Presentation
Become Independent! The Paradoxical Constraints of France’s Auto-Entrepreneur Regime
Author/s | Levratto, Nadine
Serverin, Evelyne |
Editor | Liñán, Francisco
Guzmán Cuevas, Joaquín J. |
Publication Date | 2011 |
Deposit Date | 2017-04-03 |
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ISBN/ISSN | 978-84-694-7290-3 |
Abstract | The Law on Economic Modernization of 4 August 2008 introduced a new form of individual entrepreneur, the auto-entrepreneur, the goal being to enhance the competitiveness of the French economy by promoting the entrepreneurial ... The Law on Economic Modernization of 4 August 2008 introduced a new form of individual entrepreneur, the auto-entrepreneur, the goal being to enhance the competitiveness of the French economy by promoting the entrepreneurial spirit. This paper proposes to discuss the auto-entrepreneur model with reference to the fundamentals of the theory of the firm and the legal variants of the auto-entrepreneur. The argument will be structured around the criterion of independence, and its various interpretations, which will be used to put the auto-entrepreneur model to the test. Three forms of autonomy are given precedence: productive (Section 1), concerning the availability of sufficient financing and material to provide professional services; managerial (Section 2), which measures the ability to assume the risks inherent to business, regarding both interested and third parties; and financial (Section 3), or the chances of earning enough money to subsist upon. The result, underscored in the conclusion to this article, is that the auto-entrepreneur regime appears best adapted as a means of supplementing income from another, unrelated activity or in retirement, which is contrary to every approach to business and enterprise. |
Citation | Levratto, N. y Serverin, E. (2011). Become Independent! The Paradoxical Constraints of France’s Auto-Entrepreneur Regime. En 8th ESU Conference on Entrepreneurship (1-22), Sevilla: Universidad de Sevilla. |
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