez Limón Chapter 7. Challenges and perspectives of entrepreneurship in the regions of Mexico; Moisés Librado González and Natanael Ramírez Angulo Chapter 8. Entrepreneurship in Mexico: Myths, Realities and Challenges; Carlos Santamaria, Maribel Guerrero Chapter 9. Public Policies on Entrepreneurial Activity in the Mexico of the 20th Century; Anel Flores, Ana Laura Bojórquez Carrillo, María Cristina Mata Epilogue; Bernardo Batiz