This book presents a curated collection of research on ethnic entrepreneurship, focusing on the informal sector. In particular, the book explores the factors influencing ethnic groups to start informal businesses and how this creates innovative business activity.

This volume represents a comprehensive state-of-the-art picture of family business and entrepreneurship issues in countries belonging to the Gulf Cooperation Council.  It provides major theoretical and empirical evidence which depicts the current processes in each GCC country including problems, faced by family business owners and entrepreneurs, such as succession, financial constraints, and conflicts. The chapters offer recommendations to policy makers on how to improve the general business environment and encourage potential investors, researchers, academicians, and professionals to be...