1st Edition
Entrepreneurship in the Informal Sector An Institutional Perspective
By Colin Williams
Copyright 2018
246 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
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How many businesses start-ups conduct some or all of their trade ‘off-the-books’? And how many enterprises continue to do some of their work off-the-books once they are more established? What should be done about them? Should governments adopt ever more punitive measures to eradicate them? Or should we recognise this hidden enterprise culture and attempt to harness it? If so, how can this be... Read more
1. Introduction
Part 1: Theorising Entrepreneurship in the Informal Sector
2. An Institutionalist Perspective
3. Determinants of Institutional Asymmetry
Part 2: Informal Sector Entrepreneurship in Global Perspective
4. Prevalence of Informal Entrepreneurship
5. Impacts of Informal Entrepreneurship
6. Reasons for Informal Entrepreneurship
Part 3: Tackling Informal Sector Entrepreneurship
7. Policy Options and Approaches
8. Hard Direct Policy Measures
9. Soft Indirect Policy Measures
10. Conclusions
Biography
Colin C. Williams is a Professor of Public Policy at Sheffield University Management School.
