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Bucheli, Marcelo Bucheli, Marcelo Mahoney, Joseph T. Bercovitz, Janet Shah, Sonali Skousen, Bradley Reed 2016-07-07T20:27:37Z 2016-07-07T20:27:37Z 2018-07-08T09:15:33Z 2016-04-22 2016-05 The informal economy remains understudied and a misunderstood phenomenon. This dissertation examines entrepreneurship in the informal economy by drawing upon a variety of theories in management research to examine antecedents that may explain and predict the entrepreneur’s likelihood of transitioning out of the informal economy. Using data from a unique government survey of an urban slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, empirical findings suggest that examining micro- and firm-level differences between entrepreneurs may inform the field's traditional macro-level theorizing on the informal economy. Implications for policymakers and management research along with potential avenues for future research are discussed. Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2018-05-01 The student, Bradley Skousen, accepted the attached license on 2016-04-18 at 11:31. The student, Bradley Skousen, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2016-04-18 at 11:44. This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2016-04-22 at 10:42. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #9293 on 2016-07-07 at 13:49:56 Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-07T20:27:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 SKOUSEN-DISSERTATION-2016.pdf: 2039439 bytes, checksum: 4d2da3d100e814b019ff60e81f077cc7 (MD5) LICENSE.txt: 4212 bytes, checksum: bc1701b16fb6b29f7747e40376b61847 (MD5) PROQUEST_LICENSE.txt: 4558 bytes, checksum: 6be712a6694db2b045b0435e8e63ee4e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-04-22 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 93132 Lift date: 2018-07-07T20:28:14Z Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 93132 Lift date: 2018-07-07T20:35:34Z Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system U of I Only Restriction Lifted for Item 93132 on 2018-07-08T09:15:33Z. application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2142/90780 en Copyright 2016 Bradley Reed Skousen informal economy entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship in the informal economy: evidence from informal institutional environments text text Business Administration Business Administration University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.