Some informal or unregistered businesses are established to take advantage of business opportunities (opportunity firms) while others are established because the owner cannot find a satisfactory job (necessity firms). Comparing opportunity vs. necessity informal firms in Africa, this note finds that opportunity firms are more efficient and larger. They are also more likely to use external finance, and suffer less from infrastructure bottlenecks such...
انظر المزيد
تفاصيل
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2010/1/01
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مذكرة موجزة
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60351
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1
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2011/3/22
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Disclosed
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Necessity vs. opportunity entrepreneurs in the informal sector
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access to finance