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The Hidden Enterprise Culture: Entrepreneurship in the Underground Economy

Colin C. Williams

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Portraying how entrepreneurs often start out conducting some of their trade on an 'off-the-books' basis and how many continue to do so once they become established, this text presents a detailed account of the vast and ubiquitous hidden enterprise culture existing in the interstices of western economies.

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Portraying how entrepreneurs often start out conducting some of their trade on an 'off-the-books' basis and how many continue to do so once they become established, this text presents a detailed account of the vast and ubiquitous hidden enterprise culture existing in the interstices of western economies.

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Portraying how entrepreneurs often start out conducting some of their trade on an 'off-the-books' basis and how many continue to do so once they become established, this text presents a detailed account of the vast and ubiquitous hidden enterprise culture existing in the interstices of western economies.

Key concepts: Entrepreneurship, Business, Economic system, Economy, Industrial organization, Commerce, Market economy, Economics

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