Informal Sector City Tourism: Cross-Border Shoppers in Johannesburg

Christian, M Rogerson; Economics, Bunting Road

doi:10.30892/gtg.22209-296

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“…Several scholars concur that access to finance and firm performance are positively correlated (Fuentelsaz et al 2019;Rogerson 2018;Sibanda, Hove-Sibanda & Shava 2018).…”

Section: Access To Finance and Firm Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The informal sector has potential ramifications to lower the high unemployment rate, reduce poverty and close the income inequality characterising especially in developing countries (Alrawadieh & Alrawadieh 2018;Başbay, Elgin & Torul 2018). The majority of informal sector participants are usually necessity entrepreneurs (Serviere 2010), who are driven to start their businesses as a result of unemployment and the contraction of the formal sector (Alrawadieh & Alrawadieh 2018;Bozhikin, Macke & da Costa 2019;Rogerson 2018).…”

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An emperical study into the informal sector: The link between entrepreneurial activity and firm performance

Napwanya

Chinyamurindi

2021

Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences

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Despite the informal sector's noted importance and popularity, especially in South Africa (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2019;Mintah & Darkwah 2018), calls exist within the theoretical and practitioner press. Firstly, there is notable concern in understanding better those factors that influence informal sector businesses. The challenge that often exists is how under-researched the informal sector is and the fragmented nature of this sector, especially in developing economies Orientation: Within an emerging market context, the informal sector's role was deemed critical towards achieving ideals of a developmental state. Given this perceived importance, there was a need to continually study informal sector entrepreneurial activity and its ramifications on firm performance.Research Purpose: This study aimed to understand the link between informal sector entrepreneurial activities and firm performance using a sample of firms operating in Durban, South Africa.Motivation of the study: Exploring those entrepreneurial activities that either enhanced or impeded the informal sector was deemed critical in the effectual and efficient operation of the sector. In driving the firm performance agenda ascertaining the role of factors such as (1) entrepreneurial culture, (2) entrepreneurial education and skills, (3) government and incubation support and finally, (4) access to finance can enhance the informal sector through the provision of evidence-based interventions.Research approach/design/method: A quantitative survey research approach was used to collect data from 152 informal sector businesses operating in the city of Durban in South Africa. A convenience sampling technique was used to access the respondents. Data were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) programme version 23 using correlation and regression tests. Main findings:The findings revealed the adoption of an entrepreneurship culture, including access to entrepreneurship education and skills to predict a firm's financial and non-financial performance significantly. Furthermore, it was found that government and incubation support predicted a firm's financial performance. However, it was also established that government and incubation support had no unique contribution to non-financial performance.Practical/managerial implications: Suggestions were made based on the findings that entrepreneurial activities have a bearing on informal sector business performance. These findings became a helpful intervention towards enhancing the performance of informal businesses.Contribution/value-add: This study contributed to understanding entrepreneurial activities that either enhanced or impeded informal businesses' performance.

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“…Several scholars concur that access to finance and firm performance are positively correlated (Fuentelsaz et al 2019;Rogerson 2018;Sibanda, Hove-Sibanda & Shava 2018).…”

Section: Access To Finance and Firm Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

An emperical study into the informal sector: The link between entrepreneurial activity and firm performance

Napwanya

Chinyamurindi

2021

Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences

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“…The following section details the existing literature on the informal sector of business tourism. The informal economy and informal business tourism One distinguishing trait of developing countries, more especially in Sub-Saharan Africa is the informality of economic life (Rogerson, 2018;Benjamin and Mbaye, 2014). Becker (2004) explains that the sector had been 'discovered' in the early 1970s and, for a substantial period of time, to have been thought of as peripheral and marginal.…”

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“…Christie et al (2013) notably point out the uniqueness of business tourism in the developing context, averring business tourism volumes to far exceed those of leisure travel. Indeed, business tourism in the developing context has been advanced such that it has developed an additional, and crucial component -the informal sector (Rogerson, 2018(Rogerson, , 2015Makoni and Tichaawa, 2021). The United Nations Centre for Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2019) defines informal business tourism as travel conducted by small, unregistered and vulnerable traders within and/or between neighbouring countries.…”

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“…This informal sector of business tourism has been underscored to have wide economic impacts, particularly relating to local economic development. The informal sector in Africa is arguably the most important, particularly in terms of job creation and supporting local livelihoods (Mbaye et al, 2020;Rogerson, 2018;Becker, 2004;Tichaawa, 2017;Brenton et al, 2014;van Eeden, 2011;Peberdy, 2007;Rogerson and Letsie, 2013;Benjamin and Mbaye, 2014). In their research on Francophone African countries, Mbaye et al (2020) found that informal businesses comprised approximately 97% of private businesses.…”

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Informal Business Tourism in Cameroon

Tichaawa¹

2021

GTG

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The uniqueness of business tourism in the African context is argued to be an amalgam of several clusters of activities manifested in both the formal and informal sectors. In this study, business tourism in the global south, with a specific focus on the informal sector in Cameroon is analysed. Using data that was collected from a series of semi-structured interviews conducted with three hundred and seventy-seven business travellers, the study reveals that informal business tourism includes domestic business travellers classified into five distinctive categories: (1) informal salespeople (2) shopowners (3) herdsmen (4) local farmers and (5) wholesalers. The study concludes that informal business tourism represents an important sector that contributes to tourism development and if well harnessed, its multiplier effect could be widespread amongst the different economic sectors of Cameroon.

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Recent Trends in South African Tourism Geographies

Rogerson

Visser

2019

Geographies of Tourism and Global Change

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Informal Sector City Tourism: Cross-Border Shoppers in Johannesburg

Cited by 10 publications

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An emperical study into the informal sector: The link between entrepreneurial activity and firm performance

An emperical study into the informal sector: The link between entrepreneurial activity and firm performance

Informal Business Tourism in Cameroon

Recent Trends in South African Tourism Geographies

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