Dissertations / Theses: 'Minority business enterprises'

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Taylor, Cheryl L. (Cheryl Leigh). "Sharing equal opportunity : minority business enterprises and their effects on minority employment in inner city neighborhoods." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70257.

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Quesada, Lemay Llorente. "The role of provincial government support in the development of black-owned small tourism businesses in the city of Cape Town." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2005. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&amp.

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Since 1994, tourism has become one of the most benefited industries among the overall of the South African economy. However, the industry is still far from being an example of transformations. The tourism industry in South Africa is still dominated by white-owned large enterprises, leaving limited space for the development of black-owned small tourism businesses. The existing literature identifies that government support represents a key variable regarding small tourism business development, specifically among black entrepreneurs. This study evaluated the role of provincial government support in the development of black-owned small tourism businesses in the South Africa, with a focus on Cape Town.

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Carlson, Heidi B. "A study of a minority woman business owner in a non-traditional field." Online version, 1998. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998carlsonh.pdf.

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Hopkins, William Alvin. "Minority Business Enterprise Program's Impact on African American Businesses in Atlanta, Georgia." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3782.

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There was a long history of Jim Crow laws in the State of Georgia, which permeated in social, educational, and economical ways that prohibited African American business owners from competing for the state contracts. In 1982, there was a shift in state policy that implemented an outreach programs to seek out African American businesses and ensure that those interested businesses were enrolled as registered vendors for procurement. Yet little is known about the success of those outreach efforts over the last 35 years. Using Swearing and Plank's work on survival of minority business programs as a conceptual framework, this study evaluated (a) the association between the registration status (registered, non-registered, unknown) with the Georgia Minority Business Enterprise Program (GMBE Program) and gender, and (b) descriptive information about the outreach efforts of the MBE Program. Data were collected from 108 randomly selected African American small business owners in the State of Georgia through an online survey. A chi-square test revealed a significant association (p = .08) between gender and enrollment of registered vendors, with women more likely to register as vendors than were men. Descriptive data also revealed that nearly half (48% percent) of respondents had not registered with the MBE Program and were not aware of the educational and economic opportunities offered through the program. Contracts were awarded 4 times more frequently to vendors registered with the MBE Program as compared to businesses not registered. The positive social change implications of this study include recommendation to the state of the Georgia MBE Program to collaborate on outreach efforts to African American business owners to encourage economic development in minority communities and minorities-owned businesses.

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Ofori, Esther. "Site selection methods of small ethnic minority businesses a case study of the Bronx Terminal Market, Bronx, New York /." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2008.

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Chesser, Michele Lee. "Overcoming structures of inequality : a study of the personal networks of minority and female hi-tech business owners /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Rodríguez, Reymundo. "The impact of the 76th Legislature on Texas' historically underutilized business (HUB) program /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Widhyastuti, Ichsanna Samba Rukmie. "Ethniehubs a case study of Sydney, Australia /." Connect to full text, 2008. http://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/3957.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2008.
Title from title screen (viewed December 12, 2008). Includes graphs and tables. Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print form.

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Chavan, Meena S., of Western Sydney Nepean University, and School of Business and Industry Operations Management. "Entrepreneurship development amongst the ethnic community in Australia : a model for ethnic small business creation and success." THESIS_XXX_BIOM_Chavan_M.xml, 2000. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/725.

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This research seeks to analyse the phenomenon of ethnic business creation amongst the ethnic community in Australia. The main emphasis is on finding the reasons for the process of ethnic business creation over time, focusing on the ethnic resources that the intending ethnic business operators bring to such activities through links to their country of origin. This is a resource-based study, which looks at ethnic resources as a means of sustained competitive advantage and as strategy for success in ethnic business operations in Australia. It attempts to gauge the extent of interactive processes between business operations and the relevant ethnic resources, some of which have a great influence in determining ethnic business people’s success. Policies aimed directly at facilitating, encouraging and strengthening these processes would be a valuable development. This research also examines the theories of small business development and identifies their applicability and relevance to the development of ethnic small business in Australia. The findings of this study enabled the development of a new theory and model for ethnic business creation that links the creation and success of ethnic small businesses to the use of productive diversity principles.
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Dickson, Austin Cartwright. "MBE policy as economic development: an examination of public contracting in Georgia." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/34714.

