INFORMAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A REVIEW AND PRIORITIZATION OF RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

Amon Simba, Nathanael Ojong () and Lã‰o-Paul Dana ()
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Nathanael Ojong: York University, 324 Founders College, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
Lã‰o-Paul Dana: ICD Business School Paris & LUT School of Business and Management, 6100 University Ave, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada

Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), 2023, vol. 28, issue 02, 1-24

Abstract: Although informal entrepreneurship has attracted attention from entrepreneurship scholars, it remains under-theorized. This systematic review critically analyses, evaluates and integrates data on informal entrepreneurship gathered from studies published in eight (8) leading entrepreneurship journals. Although this form of entrepreneurship is practiced across the globe, it is generally perceived as an activity occurring in the peripheries of mainstream economics and inferior to formal entrepreneurship. This review develops essential knowledge for entrepreneurship research by theorizing informal entrepreneurship as a potent process in business formation and it establishes a future research agenda.

Keywords: Formal and informal entrepreneurship; informal economy; business development; micro-enterprises; systematic literature review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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