CONTRIBUTION TO ECONOMIC GROWTH, COMPETITIVENESS AND INNOVATION OF MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES IN GUAYAQUIL IN THE CONTEXT OF NEW INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (NTICs)

A documentary review was carried out on the production and publication of research papers referring to the study of the variables Economic Growth, Competitiveness  and  Innovation  of theMicro and Small Enterprises of Guayaquil in e l context  d e l as New Technologies d e l a Information and Communication .  The purpose of the bibliometric analysis proposed in this document was to know the main characteristics of the volume of publications registered in the Scopus database during the period 2018-2022, achieving the identification of 49 publications. The information provided by this platform was organized through graphs and figures categorizing the information by Year of Publication, Country of Origin, Area of Knowledge and Type of Publication. Once these characteristics have been described, the position of different authors towards the proposed theme is referenced through a qualitative analysis. Among the main findings made through this research, it is found  that Ecuador,  with 49 publications, was the country  with the highest scientific production registered in the name of authors affiliated with institutions in that country. The Area of Knowledge that made the greatest contribution to the construction of bibliographic material referring to the study of  the Contribution toEconomic Growth, Competitiveness  and  Innovation  of Microand Small Enterprises of Guayaquil in e l context  d e l as New Technologies d e l  a Information  and  Communication was  Computer Science with 19 published papers, and the Publication Type that was most used during the period indicated above was the  Journal Article with 31 documents, each, of the total scientific production.