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Many scholars suggest that Minority Business Enterprises help disadvantaged populations and achieve greater equity in society. Rooted in the affirmative action policies of the 1960s and 1970s, Minority Business Enterprise designations have become a standard way for the federal government to assist minority entrepreneurs as well as protect against discrimination in contracting. Some scholars even suggest that these policies go beyond protection from discrimination and actually foster economic development in minority communities. This thesis examines those claims and utilizes an example from 12 years of the Georgia Department of Transportation's records on contracting with MBEs to answer the question: who is helped by these federal policies? This examination sheds light on the current literature linking MBEs with economic development as well as adds to the sparse literature on outcomes for MBE policy. The results of data analysis show that , over a 12-year period, White female business enterprises receive the twice as many contracting dollars as all other Minority Business Enterprises combined.

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Brown, Heather Moore. "Performance barriers to 8(a) small businesses : learning & policy implications /." Diss., This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-164639/.

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Chavan, Meena S. "Entrepreneurship development amongst the ethnic community in Australia : a model for ethnic small business creation and success." Thesis, View thesis, 2000. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/725.

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This research seeks to analyse the phenomenon of ethnic business creation amongst the ethnic community in Australia. The main emphasis is on finding the reasons for the process of ethnic business creation over time, focusing on the ethnic resources that the intending ethnic business operators bring to such activities through links to their country of origin. This is a resource-based study, which looks at ethnic resources as a means of sustained competitive advantage and as strategy for success in ethnic business operations in Australia. It attempts to gauge the extent of interactive processes between business operations and the relevant ethnic resources, some of which have a great influence in determining ethnic business people’s success. Policies aimed directly at facilitating, encouraging and strengthening these processes would be a valuable development. This research also examines the theories of small business development and identifies their applicability and relevance to the development of ethnic small business in Australia. The findings of this study enabled the development of a new theory and model for ethnic business creation that links the creation and success of ethnic small businesses to the use of productive diversity principles.

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Amankwah, Benjamin. "IMMIGRANTS’ SMALL BUSINESSES: THE GHANAIAN EXPERIENCE IN COLUMBUS, OHIO." Connect to this document online, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1095437052.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Miami University, Dept. of Geography, 2004.
Title from first page of PDF document. Document formatted into pages; contains [1], v, 69 p. : map. Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-69).

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Lee, Sae-Jae. "Immigrant occupational choice : an economic model of Korean and other Asian immigration to the U.S. /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7478.

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Chavan, Meena S. "Entrepreneurship development amongst the ethnic community in Australia : a model for ethnic small business creation and success /." View thesis, 2000. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030805.132801/index.html.

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Musafili, Paul. "Les caractéristiques personnelles et de gestion des immigrants-entrepreneurs : cas de la région du Saguenay au Québec /." Thèse, Chicoutimi : Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 1991. http://theses.uqac.ca.

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Prescott, Semisi Manisela. "Pacific business sustainability in New Zealand a study of Tongan experiences : a thesis submitted to Auckland University of Technology in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), 2009 /." Click here to access this resource online, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/745.

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Pacific business sustainability in New Zealand is important for the economic and social wellbeing of the Pacific Island people who have chosen New Zealand as their home. As with many ethnic minorities businesses overseas, Pacific businesses struggle to survive in a foreign commercial environment that is often not aligned to the value systems and customs of their country of origin. This study seeks to determine the key financial and entrepreneurial drivers of business sustainability for Tongan businesses as a specific group within the Pacific Island business sector. The study takes an ethnic specific view of business sustainability drawing on the experiences of twenty Tongan businesses, three Pacific business consultants and the wider Tongan community. The data was captured in a series of talanoa sessions (a traditional and preferred form of communication based on face to face discussion) carried out in 2006 and 2007. Throughout the study, attention was given to Tongan protocols, cultural nuances and sensitivities to ensure the context in which these Tongan businesses operate was captured. The study concludes by making several contributions to the literature. The first includes the contribution to methodology through to use of talanoa in a business context. The second is the contribution to embeddedness theory through the analysis of specific Tongan business experiences and lastly the empirical contribution to the Pacific Island business literature. The findings have been analysed from a number of perspectives including; financial accounting, business finance, management accounting and business related challenges. The empirical findings highlight that differences in culture and traditional Tongan protocols influence business practice. The impact of Tongan culture on business sustainability is both complementary and inimical. Tongan business sustainability in New Zealand is therefore a product of business practices that incorporate embedded Tongan culture and the western commercial paradigms within which they operate.

