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Informal Institutional Domains and Informal Entrepreneurship: Insights from the Nigerian Movie Industry

In: Informal Ethnic Entrepreneurship

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  • Uchenna Uzo

    (Pan-Atlantic University (formerly Pan-African University))

Abstract

Most studies on ethnic entrepreneurial organizations within the informal economy view the activities of such organizations as illegal or unauthorized. Building on a more recent definition of the informal economy, this chapter investigates the planning, hiring and distribution practices of both ethnic and non-ethnic entrepreneurial organizations within the informal economy that are officially registered. We use data from a study of organizations in the Nigerian movie industry. Our analysis reveals that organizations embedded in diverse institutional domains such as family, friendship, ethnicity and religious tend to exclusively hire members of the same socio-cultural group and plan their daily activities based on habitual improvisation. However, ethnic entrepreneurial organizations tend to distribute products to wider markets due to their commercial orientation. Our findings provide insights for policymakers, academics and practitioners.

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  • Uchenna Uzo, 2019. "Informal Institutional Domains and Informal Entrepreneurship: Insights from the Nigerian Movie Industry," Springer Books, in: Veland Ramadani & Léo-Paul Dana & Vanessa Ratten & Abdylmenaf Bexheti (ed.), Informal Ethnic Entrepreneurship, pages 163-177, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-99064-4_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-99064-4_11
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