ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6949-6583; Belz, Frank-Martin and Bacq, Sophie
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1336-2727
(2022):
Informal Entrepreneurship: An Integrative Review and Future Research Agenda.
In: Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Vol. 47, No. 2: pp. 265-303
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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.
Item Type: | Journal article |
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Form of publication: | Publisher's Version |
Keywords: | informal entrepreneurship; informal entrepreneur; formalizing; informalizing; integrative review |
Faculties: | Munich School of Management Munich School of Management > Professor of Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Sustainability |
Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 300 Social sciences, sociology and anthropology 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics 300 Social sciences > 380 Commerce, communications and transportation 300 Social sciences > 390 Customs, etiquette and folklore |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-96217-9 |
ISSN: | 1042-2587 |
Language: | English |
Item ID: | 96217 |
Date Deposited: | 15. May 2023, 15:34 |
Last Modified: | 16. May 2023, 14:24 |