Effect of corruption and crime on growth-oriented informal firms

Walter Heredia; Antonio Lecuna; Jorge Heredia; Cristian Geldes; Alejandro Flores

doi:10.1007/s11365-023-00884-z

Effect of corruption and crime on growth-oriented informal firms

Walter Heredia, Antonio Lecuna, Jorge Heredia, Cristian Geldes, Alejandro Flores

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Tradicionalmente, las empresas informales se han considerado poco productivas, carentes de habilidades y estáticas por necesidad. Se ha demostrado que la baja calidad institucional aumenta su prevalencia. Sin embargo, esta investigación utiliza la teoría institucional para explicar cómo la corrupción y el crimen afectan a las empresas informales orientadas al crecimiento, que surgen por oportunidad y toman decisiones voluntarias en lugar de necesarias. Construimos un modelo de regresión logística utilizando un conjunto de datos representativo y único de empresas informales de la Encuesta de Negocios del Sector Informal de Zambia de 2019. Descubrimos que las empresas informales orientadas al crecimiento sobornan para evitar el registro (es decir, participan en la corrupción) y que el crimen reduce su número. Nuestra investigación sugiere que los responsables de las políticas deben tener en cuenta las características particulares de estas empresas al diseñar políticas para emprendedores. Estas empresas son más propensas a considerar la formalización si perciben los beneficios de hacerlo. Además, los formuladores de políticas deben ser conscientes de que el crimen podría forzar a estas empresas a subsistir o a operar bajo vigilancia, lo que aumentaría la desigualdad entre todas las empresas. Asimismo, se anima a los investigadores a explorar el proceso de desarrollo de estas empresas informales orientadas al crecimiento y se destaca la importancia de la colaboración entre las empresas legales y el apoyo gubernamental a esta colaboración.

Idioma original	Inglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)	2065-2091
Número de páginas	27
Publicación	International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
Volumen	19
N.º	4
Fecha en línea anticipada	25 ago. 2023
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-023-00884-z
Estado	Publicada - dic. 2023

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Corrupción
Crimen
Orientado al crecimiento
Emprendimiento informal
Empresas informales

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