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Barriers to Formal Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries

open access: yes, 2013
This paper explores new types of barriers to entrepreneurship and thus, to formal sector growth. The authors suggest that developing countries are characterized by a dual economy where a small modern industrialized sector co-exists with a large informal ...
Auriol, Emmanuelle
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Female Employment in Formal and Informal Sectors of the Serbian Economy

open access: yesJournal of Women's Entrepreneurship and Education, 2017
With the economic crisis acknowledged in 2008, unemployment strongly increased – mostly due to the fall in the industrial sector – which indicates the possible emergence of a new poor and extremely poor population, alongside the decrease of trade ...
Mirjana Radović-Marković   +2 more
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Formal Marketing Planning and Performance: The Case of Transitional Economy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This analysis aims to identify the weaknesses in the marketing planning process in companies in a transitional economy and, confirm the connection between continuous formal marketing planning and business performance (profitability and market orientation). Data was obtained with primary and secondary research.
Jovanov, Tamara   +2 more
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Formalization of the General Model of the Green Economy at the Regional Level

open access: yesEconomy of Region, 2016
The paper focuses on the study of the problems of the economic and mathematical modeling of the green economy at the regional level. The purpose of the research is the development of economic and mathematical tools for the economic and ecological systems’ modeling at the regional level on the basis of the principles of green economy.
Potravnyy, I. M.   +2 more
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Feminised work, invisible labour: Against the formal-informal economy dichotomy

open access: yes, 2021
How is the distinction between formal and informal economy gendered, what kind of hierarchies does it (re)produce, whose labour and work does it render invisible?
Stavrevska, Elena B.
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Employment in the Informal Sector of the Economy [PDF]

open access: yesOvidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series, 2019
In this paper we aim to present some aspects regarding employment in the informal sector of the economy as well as the main aspects that distinguish the informal sector of the economy from the formal sector. We will refer to the structure of the informal
Cristian Marinescu   +1 more
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Growing Apart or Moving Together? Synchronization of Informal and Formal Economy Cycles [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
We study the degree of synchronization between formal- and informal-economy business cycles. Using a comprehensive database of informal activity that covers a wide range of informality measures from almost 160 countries over the 1990-2018 period, we ...
Elgin, Ceyhun   +3 more
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Mobile Financial Services and the Shadow Economy in Southern African Countries: Does Regulatory Quality Matter?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Financial Studies
This study investigated the impact of mobile financial services on the shadow economy in Southern Africa countries and explored how regulatory quality moderates this relationship. Utilising panel data from 1993 to 2022, this study employed dynamic common-
Adewale Hassan
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Formal and real authority in organizations

open access: yes, 1997
This paper develops a theory of the allocation of formal authority (the right to decide) and real authority (the effective control over decisions) within organizations, and it illustrates how a formally integrated structure can accommodate various ...
Tirole, J.   +3 more
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