Analysis of the Digital Transformation Policies of Microenterprises in the Latin American Region: the Cases of Colombia and Chile

This paper aims to understand the nature and implications of digital transformation policies for microenterprises in the Latin American region, particularly in the cases of Colombia and Chile. Indeed, due to the pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which caused the COVID-19 disease and the movement restriction measures in 2020, the digital transformation of micro-enterprises became even more urgent. This urgency is due to both the need to reactivate the economy and how internally regulate Sustainable Development Goal No. 9 (SDG9). To this end, Chile and Colombia have transplanted into domestic legislation a whole set of policies that have accelerated the use of technology. In particular, we analyze what the future holds for small businesses or how public policies would help to incorporate new technologies and effectively comply with SDG 9. Our thesis is that in order to achieve effec-tive regulation in the promotion of emerging technologies so that they can be used to reduce transaction costs and externalities with respect to small companies, the transposition of SDG9 is insufficient. This study uses the method of Comparative Law to analyze some of the changes generated in Chile and Colombia with respect to small companies and will critically analyze the technique of transposing the SDGs. The new technologies can serve to work legislatively and jurisprudentially on these two market failures and the consequences of this deserve reflection in comparative law. © 2023, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. All rights reserved.