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TACKLING ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE INFORMAL SECTOR: AN OVERVIEW OF THE POLICY OPTIONS, APPROACHES AND MEASURES
WILLIAMS, COLIN C. - In: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) 20 (2015) 01, pp. 1550006-1
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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EVALUATING THE GENDER VARIATIONS IN INFORMAL SECTOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP: SOME LESSONS FROM BRAZIL
WILLIAMS, COLIN C; YOUSSEF, YOUSSEF - In: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) 18 (2013) 01, pp. 1350004-1
The aim of this paper is to evaluate critically the gender variations in informal sector entrepreneurship. Until now, a … of informal sector entrepreneurship. …
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THE COMMONALITY AND CHARACTER OF OFF-THE-BOOKS ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A COMPARISON OF DEPRIVED AND AFFLUENT URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS
WILLIAMS, COLIN C.; NADIN, SARA - In: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) 15 (2010) 03, pp. 345-358
-the-books entrepreneurship. The aim of this paper is to evaluate whether and how the prevalence and nature of off-the-books entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008763457
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EVALUATING THE CROSS-NATIONAL TRANSFERABILITY OF POLICIES: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
WILLIAMS, COLIN C.; DZHEKOVA, ROSITSA - In: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) 19 (2014) 04, pp. 1450022-1
When seeking to harness entrepreneurship and enterprise culture, governments often seek to transfer policy measures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128008
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CREATING INDEPENDENT ADVOCATES FOR ENTREPRENEURS WITHIN GOVERNMENT: SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMISSIONER MODEL
SCHAPER, MICHAEL T. - In: Journal of Enterprising Culture (JEC) 16 (2008) 03, pp. 299-309
This paper provides a critical overview of a recent attempt to create an independent statutory "voice" for small enterprises within the formal government bureaucracy in one Australian jurisdiction. It discusses the creation and eighteen months of activity of the Small Business Commissioner of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004971718
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SMEs and the tax system: What is so different about them?
Jousten, Alain - In: CESifo Forum 8 (2007) 2, pp. 14-20
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004998639
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Illegitimate wage practices in Eastern Europe: - The case of 'envelope wages'
Williams, Colin. C. - In: Journal for East European Management Studies 13 (2008) 3, pp. 253-253
To evaluate the prevalence in Eastern Europe of a little discussed illegitimate wage practice in which employers pay their formal employees both a declared wage and an undeclared ‘envelope wage’, an extensive survey involving 10,671 face-to-face interviews in eleven post-socialist societies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005572431
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Record keeping practices and tax compliance of SMEs
Evans, Chris; Carlon, Shirley; Massey, Darren - Australian Taxation Studies Program (ATAX), Faculty of Law - 2006
stakeholders – SME owners/managers, practitioners and ATO auditors – perceived (to varying degrees) direct relationships between … poor SME record keeping practices and adverse tax compliance outcomes. But those perceptions were not always confirmed by … should seek more objective measures of the quality of SME record keeping practice, utilising evaluations by advisers (as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005523843
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L'industrie du textile-habillement au Maroc : les besoins des chefs d'entreprise et les conditions de travail des femmes dans les PME
Meddeb, Riad - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2000
Presents the results of a survey conducted in 22 small textile and clothing industrial enterprises and interviews of 83 woman workers in these sectors.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966330
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EVALUATING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN THE INFORMAL SECTOR: SOME EVIDENCE FROM INDIA
WILLIAMS, COLIN C; GURTOO, ANJULA - In: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) 16 (2011) 03, pp. 351-369
women's experiences in the informal sector and that not all informal entrepreneurship by women in developing nations is a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009644952