Microentrepreneurship in developing countries

S Jayachandran - Handbook of labor, human resources and population …, 2021 - Springer
This chapter reviews the recent literature in economics on small-scale entrepreneurship (“
microentrepreneurship”) in low-income countries. Major topics in the literature include the …

Evaluating competence-based vocational education in Indonesia

Z Misbah, J Gulikers, S Dharma… - Journal of Vocational …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This paper investigates the realisation of competence-based education (CBE) in vocational
education in Indonesia. It examines the extent to which CBE design principles of the …

Effects of bribery on firms' environmental innovation adoption in Vietnam: mediating roles of firms' bargaining power and credit and institutional constraints

PX Nam, TT Thanh - Ecological Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper uses survey data of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam, from
2011 to 2015, to examine the effects of bribery on environmental innovation decisions by …

Does firm performance increase with risk-taking behavior under information technological turbulence? Empirical evidence from Indonesian SMEs

AH Pratono - The Journal of Risk Finance, 2018 - emerald.com
Does firm performance increase with risk-taking behavior under information technological
turbulence? Empirical evidence from Indonesian SMEs | Emerald Insight Books and journals …

Casting a shadow: Productivity of formal firms and informality

M Amin, C Okou - Review of Development Economics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Informality is a salient feature of most developing economies. Two important concerns arise
from informality. First, informal firms tend to be less productive than formal firms. Second, the …

Integrating theories on informal economies: An examination of causes of urban informal economies in China

G Huang, D Xue, B Wang - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Rapid urbanization has seen a concurrent growth of informal economies, which play an
important role in alleviating urban unemployment and poverty. Following international efforts …

Unfolding the impacts of a prolonged COVID-19 pandemic on the sustainability of culinary tourism: Some insights from micro and small street food vendors

V Gaffar, B Tjahjono, T Abdullah, M Sari, R Rofaida - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Our study reveals the impacts of various COVID-19-related restrictions on the culinary
tourism industry by exploring how street food vendors deal with this unprecedented …

Urban informalities in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): A solution for or barrier against sustainable city development

GA Azunre, O Amponsah, SA Takyi, H Mensah… - World Development, 2022 - Elsevier
The roles of urban informalities in the advancement of the sustainable city agenda are
contested in conventional literature. However, the contestation does not take account of the …

[HTML][HTML] Shedding light on the shadows of informality: A meta-analysis of formalization interventions targeted at informal firms

A Floridi, BA Demena, N Wagner - Labour Economics, 2020 - Elsevier
Governments and policymakers promote formalization through various interventions ranging
from simplifying registration procedures to increasing law enforcement. Despite these efforts …

Defining population socio-economic characteristics, hazard knowledge and risk perception: The adaptive capacity to persistent volcanic threats from Semeru …

JC Thouret, E Wavelet, M Taillandier, B Tjahjono… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The densely populated and persistently active volcano of Semeru in East Java, Indonesia,
hosts communities able to adjust to, compensate for, and tolerate continuous exposure to …