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Nsengimana, Simon. "Challenges to women entrepreneurship in Kigali, Rwanda." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2589.

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Thesis (MTech (Business Administration (Entrepreneurship))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017.
Given good conditions, women can run businesses, support their families and the community, and contribute to economic growth. The lack of women’s involvement in entrepreneurship is a huge loss to the nation and society. Women make up 51.83% of the population in Rwanda, but are underrepresented in business – largely due to social customs, religion, and cultural beliefs. Society perceives women as too weak to conduct business, and prefers them to be confined to housekeeping activities and dependency on men. Interestingly, literature indicates that involving women in entrepreneurial activities help. Despite this, women in Rwanda have broken the barrier and started up business. However, they face many challenges; their businesses remain small scale compared to their counterparts. The aim of this study is to determine the challenges experienced by women entrepreneurs in Kigali. This research is significant because it attempts to identify the challenges to entrepreneurship in Kigali, by allowing the voices of women entrepreneurs to be heard. The study uses a quantitative descriptive approach. The target population was women in formal and informal business in the districts of Gasabo, Kicukiro, and Nyarugenge in the city of Kigali. A self-administered structured questionnaire was used to obtain data from 398 women entrepreneurs after obtaining their informed written consent. The data was analysed using recent Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 24. Findings were interpreted and discussed in a numerical narrative featuring frequency, percent, valid percent, cumulative percent, mean, and standard deviation. The results show that women entrepreneurs in Kigali experience more challenges, among others including: High shop rentals, lack of start-up capital, lack of collateral to obtain a loan, high taxes, high interest rate and high transport, and a lack of information technology skills. This study has uncovered that women entrepreneurs face a lot of challenges while running their business in Kigali. Fortunately, the solution is within reach. For instance, women entrepreneurs themselves, family, society, government, stakeholder, and researchers should work together to eradicate these challenges. Women entrepreneurs should work together in cooperatives to minimise shop rentals, possible access to capital and so forth. In addition, they can leverage their experience and know-how.

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Cole, Mia. "A Critical Assessment of Professional Skills and Knowledge in Supplier Diversity: A Delphi Study." [Yellow Springs, Ohio] : Antioch University, 2008. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc_num=antioch1223305907.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Antioch University, 2008
Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Oct. 24, 2008). Advisor: Jon Wergin, Ph.D.. "A dissertation submitted to the Ph.D. in Leadership and Change program of Antioch University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy September, 2008."--from the title page. Includes bibliographical references (p.129-137).

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Samson, Nambei Asoba. "Factors influencing the growth of African immigrant-owned business in selected craft markets in the Cape metropolitan area of South Africa." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2349.

