MEI - Formal Individual Entrepreneur Development Registration and their Business Relations Brasilian States

Authors

  • Claudia Ribeiro Pereira Nunes Fundação Getúlio Vargas Centro Universitário de Barra Mansa Instituto de Estudos Superiores de Rondônia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/2178-8189.2013v17n2p29

Keywords:

Microentrepreneurs, Informality Economy, Formalization, Business Relations

Abstract

In Brazil, microentrepreneurs autonomous practiced their dealings informally for not having access to formality until 2008. After the Microentrepreneur Law, without much bureaucracy, this social group has obtained the right to formalize their economic and social guarantees or fundamental rights, such as maternity aid, sickness aid, and retirement, among others. The objective of the research is to analyze whether or not there was the microenterprise individual development of records, after being provided access to formality. The specific objectives, after contextualize popular economy, are: (i) to understand the formal and informal microenterprise business relations, and (ii) to indicate which are the main economic activities developed by microentrepreneurs in Brazil after their formalization. The research methodology has two approaches: (i) theoretical, and (ii) secondary data, with the time frame of the survey covering the years 2010-2013 and including spatial data representative of the 27 Brazilian States.

Author Biography

Claudia Ribeiro Pereira Nunes, Fundação Getúlio Vargas Centro Universitário de Barra Mansa Instituto de Estudos Superiores de Rondônia

Possui graduação em Direito pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (1991), Mestrado (2002) e Doutorado (2008), ambos em Programa de pós-doutoramento em Direito pela Universidade Gama Filho (CAPES 5). She acted as a visiting professor by invitation of Prof. Dr. David T. Ritchie, in Macon, in Georgia (GA/USA) (2006/2007). Atualmente é Consultora do Escritório Nordi & Pereira Advogados Associados, Professora Adjunta da FGV - Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Pesquisadora do UBM e Coordenadora de Pesquisa e Extensão e do NUPES do IESUR/FAAR. Palestrante Convidada do Clube do Petróleo, do LLM do Ibmec Business School e do MBA da UBM-COPEP.

Published

2013-12-04

How to Cite

Nunes, C. R. P. (2013). MEI - Formal Individual Entrepreneur Development Registration and their Business Relations Brasilian States. Scientia Iuris, 17(2), 29–54. https://doi.org/10.5433/2178-8189.2013v17n2p29

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