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Low vs. high income entrepreneurial households: heterogeneous response to common institution environment in developing countries

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posted on 2023-06-09, 19:52 authored by Stelvia Matos, Jeremy Kent HallJeremy Kent Hall, Vernon Bachor, Bruno Silvestre
We explore how income differences influence heterogeneous entrepreneurial responses to the institutional environment in Brazil shapes low-income entrepreneurs' propensity to exploit the informal rather than the formal economy. Drawing on the Brazilian Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data, entrepreneurship discourse and institutional theory, we discuss the influence of inadequate preparedness and barriers to institutional support influencing entrepreneurs' abilities to engage in productive economic activities. We contribute to the entrepreneurship discourse by suggesting that concepts developed within the context of relatively prosperous settings do not adequately reflect how low-income entrepreneurs respond to institutional settings.

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  • Published

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IGI Global

Page range

242-260

Pages

19.0

Book title

Geopolitics and Strategic Management in the Global Economy

ISBN

9781522526735

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  • SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications

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Legacy Posted Date

2019-12-09

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