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Thesis (MTech (Business Administration))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2014.
The majority of craft retail outlets in Cape Town are owned by immigrants mostly from the SADC and elsewhere on the continent. However, a notable proportion of African immigrant-owned survivalist and micro businesses that do not grow and develop into small and medium size enterprises (SMEs). Despite many studies conducted on craft businesses generally, little information exists on factors affecting the growth of African immigrant-owned craft businesses. The main objective of this study is to determine these factors. This study focused on four craft markets in the Cape Town area: Greenmarket Square, Stellenbosch, Franschhoek and Hout Bay.The population of the study comprised all African immigrants at the selected craft markets and the municipal managers responsible for managing these selected markets. The sample frame of this study constitutes African immigrant entrepreneur-owned businesses that are three or more years old, registered and located in one of the selected markets. The study utilised a mixed method approach to collect and analyse data. Questionnaires (Quantitative) were administered to 122 African immigrant entrepreneurs and in-depth interviews (Qualitative) were conducted with the three municipal managers responsible for the four selected craft markets. Quantitative data was analysed separately using Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) software, and face-to-face interviews were analysed by means of content analysis. The results of both methods were presented in tabulated format. Pushed by the need to survive and pulled by the many tourists in South Africa, African immigrant entrepreneurs turned to the craft business. In terms of the challenges faced, it was noted that limited access to finance and difficulty in acquiring a business location were start-up challenges, whereas the growth challenges were the seasonal and irregular nature of trade and xenophobia. Emanating from the findings of this study, recommendations were made to municipality managers to persuade the financial agencies to extend their funding assistance to deserving African immigrant entrepreneurs. Local government should grant immigrants trading permits and relax some of the restrictions to allow them to have a stall and do business. The municipalities should organise workshops to educate African immigrant entrepreneurs on the benefits of selling unique products and anti-xenophobic sentiment.

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Bonder, Linda Eve. "Identity Construction and Language Use by Immigrant Women in a Microenterprise Development Program." Thesis, Portland State University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10141260.

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Researchers have explored immigrant identity in various contexts, but few studies have examined identity in low-income immigrant women entrepreneurs. To address this research gap, I conducted in-depth interviews with eight low-income Latino immigrants who were starting their own businesses and receiving support through a local microenterprise development program (MDP). The study explored how participants’ microenterprise efforts affected their identities and their investments in learning English.

The research found that entrepreneurship promoted positive identity construction by providing opportunities for participants to develop personal and cultural pride, strengthened parental roles, and interdependence with the community. These benefits helped participants decrease family stress and increase optimism for the future, regardless of the microenterprises’ financial success. Participants reported that their families were healthier and their children were doing better in school, suggesting a broad impact beyond the business owner. This finding indicates that MDPs and other social service programs should have explicit goals related to increasing participants’ symbolic resources. In the language-learning realm, this study introduced the construct "relationship with English," extending Norton’s (2000) notion of investment in language learning. The relationship construct encompasses the situated nature of immigrants’ English use, investment in learning, and feelings about using English. The businesses helped most participants improve their relationship with English by providing motivation and informal learning opportunities. The non-English speaking participants improved their relationship with English by finding ways to use English even without working on their ability to speak. This finding suggests that social service agencies, ESL programs, and employers should broaden their view of immigrants’ capabilities to use English and to invest creatively in their own learning. Another significant finding was that participants demonstrated signs of internalized racism, which can make it hard for immigrants to see their own strengths. New research could help MDPs and other social service providers address internalized racism and decrease its negative impact on identity construction. Looking ahead, long-term studies of MDP participants could help optimize program design, extend learnings to other types of programs, and help providers, policymakers, and funders allocate resources for maximum effect.

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Lippard, Cameron D. "Building Inequality: A Case Study of White, Black, and Latino Contractors in the Atlanta Construction Industry." unrestricted, 2006. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-07172006-231523/.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2006.
Title from title screen. Charles A. Gallagher, committee chair; Robert Adelman, Charles L. Jaret, committee members. Electronic text (355 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed July 26, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-350).

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Toli, Leticia. "The identification and exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities by African immigrants in a selected township in Cape Town." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2577.

