The hidden enterprise culture entrepreneurship in the underground economy /

Portraying how entrepreneurs often start out conducting some or all of their trade on an 'off-the-books' basis and how many continue to do so once they become established, this book provides the first detailed account of the vast and ubiquitous hidden enterprise culture existing in the int...

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Main Author: Williams, Colin C., 1961-
Corporate Author: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2006.
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Online Access:https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781845425203.xml
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-256) and index. 
505 0 |a pt. 1. Entrepreneurship and the underground economy : the missing link -- pt. 2. The extent and nature of underground enterprise -- pt. 3. What should be done about the hidden enterprise culture? Policy options and their implications -- pt. 4. Harnessing the hidden enterprise culture. 
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