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The Resurgence of Bazaar Entrepreneurship: ‘Ravabet-Networking’ and the Case of the Persian Carpet Trade

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This paper contributes to a recent stream of research that analyses what the concept of the bazaar can offer in respect to our understanding of the new economy. It suggests that the bazaar-type economy provides interesting insights into features characterizing the new economy which is not captured by standard economic conceptualizations or the standard iconic markets, such as Wall Street. The paper builds on empirical studies from the Iranian dominated Carpet bazaar in Hamburg, Germany. Throughout the paper, the traditional and contemporary bazaar is compared to modern markets; with special attention paid to networks.

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  1. Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark

    Shahamak Rezaei & Birte Hansen

  2. Sino Danish Center for Research & Education (SDC), Beijing, China

    Shahamak Rezaei & Birte Hansen

  3. Faculty of Business and Economics, South-East European University, Tetovo, Macedonia

    Veland Ramadani

  4. Montpellier Research in Management, Montpellier Business School, Montpellier Cedex 4, France

    Léo-Paul Dana

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Rezaei, S., Hansen, B., Ramadani, V., Dana, LP. (2019). The Resurgence of Bazaar Entrepreneurship: ‘Ravabet-Networking’ and the Case of the Persian Carpet Trade. In: Ramadani, V., Dana, LP., Ratten, V., Bexheti, A. (eds) Informal Ethnic Entrepreneurship. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99064-4_5

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