Identical informal businesses set up next to each other because they’ve created an informal welfare system.
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A new study reveals that instilling an entrepreneur-possible self — the belief that you can become an entrepreneur — is a critical stepping stone for becoming an entrepreneur.
Websites with e-commerce features are increasingly affordable, and since the barrier to entry for starting a dropshipping business is low, it has become a popular method for making extra money.
Returning to a 9-to-5 job is more challenging than many expect.
Wildfires on Maui are a crippling blow to the island’s tourism industry, which generates half of its jobs. But New Orleans and Kauai show that comebacks are possible.
Enforcement of labour market regulation among small businesses such as hand car washes and nail salons is too complicated.
Concerns about a decline in lending to small businesses are growing as the Fed raised rates for the 10th time in a little over a year.
Small companies should think hard about their finances and how to make them more secure, particular in uncertain times.
Local pubs and breweries are disappearing across the UK due to the rising cost of living and doing business.
On the industrial relations bill, Labor’s most difficult legislative challenge so far, the government hasn’t targeted crossbencher Jacqui Lambie. Pocock is an easier dance partner.
Rising business costs and shifts in the market accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic are posing challenges for small retailers along Main Street business areas.
One of the Truss government’s few lasting acts was to cut regulations for small businesses to stimulate growth – but are rules a burden for such firms?
The cost and profits involved in running a medical practice is everyone’s business. It can influence the type of health care you receive.
Is it really a side hustle if you end up losing money? We surveyed 287 current and former MLM consultants in Australia. The findings paint a bleak picture.
Small businesses are less productive, less innovative and pay staff less than big ones, and even before the pandemic they were shedding jobs.
Teaching entrepreneurial skills is a staple in business schools. But it can benefit all students – including majors in engineering, agriculture and even the arts.
A handful of banks now dominate the US financial sector. This consolidation has resulted in higher costs for consumers and small businesses and put the economy at greater risk of a financial crisis.
Many unemployed young people are engaged in a variety of economic activities. These may not necessarily be recognised as a form of self employment or informal employment.
Young and successful entrepreneurs get the attention, but they are the exception, not the norm.
A new book of photographs is a reminder of a slower and simpler way of living — before chain stores, throwaway clothing and online retail.
Top contributors
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Winthrop Professor, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Marketing and Strategy, The University of Western Australia
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Clinical Associate Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Rhode Island
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Professor in Innovation and Associate Dean (Research), The University of Queensland
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Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
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Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Real Estate and Regeneration, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Hull
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Visiting Professor of Economics, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Croatia
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Director, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
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Professor of Employment and Industry, School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University
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Director of Online Programs, AGSM, UNSW
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Professor of Cross-cultural Management, Middlesex University
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Professor of International Business History, University of Glasgow