Rethinking Entrepreneurship within the Informal Sector in Morocco in the Post-Covid-19 era: For a Prospective Approach to Integrative Formalization

Repenser l’entrepreneuriat au sein du secteur informel au Maroc à l’ère du post Covid-19: Pour approche prospective de la formalisation intégrative

L Alla, E Jaouhari () and Badr Bentalha ()
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L Alla: ENSAF - École nationale des sciences appliquées de Fès = National School of Applied Sciences of Fez
E Jaouhari: EST Khenifra - Sultan Moulay Sliman University
Badr Bentalha: ENCGF - Ecole Nationale de Commerce et de Gestion De Fès - USMBA - Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah

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Abstract: Several studies have led to the conclusion that entrepreneurial dynamics in the sector are more related to a variety of reasons or motivations than to subjective ones. Aside from the illegal sphere of this economy, understanding such dynamics, prompting entrepreneurs to evolve in the informal economy and stimulating their resilience at the edge of the modern economy. With the Covid-19 pandemic, some informal enterprises have demonstrated, more than others, significant capacities for crisis resilience, more creativity and innovation, more organization and networking, yet struggling in a hostile environment and without any state support. How else can the business model of informal sector entrepreneurship be approached to better approach its integrative formalization? This is our research problem. Based on a review of the literature, we first try to identify the concept, the approaches to informal entrepreneurship and the theoretical determinants of entrepreneurial dynamics in the sector by proposing a standard profile. Then, we present the reference models of structuring-formalization of the sector, and propose a theoretical framework, to be refined by contextualization within the framework of the Moroccan economy. The research proposals thus identified will be examined through semi-directive interviews with entrepreneurs operating in the informal sector. The objective of this study is to contribute to a good understanding of the causes of the resilience of these entrepreneurs, the levers to be mobilized to succeed in the formalization process.

Keywords: économie informelle; entrepreneuriat informel; résilience informelle; déviance; formalisation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-01-01
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Published in Alternatives Managériales et Economiques, 2022, 4 (1), pp.180-202

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