Entrepreneurship in the Informal Sector - An Institutional Perspective

Informationen zum Autor Colin C. Williams is a Professor of Public Policy at Sheffield University Management School. Zusammenfassung The aim of this book is to advance a new way of answering these questions. Drawing inspiration from institutional theory, informal sector entrepreneurship is explained as resulting from the asymmetry between the codified laws and regulations of a society’s formal institutions and the norms, values and beliefs that comprise a society’s informal institutions. . Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

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• Authors: Colin Williams, Colin (University of Sheffield Williams, Colin C. Williams, Colin C. (Phd Williams, Colin C. (University of Sheffield Williams, Williams Colin
• Assisted by: Susan Marlow (Editor of the series), Janine Swail (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781138925564
• ISBN: 978-1-138-92556-4
• No. of pages: 246
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship; Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Business mathematics and systems, Entrepreneurship / Start-ups