Ullah, S., Williams, C.C. orcid.org/0000-0002-3610-1933 and Arif, B.W. (2019) The impacts of informality on enterprise innovation, survival and performance: Some evidence from Pakistan. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 24 (3). 1950015. ISSN 1084-9467
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the relationship between informality, innovation and firm survival. To do so, a study of a cluster of electrical fittings firms in Pakistan is reported. Reporting bivariate and multivariate probit models to analyze two surveys conducted between 2008 and 2017, the finding is that there is a significant relationship between informality and the extent of innovation, firm survival and firm performance. Informality has an adverse negative effect on firm-level innovation, firm survival and firm performance. Given that formal enterprises in this cluster are better performing in terms of innovation, survival and employment growth than informal businesses, the paper concludes by discussing the theoretical, policy and research implications.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Industrial cluster; informal economy; informal sector; entrepreneurship; firm survival; firm performance; innovation; Pakistan |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 25 Mar 2020 14:47 |
Last Modified: | 01 Sep 2020 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | World Scientific Publishing |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1142/s1084946719500158 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:158732 |