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ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
2007
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| Accesso online: | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=293023480002 |
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Sommario:
- African Women in the Entrepreneurial Landscape: reconsidering the formal and informal sectors Anita Spring Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) Informal and formal can be seen as «dual economies» of African countries. Governments oTen concern themselves with the formal, while development agencies oTen support the informal. This pape discusses the full landscape of entrepreneurship, considering both sectors, and the range from small to large within each. It queries whether or not there can be movement within and between sectors, and if the «rages to riches» upward movement, as seen in developed countries, is possible in developing ones. The range of women in traditional micro enterprises to the emerging new generation of African women ownersof large¿scale companies are discussed in particular, but the research applies to both men and women. A paradigm of the entrepreneurial landscape will be presented withvariables that consider demographics; types of typical enterprises and rms; product sourcing and markets; startup capital; and movement within and between the sectors.Some conclusions are that the informal-ormal distinction has been useful to disentangle the landscape, but movement between may not be substantial other than minor taxation or sites and services because of the entry requirements of capital, education, businessnetworks, etc. Similarly, within the formal sector of small to medium to large businesses,there is some movement but they too are limited by access to capital, networks, market intelligence and niches, and product innovation. Nevertheless, there is a growiof women at the top who both confound researchers/donors and provide role models for success within their societies. 2007 artículo científico 1645-3794 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=293023480002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=2930 Cadernos de Estudos Africanos application/pdf ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Cadernos de Estudos Africanos (Portugal) Num.11-12