Gernot Grabher and David Stark
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198290209
- eISBN:
- 9780191684791
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198290209.003.0006
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Organization Studies, Political Economy
This chapter argues that the development of small businesses in Hungary had been hampered both by historical heritage and the context of the transformational crisis. It sees mass and chronic ...
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This chapter argues that the development of small businesses in Hungary had been hampered both by historical heritage and the context of the transformational crisis. It sees mass and chronic unemployment as a contextual factor preventing the emergence of an efficient and dynamic small-business sector. The chapter focuses on the effects of narrowly economic determinants as observed in larger aggregates of self-employment. Based on the experience of established market economies as a comparative standard of measure, it proposes that small entrepreneurship in Hungary is exhibiting a syndrome that might be characterized as ‘too many, too small’. It adopts a macro-level economic approach to assess whether small entrepreneurship in Hungary is ailing or prospering. Lastly, it elaborates the implications of this syndrome for economic policy.Less
This chapter argues that the development of small businesses in Hungary had been hampered both by historical heritage and the context of the transformational crisis. It sees mass and chronic unemployment as a contextual factor preventing the emergence of an efficient and dynamic small-business sector. The chapter focuses on the effects of narrowly economic determinants as observed in larger aggregates of self-employment. Based on the experience of established market economies as a comparative standard of measure, it proposes that small entrepreneurship in Hungary is exhibiting a syndrome that might be characterized as ‘too many, too small’. It adopts a macro-level economic approach to assess whether small entrepreneurship in Hungary is ailing or prospering. Lastly, it elaborates the implications of this syndrome for economic policy.
Lee Gregory
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781447336211
- eISBN:
- 9781447336235
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447336211.003.0002
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
This chapter explores the issues on labour market and the tax and benefit system, focusing in particular on the rise of the so-called ‘on-demand economy’ or ‘gig economy’. Encompassing the image of ...
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This chapter explores the issues on labour market and the tax and benefit system, focusing in particular on the rise of the so-called ‘on-demand economy’ or ‘gig economy’. Encompassing the image of the ‘gig’ — a sought after opportunity to perform and earn an income — the term seeks to capture a whole series of employment practices. From well-publicised activities such as those of Uber, the on-demand taxi app, to online marketplaces such as Etsy and accommodation platforms like Airbnb, there has been an increase in small-scale entrepreneurship. Ultimately, the rise in on-demand employment offers a number of challenges for the design and implementation of both social protection for the relief of poverty and efforts to prevent poverty. The chapter then studies similarities between the language of the ‘on-demand’ economy and the re-emergence of moralistic and pathological accounts of poverty.Less
This chapter explores the issues on labour market and the tax and benefit system, focusing in particular on the rise of the so-called ‘on-demand economy’ or ‘gig economy’. Encompassing the image of the ‘gig’ — a sought after opportunity to perform and earn an income — the term seeks to capture a whole series of employment practices. From well-publicised activities such as those of Uber, the on-demand taxi app, to online marketplaces such as Etsy and accommodation platforms like Airbnb, there has been an increase in small-scale entrepreneurship. Ultimately, the rise in on-demand employment offers a number of challenges for the design and implementation of both social protection for the relief of poverty and efforts to prevent poverty. The chapter then studies similarities between the language of the ‘on-demand’ economy and the re-emergence of moralistic and pathological accounts of poverty.
