Impact of Organized Business on Venezuela's Economic Public Policies (1999-2024): An Analysis from the Perspective of Public Management

Abstract

This article analyzes the influence of organized entrepreneurship on Venezuela's economic public policies between 1999 and 2024, from a public management perspective. Under an interpretive paradigm with a qualitative approach and a phenomenological-hermeneutical method, the realities of trade union actors and public officials were interpreted. The findings reveal an evolution from political confrontation towards a strategy of "technical indispensability." It is concluded that the success of business influence in the current Venezuelan context does not lie in traditional pressure power, but in the ability of associations to act as architects of technical solutions and nodes of social cohesion. This transition from "resistance actor" to "technical ally" is fundamental for the reconstruction of the economic model and the strengthening of governance, requiring a public management more open to tripartite dialogue and technical-academic consensus.