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Thesis (MTech (Business Administration (Entrepreneurship)))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017.
Many people from African countries immigrate to South Africa because they perceive South Africa as a country which offers many opportunities and an advanced standard of living. Although immigrants often resort to entrepreneurial activities as a means of survival when few other options are available to them, increasing numbers of African immigrants are coming to South Africa with the express intention of starting businesses in the country. An unfortunate consequence of their entrepreneurial success in the SMME sector in South Africa has been manifested in outbreaks of xenophobic violence which have targeted entrepreneurs in the townships of South Africa. African immigrants are widely perceived to pose threats to the livelihoods of South Africans, either by invading local labour markets or putting South African entrepreneurs in the SMME sector out of business because of the competitive edge which their businesses often enjoy over those of their South African counterparts. Relatively little emphasis has been given to the socio-economic contribution which African immigrant entrepreneurs make, by providing employment to South Africans in the face of alarmingly high rates of unemployment in South Africa and by contributing directly to the South African economy through the payment of taxes. The researcher formulated this research study to determine how African immigrants identify and exploit business opportunities in South Africa by studying a group of African immigrant entrepreneurs in the township of Nomzamo in Strand, which lies some 50 kilometres to the southeast of Cape Town. The significance of this study lies in the fact that, to date, there has been relatively little research concerning this research topic and also in the contention that obtaining a comprehensive understanding of the successful business practices of African immigrant entrepreneurs could play a very meaningful role in improving the performance of South African entrepreneurs in the SMME sector and in normalising relationships between immigrant communities and South African population groups in the townships of South Africa.

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Ondigi, Joseph N. "An analysis of the minority business enterprise program in the city of Atlanta: a case study." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1985. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/3230.

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The purpose of this paper is to analyze the Minority Business Enterprises program in the City of Atlanta, and to determine the extent to which this program can be modelled to adequately address the plight of minority businesses in other cities. Attempts have been made to analyze the economic performances of minority businesses at the national level, and, also, attempts have been made to ascertain the extent to which a local Minority Business Enterprise program, such as the one in the City of Atlanta can be targeted to industries whose products and services the city requires. In addition, the techniques which the City of Atlanta utilizes to attract minority businesses in its purchasing and contracting activities show an upward trend since the inception of this program. This case study is important because it demonstrates an attempt by a municipal government, to grapple with, to utilize the techniques for, and to devise solutions to problems besieging minority businesses in the free market economy. The descriptive analysis method was used in this research effort. The researcher employed direct observation, interviews, and trend analysis techniques to gather, to evaluate, and to analyze relevant data. The data utilized in this research were obtained from secondary sources, particularly a study by James H. Lowry, on MBEP in the City of Atlanta; United States Congressional Records; the U.S. Department of Commerce; City of Atlanta; a U.S. Supreme Court Case; a State of Georgia Supreme Court case and the local mass media.

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Blount, Ian Y. "Policy Implementation by Executive Order: A Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of Agency Decisions and Organizational Characteristics on Government Expenditures Through a Minority Businesses Enterprise Set-Aside Program in Ohio." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1366041200.

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Nguyenová, Zuzana. "Vietnamské kulturní standardy a jejich vliv na život Vietnamců v ČR." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-204029.

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The dissertation focuses on Vietnamese culture from the perspective of the Hofstede´s model of cultural dimensions and also describes its development and the factors that shaped it. Emphasis is laid on Vietnamese business etiquette, which includes previously discovered evidence of a Vietnamese way of thinking and acting. Attention is also paid to the characteristics of the Vietnamese minority in the Czech Republic, the static data related to this minority and evaluation of its integration. The goal of the research is to reveal the cultural differences between Vietnamese and Czech society and describe the influence of the Czech environment on original cultural values and habits of members of the Vietnamese minority in the Czech Republic.

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Dixon, Joby Edward. "Pathways to success exploring the personal networks of female and minority entrepreneurs /." 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3119668.

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Devarajan, Jeyaraman, University of Western Sydney, College of Business, and School of Accounting. "An analysis of the financing of Sri Lankan small businesses and their use of ethnic networks to support their business endeavours." 2006. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/12145.

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This thesis examines the sources for generating financial and social capital for ethnic small business owners, particularly for Sri Lankan ethnic small businesses in Australia. The results further our understanding of raising capital by introducing a model by generating capital for ethnic small businesses. This model identifies the informal and formal sources of financial capital, factors influencing those sources and networking activities for generating social capital. We found that competition and rising costs are the major business problem for Sri Lankan ethnic small business owners, not raising capital. The reasons for using personal savings as the major surce of capital include difficulties associated with approaching financial institutions and government agencies. The role of networking with ethnic associations was also explored. Finally, recommendations are made to business owners on how to overcome various business problems and to promote better networking activities through ethnic associations. Recommendations are also made to government agency officials to provide information about government progammes, and to financial institutions about satisfying banking needs of ethnic small business owners.
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Devarajan, Jeyaraman. "An analysis of the financing of Sri Lankan small businesses and their use of ethnic networks to support their business endeavours." Thesis, 2006. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/12145.

