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Homophily and peer influence in early-stage new venture informal investment
AbstractConceptualising early-stage new venture informal investors as co-entrepreneurs whose actions are socially embedded, we examine the role of...
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Enhancing investment decisions and job creation in Cameroon: the significance of the investment climate
This study investigates the pivotal role of the investment climate in sha** investment decisions and job creation, crucial for driving economic...
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Effect of corruption and crime on growth-oriented informal firms
Traditionally, informal firms have been perceived to be unproductive, lacking skills, and static by necessity, while low institutional quality has...
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Basic-needs social protections and own-account informal entrepreneurship: implications for policy and cross-national comparative analysis
Despite the vast number of people operating own-account informal ventures worldwide, few studies have adopted a cross-national comparative lens to...
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Competing against ‘invisibles’: the effect of competition from informal firms on formal firms’ R&D
Competition from informal firms is an important issue that face most formal firms in develo** countries. It usually leads to market share losses in...
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Impact of remittances on domestic investment in West African countries: the mediating role of financial development
Several studies have analyzed the effect of remittances and financial development on growth or investment with little attention on their interactive...
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Organizational learning platforms for knowledge creation in international joint ventures: the mediating role of formal and informal communication
This study explores the path of new knowledge creation in international joint ventures (IJVs) by investigating the mediating role of formal and...
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Informal institutions and international business: Toward an integrative research agenda
This editorial introduces the literature on informal institutions and international business (IB) as well as the Special Issue. Informal institutions...
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Modelling the Spread of Tuberculosis in South African Informal Settlements
Due to the high population density of informal settlements, the spread of communicable diseases is highly effective in this environment. South Africa...
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To what extent do universities’ formal and informal knowledge exchange activities interact: evidence from UK HE-BCI survey
Third Mission engagement has become a necessary vehicle to transfer science and knowledge from higher education institutions (HEIs) to society. An...
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Formal and informal institutional legacies and inward foreign direct investment into firms: Evidence from China
This paper explores the influence of informal institutional legacy on contemporary foreign direct investment (FDI). This study is situated in the...
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The impacts on informal financing strategy of small and micro enterprises by interest rate risks and public health emergencies
Informal finance is a crucial financing method for small and micro enterprises (SMEs) in most develo** countries. Interest rate risks (IRS) should...
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Institutional distance, geographic distance, and Chinese venture capital investment: do networks and trust matter?
This paper studies the effects of institutional distance and geographic distance on Chinese venture capital (VC) investment and subsequent exit and...
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A study of obligatory and contingent expenditure patterns and resultant indebtedness in the urban informal sector
Socially mandated expenditures on occasions like weddings and death rituals are unique to the Indian socio-cultural milieu, and are often excessive,...
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An investigation into the livelihoods strategies of informal women traders in Zimbabwe
This article investigated varieties of livelihoods strategies employed by some informal women traders doing business at flea markets in the Harare...
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Does competition from informal firms hurt job creation by formal manufacturing SMEs in develo** and emerging countries? Evidence using firm-level survey data
The entrepreneurial perspective and “legalist” view of informality suggests that many informal firms can compete with formal firms, and often...
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Informal Recycling of Venezuelan Migrants in Bogotá
Venezuelans in an irregular migratory situation in Bogota must perform informal work that allows them to survive with their families. For this...
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Community-level social capital and investment decisions in equity crowdfunding
We investigate the role of community-level social capital in individuals’ investment decisions in equity crowdfunding. We exploit a hand-collected...
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Optimal selection and investment-allocation decisions for sustainable supplier development practices
Organization’s sustainability performance is influenced by its suppliers’ sustainability performance. This relationship makes sustainable supplier...
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Impact of industrialisation on economic development in selected African and Asian economies: the role of institutional quality and investment climate
This paper uses system generalised method of moments (GMM) to examine the moderating role of institutional quality and investment climate on the...
