The Hidden Enterprise Culture : Entrepreneurship in the Underground Economy

By: Colin C. Williams

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Hardcover | 1 January 2006

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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 interstices of western economies. Until now, the role of the underground economy in enterprise creation, entrepreneurship and small business development has been largely ignored despite its widespread prevalence and importance. In contrast to much of the previous literature that views the underground economy as low-paid, exploitative sweatshop work that should be deterred, this book takes a fresh, more positive perspective that considers the underground economy as a hidden enterprise culture. Colin C. Williams prescribes the means by which western governments can best harness this hidden culture of enterprise. He outlines detailed policy initiatives that seek to assist business ventures in setting up on a formal footing, and aim to encourage underground enterprises and entrepreneurs to make the transition into the realm of legitimacy.

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'This book will be an excellent primer for policy makers wishing to understand the nature and contradictory significance of the underground economy and needing to design suitably subtle policy responses to it.' -- Roger Lee, Growth and Change
'The Hidden Enterprise Culture is a top pick for any economist or academician interested in this field, as well as for any underground entrepreneur who wants to make their enterprise lawful with the fewest possible legal complications.' -- - Midwest Book Review
'Strongly recommended for policy makers and students of business.' -- Global Business Review

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Non-Fiction Business & Management Entrepreneurship / Start-ups Ownership & Organisation of Enterprises Economics Economics of Industrial Organisation

Introduction	p. 1
Studies of entrepreneurship : the omission of the underground economy	p. 15
Studies of the underground economy : the omission of entrepreneurship	p. 29
Estimating the size and growth of underground enterprise	p. 43
Portraits of underground enterprise	p. 66
Explaining the hidden enterprise culture	p. 92
The deterrence option	p. 105
The laissez-faire option	p. 117
The enabling option	p. 128
Helping enterprises start up in a legitimate manner	p. 139
Moving underground enterprise into the mainstream : supply-side initiatives	p. 156
Moving underground enterprise into the mainstream : demand-side initiatives	p. 166
Raising awareness : towards high commitment societies	p. 185
Co-ordinating government thought and action	p. 196
Conclusions	p. 213
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