A Study of Chinese Street Vendors: How They Operate

Reid, David McHardy; Fram, Eugene H.; Chi, Guotai

doi:10.1080/10599231.2010.520640

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“…The articles included in Table investigate only traditional vendors. Three studies use only the sample from mobile vendors (Ancho‐Chi, ; Greenburg et al, ; Reid, Fram, & Chi, ), and two articles investigate only fixed‐stall vendors (L'Hote & Gasta, ; Saha, ). The rest collect from both types of vendors or do not specify types.…”

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Street Vending Phenomena: A Literature Review and Research Agenda

Wongtada

2013

Thunderbird Intl Bus Rev

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Street vending is pervasive across the globe, especially in developing countries. It provides an important source of earnings for the unemployed in urban areas, as well as a source of relatively inexpensive goods and services for city residents. However, typical street vendors face a common set of problems, which range from tenuous property rights and harassment from civic authorities to subsistence living and earning. Under this precarious setting, street enterprises have been expanding. The objective of this article is to employ a systematic method to research the studies in this field, extract their findings, and integrate them in order to propose a model that incorporates factors affecting the success of street enterprises. Based on this model, major research issues are outlined to advance the knowledge in the field. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Street Vending Phenomena: A Literature Review and Research Agenda

Wongtada

2013

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“…Asiedu andAgyei-Mensah 2008 in Ghana, andReid et al 2010 in China), which shows that some products in street trading are counterfeit or low quality. This is due to the lack of legislation or control in the informal economy, and calls for more research into the origins of different products and the interplay mechanisms between the informal and formal economies.…”

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“…This indicates the humble attitude of the study participants, given the income inequalities between informal and formal workers. Also, besides supporting themselves and dependents, a number of studies show that street traders from urban areas send part of their earnings to support relatives and families in poor rural or suburban areas (Lyons et al 2012;Lyons et al 2014;Reid et al 2010). Also, informal workers operate with no job security, healthcare or social security packages or plans that are typical in the formal economy.…”

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Technology for street traders in Tanzania: A design science research approach

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African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Developm

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The informal sector employs the major part of workers in developing countries. Street trading is a common form of informal work. Despite its huge economic value in developing countries, little research is being done to improve street traders' empowerment and entrepreneurship. Also, development informatics is over-focused on social development and under-focused on economic development. This study takes a design science research (DSR) approach in order to identify barriers for street traders in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, that can be addressed with technology. As a follow-up to our previous qualitative study, a questionnaire was administered to a sample of (N = 285) street traders. The data was analysed using mixed methods. The results show that street traders operate in a challenging environment, and make most of their decisions based on tacit knowledge. Traders are restrained by unreliable business information, weak business strategies, and access to capital. A variety of technology innovations, such as customer-client matchmaking, and record keeping are proposed to directly address the daily challenges of street traders. Future technology projects form exciting possibilities for technology experts, students, and scholars globally. The expected future implications of this project are increased STI capacities, economic growth, and human development.

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“…In Thailand, for example, more than 100,000 small traditional shops have been forced to shut over the past decade (Fels, 2009). Further, policy decisions about micro-retailing are often made without any real understanding of the role such micro-retailers play (Reid, Fram, & Chi, 2010). Informal sector micro-retailers are often perceived negatively by policymakers.…”

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