ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY: MODELS, APPROACHES AND
PERSPECTIVES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Editors: Mai Thi Thanh Thai and Ekaterina Turkina, Department of
International Business, HEC Montreal
We are working with Routledge Publisher to edit a book on entrepreneurship
in the informal economy and we would like to seek your contributions. The
book will provide insights into the activities carried out by entrepreneurs
in the informal economic sector in different countries and regions, causes
and effects of entrepreneurship in the informal economy, and the types of
interventions needed. The book will also discuss the linkages between
informal entrepreneurship and economic development and provide
recommendations for policymakers on how and when informal economy can be
formalized, what sectors should be formalized and what can stay informal.
The book consists of three parts. The first part will serve as an
introduction and present a cross-country analysis of the informal
entrepreneurship including socio-economic, politico-administrative, cultural
and institutional effects on informal entrepreneurship. The second part will
contain in-depth country or region studies of informal entrepreneurship.
Chapters in this section must be empirical studies that can be either
qualitative or quantitative. And the third part will focus on policy
implications.
The book is targeted to policy makers, educators and students in Public
Administration and Entrepreneurship programs, NGOs, international
organizations, and general public who are interested in informal
entrepreneurship. We are planning to have the book completed before the next
Academy of Management meeting so that we can make grand publicity for the
book since the theme of the next AOM meeting is informal economy.
If you are interested in contributing a chapter to this book, please provide
us with the information requested below by September 15, 2011. Thank you.
AUTHOR(S ) FULL NAME :
AFFILIATION:
CONTACT INFORMATION: (Phone and email address)
BRIEF BIO OF AUTHOR(S): (One paragraph description will do)
POTENTIAL TITLE OF BOOK CHAPTER:
DESCRIPTION OF BOOK CHAPTER CONTENT: (Please describe the phenomenon covered
in your potential chapter, geographical focus, and your study approach. We
strongly encourage submissions for the second part of the book)
VALUE: (Briefly describe how your chapter?s contents contribute to a
heightened understanding or appreciation of entrepreneurship in the informal
economy)
PUBLICATION SCHEDULE:
Book chapter proposals received: September 15, 2011
Notification of accepted chapter proposals: October 15, 2011
Receipt of full book chapters: January 15, 2012
Chapter authors receive reviews with feedback: February 15, 2012
Final revisions due: April 15, 2012
Book release: Summer 2012
Please send proposals and inquiries to both:
Mai Thi Thanh Thai:
mai.thai@hec.ca
Ekaterina Turkina:
ekaterina.turkina@hec.ca
DETAILED OUTLINE OF THE BOOK
Part I: Introduction
Importance of informal economy; determinants of informal entrepreneurship;
challenges of managing the informal economy
Part II: Informal entrepreneurship around the world
Country/region studies (qualitative or quantitative papers). We aim to have
balanced coverage of country examples from five continents. (We aim to get
committed authors for at least 10 chapters).
Part III: Implications
Lessons learned; conditions under which the benefits of informal
entrepreneurial activity outweigh the disadvantages; perspectives for
formalization of informal sectors; policy recommendations, etc.
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