Exploring the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Within the Informal Economy with a Multifactor Framework

Gómez, Georgina M.; Chawla, Suthida; Fransen, Jan

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“…Valuable overviews were provided by Audretsch (Audretsch & Keilbach, 2007;Audretsch, Mason, Miles, & O'Connor, 2018) and Spigel (Spigel, 2017;Spigel & Harrison, 2018). In particular, recent thinking by Gómez, Chawla, and Fransen (2020) has helped me to theorise the relationship between informality and entrepreneurship and consider a way forward with transnational ecosystems (Manning & Vavilov, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, above all, it needs to be clearly stated that the informal economy is a vibrant and growing part of life in Africa, in most cases "helping a large number of people become a little less poor" (Berner, Gomez, & Knorringa, 2012, p. 382). Representing up to 90 per cent of Africa's business (Galdino, Kiggundu, Jones, & Ro, 2018), the informal economy also makes a significant contribution to economies across Africa that persist through boom and bust (Gómez et al, 2020). Scholars are recognising the importance of the informal economy, and there is a wide range of studies dealing with institutions and informality in emerging economies (De Castro, Khavul, & Bruton, 2014;Galdino et al, 2018;Gómez et al, 2020;Harriss-White, 2018;Phillips, 2011;Ram, Edwards, Jones, & Villares-Varela, 2017;Urbano, Aparicio, & Audretsch, 2019;Uzo & Mair, 2014).…”

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“…Scholars and practitioners increasingly argue that entrepreneurship could be a vital element in the alleviation of extreme poverty as can be seen in the 200 papers reviewed for the Journal of Business Venturing in 'Entrepreneurship as a solution to extreme poverty: a review and future research directions' (Sutter et al, 2019). Research interest is growing on topics like the impacts of microfinance (Banerjee & Jackson, 2016), the different strategies used by growth and survival entrepreneurs and interventions for the latter (Berner et al, 2012), the informal economy and entrepreneurship (Bruton, Ireland, & Ketchen, 2012), EEs and the informal economy (Gómez et al, 2020), business perspectives on how to promote sustainability for those in poverty (Khavul & Bruton, 2013), and business opportunities in and around institutional voids (Mair et al, 2007;. Innovation at the bottom of the pyramid is another frequent theme (Calton, Werhane, Hartman, & Bevan, 2013;Hamann, Bitzer, Griffin-El, & Hall, 2015;Pansera, 2013).…”

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“…A much more promising approach is taken by Gómez et al (2020) who see beyond the dichotomy of formal and informal and propose a multilevel framework of formality. They contend that especially in developing economies, informality is compatible with dynamic EEs and growing business (p. 194).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…(p. 63) Tschakert ( 2009) has called for a rethinking of institutional approaches to ASM in Africa. It is hoped that some insights from institutional literature reviewed in Chapter 3, for example, Gómez et al's (2020) concept of "heterogeneity along the formal-informal continuum" (p.…”

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Opportunites and challenges for women's empowerment in the gemstone value chain in Madagascar and Thailand

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Across the globe, coloured gemstones such as sapphire are produced by low technology mining and processing using rudimentary tools. Women engage in this Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) as it has low barriers to entry and can provide some level of finance to support women and their families. Women are also actively engaged in some countries as gemstone traders, cutters and jewellers. This industry has rarely been considered from a global value chain perspective, in particular regarding the role of gender and women's opportunities for empowerment in the sector. Little attention has been paid to the economic organisation of the sector by business disciplines. In this research I present a feminist inspired examination of the opportunities for women's empowerment in the gemstone supply chain and a critique of some aspects of current formalisation processes, which may further disempower women. Using a life history methodology, I keep the perspectives and the voices of women in this value chain at the centre of my inquiry into women's empowerment. Through listening to narratives v Publications Included in This Thesis Lawson, L. (2018). Rice, sapphires and cattle: Work lives of women artisanal and small-scale miners in Madagascar. In K. Lahiri-Dutt (Ed.), Between the plough and the pick: Informal, artisanal and small-scale mining in the contemporary world (pp. 171-192). Canberra: The Australian National University Press (ANU). Reproduced here as Chapter 5. Lawson, L., & Lahiri-Dutt, K. (2020). Women sapphire traders in Madagascar: Challenges and opportunities for empowerment. The Extractive Industries and Society, 7(2), 405-411.Reproduced here as Chapter 6.

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Shedding Light on the Main Implications Between Informal Entrepreneurship, Heritage Entrepreneurship, and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Based on Bibliometric and Content Analyses

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Heritage Entrepreneurship

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The relation between public assistance and self-employment in census tracts: a long-term perspective

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Pereira³

2021

J Evol Econ

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We present evidence on the long-term relationship between the breadth (the proportion of households) and depth (the amount per household) of public assistance and the prevalence of self-employment in US neighbourhoods. The analysis of decennial data of 71,437 census tracts over four decades (1970 to 2000) shows that the poverty ratio lowers self-employment, and that breadth (but not depth) of public assistance mitigates the negative relationship between the poverty ratio and self-employment. The results are robust to alternate model specifications and are informative about the distributional effects of welfare spendings.

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Exploring the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Within the Informal Economy with a Multifactor Framework

Cited by 8 publications

References 54 publications

Opportunites and challenges for women's empowerment in the gemstone value chain in Madagascar and Thailand

Opportunites and challenges for women's empowerment in the gemstone value chain in Madagascar and Thailand

Shedding Light on the Main Implications Between Informal Entrepreneurship, Heritage Entrepreneurship, and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Based on Bibliometric and Content Analyses

The relation between public assistance and self-employment in census tracts: a long-term perspective

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