We examine various approaches to explaining ethnic enterprise, using a framework based
on three dimensions: an ethnic group's access to opportunities, the characteristics of a …

Immigrant‐owned business in Britain is reviewed in the light of both cultural and structural
economic perspectives. The latter view is emphasised. Concentration in trades which are in …

In this study, we examined several hypotheses on how the survival and success of small
businesses headed by men and women are related to industry differences, organizational …

This article introduces the reader to the scope, boundaries, variation, and theoretical lenses
of transnational entrepreneurship (TE) research. We discuss issues concerning why, how …

We examine how self-employment among Asian and Hispanic immigrants is affected by
family composition and human capital/class resources. Because of collective interests and …

Still the Promised City? addresses the question of why African-Americans have fared so
poorly in securing unskilled jobs in the postwar era and why new immigrants have done so …

To many observers, a focus on entrepreneurial groups–or, more colloquially, venture
'founding teams'–is a thoroughly modern pre-occupation. It was only in the late 1980s and …

Shopkeepers have social networks composed of ties to many others: Family, friends,
customers, suppliers, employees, and moneylenders. We examine how ties to family and …

This paper provides a comparative perspective of pathways to entrepreneurship among
Hispanic (mostly Mexican), Korean, non-Hispanic white, and Middle-Eastern/South-Asian …

Women-owned businesses are the fastest growing segment of new business start-ups, and
black women's businesses are a larger share of black-owned businesses than white …