YOU SAY ILLEGAL, I SAY LEGITIMATE: ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Webb, Justin W.; Tihanyi, Laszlo; Ireland, R. Duane; Sirmon, David G.
• 署名单位: Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Mays Business School
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2009.40632826
• 发表日期: 2009
• 页码: 492-510
• 关键词: Social identity; opportunity; PLURALISM; ENCLAVE; border; identification; ETHNICITY; patterns; BUSINESS; BEHAVIOR

摘要

The entrepreneurial process drives economic activities in the formal economy, however, little is known theoretically about how the entrepreneurial process works in the informal economy. To address this theoretical gap, we employ a multilevel perspective integrating entrepreneurship theory (microlevel) with institutional (macrolevel) and collective identity (mesolevel) theories to examine the role institutions and collective identity play in the recognition and exploitation of opportunities in the informal economy. Additionally, we explore factors that influence the transition to the formal economy.