Research on entrepreneurship in the informal economy: Framing a research agenda

By Justin W. Webb, Garry D. Bruton, Laszlo Tihanyi, R. Duane Ireland. 2013

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Subfields: Business and International Management, Economics and Econometrics, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Entrepreneurial leadership, performance, and sustainability of micro-enterprises in Malaysia (2018, background): “Perhaps, this may be the reason that the theme of micro-enterprise success has emerged as popular among entrepreneurs and researchers, especially for those keen in discovering a definitive formula for successful micro-entrepreneurship [15].”
Effectuation, Exploratory Learning and New Venture Performance: Evidence from China** (2017, background): “For new ventures in transitional economies, it is particularly expensive and difficult to obtain valuable JOURNAL OF SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT390 resources from undeveloped factor markets (Ahlstrom and Bruton 2010; Guo, Cai, and Zhang 2016; Webb et al. 2013).”
Technological and non-technological innovations, performance and propensity to innovate across industries: The case of an emerging economy (2017, background): “This highlights the focus of theoretical and practical discussion regarding compliance with the rules protecting intellectual property in emerging economies (Hoskisson et al., 2000; Lee et al., 2015; Webb et al., 2013).”
Informal Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies: The Impacts of Starting up Unregistered on firm Performance (2017, background): “…do not align, as is common in many developing countries, the result is informal entrepreneurship which, although formally illegal, is deemed socially legitimate (De Castro, Khavul, & Bruton, 2014; Kistruck et al., 2015; Siqueira et al., 2016; Webb et al., 2013; Webb, Ireland, & Ketchen, 2014).”
Macro-level determinants of formal entrepreneurship versus informal entrepreneurship (2014, unknown): “Webb et al. (2012) maintain that informal entrepreneurship occurs within informal institutional boundaries for large societal groups despite being outside of formal institutional boundaries.”
Economic inequality – Is entrepreneurship the cause or the solution? A review and research agenda for emerging economies (2021, result): “Our use of these terms is consistent with most research in the entrepreneurship domain (Thai and Turkina, 2014; Webb et al., 2013).”
The Impact of Educational Levels on Formal and Informal Entrepreneurship (2015, background): “On the contrary, it must be acknowledged that the informal sector exists, to a greater or lesser extent, in every country (Webb et al., 2013).”
Institutional Entrepreneurship in the Informal Economy: China's Shan-Zhai Mobile Phones (2014, methodology): “Numerous motives and factors drive an economy’s transition from informal to formal (Webb et al., 2013).”
Evaluating the relationship between marginalization and participation in undeclared work: lessons from Bosnia and Herzegovina (2021, background): “…but socially legitimate activity that exists when the formal institutions are not in symmetry with the norms, values and beliefs that constitute the informal institutions (De Castro et al. 2014; Kistruck et al. 2015; Siqueira et al. 2016; Thai and Turkina 2014; Webb et al. 2009, 2013, 2014).”