Minority Business Ownership.
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| Language: | English |
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Hauppauge :
Nova Science Publishers, Inc.,
2011.
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| Series: | Business issues, competition and entrepreneurship series.
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Table of Contents:
- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; Preface; Characteristics of Minority Business and Entrepreneurs: An Analysis of the 2002 Survey of Business Owners; Executive Summary; Implications; Introduction; Life Cycle of Minority Firms; Survival Rates of Firms; Characteristics of Businesses with High Survival Rates; Data and Methodology; Minority-Owned Firms; Non-Minority-Owned Firms; American Indian and Alaska Native; Comparability of 2002 Characteristics of Business and Business Owners and 1992 Characteristics of Business Owners; Relative Standard Errors.
- Business CharacteristicsEmployer Firms; Employee Productivity; Sources of Capital to Start or Acquire Business; Sources of Capital Used by Size of Firm and Employment; Sources of Capital Used by Industry; Sources of Capital Used for Expansion or Capital Improvements; Sources of Capital Used by Size of Firm and Employment; Sources of Capital Used by Industry; Business Ownership and Structure: Home-Based, One Owner, and Franchised; Business Ownership and Structure by Size of Firm and Employment; Business Ownership and Structure by Industry; Customer Categories.
- Customer Categories by Size of Firm and EmploymentHousehold Consumers/Individuals; Other Businesses/Organizations; Federal government; Export Sales; Customer Categories by Industry; Owner's Education; Owner's Age; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Appendix: Glossary of Terms; Appendix: Additional Tables; References; End Notes; Increasing MBE Competitiveness through Strategic Alliances; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; Introduction; The MBE's Role in the Value Chain; The Logic for Outsourcing in the Value Chain; The MBE's Chosen Customers; The MBE'S Growth Strategy.
- Strategic Business RelationshipsMBE Participation in Strategic Alliance Formation; Annual Sales Revenue and Contract Portfolio; Annual Sales Revenue and Complexity of Business Relationships; Number of Employees and Contract Portfolio; Number of Employees and Complexity of Business Relationships; Age of Company and Contract Portfolio; Age of Company and Complexity of Business Relationships; Diversification of Business Relationship Portfolio; Conclusions; Implications for Practice; The MBE Support System; Recommendations; References; End Notes.
- Disparities in Capital Access Between Minority and Non-Minority-Owned Businesses: The Troubling Reality of Capital Limitations Faced by MBEsExecutive Summary; Key Findings; Job Creation; Faster Growth; Capital Access Disparities; Loans; Equity; Financial Investment; Introduction; The State of Minority Business; Total Gross Receipts of Minority-Owned Businesses; Total Employment and Payroll; Average Firm Performance; Previous Research on Constraints Faced by Minority-Owned Businesses; Financial Capital Constraints; Evidence of Lending Discrimination; Other Types of Discrimination.