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Cameroon (West Africa), the finding is that the majority, especially st. walker and st. corner informal entrepreneurs, are … examined each group's motives. Reporting the results of face-to-face structured interviews with 200 informal entrepreneurs in … predominantly necessity-driven while st. owner entrepreneurs are predominantly opportunity-driven. Our study also revealed a …
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ILO pub. Article on the urban area economic implications of the modern informal sector in Yaounde, Cameroon - describes … entrepreneurship. References. …
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research concerning entrepreneurship in the informal economy around three separate theories: institutional theory, motivation … through which to examine the incentives, constraints, motivations, strategies, and abilities of entrepreneurs to operate and … breadth of informal economy research in different domains and lays foundations for future entrepreneurship research. …
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entrepreneurs and toward a fuller understanding of the lived realities of entrepreneurship. …Even though entrepreneurs are commonly depicted as risk takers, little evaluation has occurred on whether they weigh … paper is to evaluate the degree to which entrepreneurs engage in such off-the-books work. Reporting a survey conducted in …
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informal economy activities on the creation of official entrepreneurship. We find that previous participation in the informal … economy is positively associated with the probability to become registered entrepreneurs in the present. We also find that … that self-employment is used as a transition mechanism to entrepreneurship and moonlighters in the past are more active in …
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Presents the results of a survey conducted in 22 small textile and clothing industrial enterprises and interviews of 83 woman workers in these sectors.
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informal entrepreneurship. To do this, it first reviews four possible policy options, namely taking no action, eradicating … informal entrepreneurship, moving formal entrepreneurship into the informal economy, or transforming informal entrepreneurship … into formal entrepreneurship. Revealing that transforming informal entrepreneurship into formal entrepreneurship is not …
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Studies on women entrepreneurs in the informal economy no longer view them merely as a residue from some pre …-to-face interviews with 323 women entrepreneurs operating in the Indian informal economy are analyzed. The finding is that although the … entrepreneurs working on a self-employed basis where incomes are higher, they receive more credit from informal institutions, union …
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In recent years, there has been growing recognition in the entrepreneurship literature that many entrepreneurs operate … entered informal entrepreneurship out of necessity have over time become more opportunity-driven entrepreneurs. The outcome is … in the informal economy and that not all these informal entrepreneurs are doing so out of economic necessity and because …
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The aim of this paper is to evaluate the varying level of employment in informal sector enterprises across the globe and to undertake an exploratory analysis of the wider economic and social conditions associated with greater levels of informalization. Examining International Labor Organization...
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