Factors Affecting Business Informality Among Egyptian Opportunity Entrepreneurs: An Exploratory Study
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Informal economy; entrepreneurship; opportunity entrepreneurs; Africa; Egypt; developing countries; qualitative research; grounded theory;All these keywords.
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