Ethnic Entrepreneurs: Immigrant Business in Industrial Societies

by Roger Waldinger, Howard Aldrich, Robin Harwood Ward

Everywhere immigrants settle in advanced Western societies, ethnic minority businesses flourish - whether they be Turkish tailors in Amsterdam, Moroccan grocers in Paris or Chinese restaurateurs in New York. This book examines the phenomenon of minority business development in industrial societies. Contributions challenge the conventional 'wisdom which claims that immigrants do well in business because their culture makes them entrepreneurial. Rather,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803937105
• ISBN13: 9780803937109
• Release Date: February 1990
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.