Entrepreneurship in the Informal Economy

Models, Approaches and Prospects for Economic Development
Herausgeber: Thai, Mai Thi Thanh; Turkina, Ekaterina

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Produktbeschreibung

Although entrepreneurship in the informal economy occurs outside state regulatory systems, informal commercial activities account for an estimated 30% of economic activity around the world. Informal entrepreneurship goes unmonitored despite the fact that it significantly contributes to poverty reduction and economic development. As a result, the informal sector is open to unethical practices including corruption, worker exploitation, and natural environment abuse to name just a few. In the media, debates have formed around whether informal entrepreneurship should be assisted or legitimized. Hence, a deep understanding of the phenomenon is vitally important. This book is the first on the market to offer models and approaches to informal entrepreneurship as well as to its prospects for economic development. Offering an in-depth examination of informal entrepreneurship in many different countries, it reveals the motivations for engaging in entrepreneurship in the informal economy, characteristics of informal entrepreneurship, and informal entrepreneurs' response to ethical issues. This volume illustrates the relationship between formal and informal economies and the conditions for the benefits of informal entrepreneurship to outweigh its disadvantages. And finally, it gives recommendations about when and how the informal economy can be formalized, which sectors should be formalized, and which ones can remain informal. This book offers much-needed guidance for stakeholders involved in economic development programs and scholars and entrepreneurs interested in the field of informal entrepreneurship as it is developing around the globe.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 596g
• ISBN-13: 9780415813822
• ISBN-10: 0415813824
• Artikelnr.: 36265224

Autorenporträt

Mai Thi Thanh Thai is Assistant Professor in the Department of International Business, HEC Montreal, Canada. Ekaterina Turkina is Assistant Professor in the Department of International Business, HEC Montreal, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Determinants of Informal Entrepreneurship 1. Determinants of
Informal Entrepreneurship: A Cross-Country Analysis Mai Thi Thanh Thai and
Ekaterina Turkina 2. Informal versus Formal New Ventures: A Choice Analysis
and Some Policy Implications Bernard Sinclair-Desgagné 3. Evaluating the
Competing Explanations for Informal Entrepreneurship: Some Lessons from
Brazil Colin C Williams and Youssef Youssef 4. Motivations of Entrepreneurs
in the Informal Economy: Examples from Cambodia Scott A. Hipsher Part 2:
Financial Aspects for Informal Entrepreneurship 5. Informal Venture Capital
Investing in Emerging Asian Economies William Scheela, Edmundo Isidro and
Thawatachai Jittrapanun 6. Alternative Financial Services: An Essential
Tool for Informal Entrepreneurs Les Dlabay Part 3: Organizational Forms of
Informal Entrepreneurship 7. Informal Online Entrepreneurship in South
Korea Amanda Min Chung Han 8. Institutional Entrepreneurship in the
Informal Economy: The Case of the Zambia National Marketeers Association
Marcus Møller Larsen 9. Informal Entrepreneurs in Central America: A Labor
of Love or Survival? Michael J. Pisani Part 4: Institutional Environment
for Informal Entrepreneurship 10. Unbundling Institutional Reform: The Case
of a Garment Cluster in Lima, Peru, 1988 - 2008 Matthew Bird 11. Tackling
Informal Entrepreneurs: Tailoring Policy Measures to the Varieties of
Informal Entrepreneurship Colin C. Williams Part 5: Socio-Cultural Contexts
of Informal Entrepreneurship 12. The Feminine Paradigm of Entrepreneurship
in the Informal Economy Marsha A. Tongel 13. Enterprise Education for Small
Artisanal Businesses: A Case Study of Sokoban Wood Village, Ghana Bernard
A. Obeng, Richard K. Blundel and Ahmed Agyapong 14. When Religion Meets
Capitalism: A Study of the Role of Islam among North African Entrepreneurs
in Montreal Jamel Stambouli and Sébastien Arcand Part 6: The Role of
Informal Entrepreneurship in Economic Development 15. Informal Economy and
Women Entrepreneurs: A Case Study of Senegal in Africa Alpha Ayandé 16.
Enhancing Well-being at the Household Level: The Impact of Informal Economy
Activity on Poverty Reduction in the Traditional Ankole Kingdom of S.W.
Uganda Emmanuel Mutungi and Tony Ghaye Part 7: Concluding Remarks 17.
Informal Economy Entrepreneurship and Policy Implications Léo-Paul Dana