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the personnal networks of entrepreneurs in an informal african urban economy : does the strenght of ties' matter?

hal.structure.identifierGroupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée [GREThA]
hal.structure.identifierLes Afriques dans le monde [LAM]
dc.contributor.authorBERROU, Jean-Philippe
hal.structure.identifierGroupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée [GREThA]
dc.contributor.authorCOMBARNOUS, François
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.issn0034-6764
dc.description.abstractEnThis paper investigates Granovetter's “strength of weak ties” hypothesis in an informal African urban economy. It outlines an approach articulated around the reticular embeddedness conceptual framework associated with the notion of “ego-centred network.” The content of ties in an entrepreneur's network is described by three salient dimensions: strength, social role and exchanged resources. We use an original dataset collected in the informal economy of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso) to evaluate how the content and strength of ties influence entrepreneurs' economic outcomes. The instrument of multiple name generators provides a vast amount of information that can be used to compute quantitative measures of the composition of networks. We show that both strength of ties and proportion of business ties have a significant positive impact on economic outcomes. It reveals the importance for small urban informal entrepreneurs to draw on both embedded social relations and more autonomous ones.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis (Routledge)
dc.subjectAfrique
dc.subjectEconomie urbaine
dc.subjectEntrepreneurs
dc.subjectEconomie informelle
dc.subjectRéseaux personnels
dc.title.enthe personnal networks of entrepreneurs in an informal african urban economy : does the strenght of ties' matter?
dc.typeArticle de revue
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00346764.2011
dc.subject.halSciences de l'Homme et Société/Science politique
bordeaux.journalReview of Social Economy
bordeaux.page1-30
bordeaux.volume70
bordeaux.issue1
bordeaux.peerReviewedoui
hal.identifierhalshs-00760247
hal.version1
hal.origin.linkhttps://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr//halshs-00760247v1
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