1. Introduction and conceptual outline -- 2. A simulation model of informal information sharing under complex social relations -- 3. From modelling to empirical study -- 4. Informal information sharing in a universal affinity setting : empirical study of a coir cluster -- 5. A network study of...

"Informality is ubiquitous in most developing countries. Understanding the informal economy is therefore of utmost importance from a political, economic and social point of view. Paradoxically, despite its economic importance, knowledge is extremely limited regarding the informal economy. It...

"This book offers an innovative examination of how 'low-technology' industries operate. Based on extensive fieldwork in India, the book fuses economic and sociological perspectives on information sharing by means of informal interaction in a low-technology cluster in a developing country. In...