1989/09/01 by Timothy Bates · 1 citation
Business, Management and Accounting · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Social Sciences · #Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences #Firm Innovation and Growth #Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
paper · doi:10.1007/bf02895231
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This study compares the performance of small businesses formed between 1976 and 1982 by three groups: 1) Asian males, 2) black males, and 3) nonminority males. Self-employed Asians are outperforming nonminorities and blacks. A subset of black-owned firms—small scale ghetto-oriented operations—is shown to be laggard. Weak internal markets, commercial bank redlining, and loss of entrepreneurial talent are factors in undermining the inner city black business community. Successful black-owned firms are increasingly removed from the ghetto and from serving a minority clientele.