Informal Entrepreneurship: An Integrative Review and Future Research Agenda

Salvi, Esther ; Belz, Frank-Martin und Bacq, Sophie (2022): Informal Entrepreneurship: An Integrative Review and Future Research Agenda. In: Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Bd. 47, Nr. 2: S. 265-303

Abstract

Informal entrepreneurship (IE) has received increased recognition because of its theoreticaldistinctiveness and practical relevance. However, the burgeoning literature on IE is difficult tonavigate, due to its rapid growth across different disciplines. Through an integrative review, weintroduce a novel typology of informal entrepreneurs that captures their heterogeneity acrossvarious contexts. We point out a dynamic perspective of IE, consisting of three pathways—thereactive formalizing, theproactive formalizing, and theinformalizing pathways—along which informalentrepreneurs move, acquiring or foregoing regulative legitimacy. Our review extends the theoryon IE, outlines promising research avenues, and suggests relevant practical implications.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Publikationsform: Publisher's Version
• Keywords: informal entrepreneurship; informal entrepreneur; formalizing; informalizing; integrative review
• Fakultät: Betriebswirtschaft ; Betriebswirtschaft > Professur für Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Nachhaltigkeit
• Themengebiete: 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 300 Sozialwissenschaft, Soziologie ; 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 330 Wirtschaft ; 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 380 Handel, Kommunikation, Verkehr ; 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 390 Bräuche, Etikette, Folklore
• ISSN: 1042-2587
• Sprache: Englisch