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This thesis examines the sources for generating financial and social capital for ethnic small business owners, particularly for Sri Lankan ethnic small businesses in Australia. The results further our understanding of raising capital by introducing a model by generating capital for ethnic small businesses. This model identifies the informal and formal sources of financial capital, factors influencing those sources and networking activities for generating social capital. We found that competition and rising costs are the major business problem for Sri Lankan ethnic small business owners, not raising capital. The reasons for using personal savings as the major surce of capital include difficulties associated with approaching financial institutions and government agencies. The role of networking with ethnic associations was also explored. Finally, recommendations are made to business owners on how to overcome various business problems and to promote better networking activities through ethnic associations. Recommendations are also made to government agency officials to provide information about government progammes, and to financial institutions about satisfying banking needs of ethnic small business owners.

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De, Vries Huibert Peter. "The influence of migration, settlement, cultural and business factors on immigrant entrepreneurship in New Zealand : a thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Management in the University of Canterbury /." 2007. http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/etd/adt-NZCU20080507.143757.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Canterbury, 2007.
Typescript (photocopy). [v. 1.] thesis -- [v. 2.] appendices. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 204-218). Also available via the World Wide Web.

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Haq, Muhibul. "South Asian ethnic minority small and medium enterprises in the UK: a review and research agenda." 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/7388.

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It is argued in this paper that: ethnic minority population and their enterprises, predominated by South Asians, are growing faster than their mainstream counterparts in the UK; past research paid more attention to either South Asian ethnic minority SMEs based in and around London only or owned by Indian entrepreneurs only than South Asian ethnic minority SMEs elsewhere in the UK or owned by Pakistani and Bangladeshi entrepreneurs. Further, scholarly investigation is needed to explain: the relationship between educational levels and entrepreneurial orientation; and intra-ethnic minority entrepreneurial differences between South Asian ethnic minority entrepreneurs in the UK by expanding the research scope both geographically and contextually.

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Rurkwararuk, Warawude. "The effects of cultural dimensions of ethnicity on small business start-up decisions in regional Thailand." Phd thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/150460.

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This research examines the extent to which cultural dimensions of ethnicity affect individual decisions to start a small business in regional Thailand. A theoretical framework is developed to explain how the cultural dimensions of ethnicity may affect the start-up decisions. The framework draws upon theories in economics, social psychology, and cultural anthropology as they apply to business-founder motivation and cultural influences on economic decisions. Postulations arising from the framework are tested by surveying of small business owners and non-business owners in regional Thailand using an extensive questionnaire. The most dominant ancestral heritage group identified by the respondents is chosen as a cultural identifier used throughout the analysis. The respondents are the Thai; the Chinese; the Lao; and the Korat Tai. Snowball sampling was used to gain access to appropriate respondents expected to be representative of the ethnic groups under investigation. There were 614 usable responses, comprised of 32 per cent small business owners, 10 per cent micro business owners and 52 per cent non-owners. Of the self-identified ethnic groups based on heritage identifier, the proportions are 18 per cent Lao, 17 per cent Chinese, 48 per cent Thai and 13 per cent Korat Tai. The results reveal that though a person identified as Chinese is more likely than a person from another ethnic group to be a small business owner, they do not show significant difference. At the extremes, living in urbanised areas are more likely to lead to owning businesses, while having been living in a more remote area are the opposite. However, it is not necessarily a pre-requisite to ownership of businesses. Business education, internships, helping in a family business as children and business training were not found to be related to business ownership or start-ups in regional Thailand and are not related to the Chinese as expected. Being pro-business and less risk-averse is related to business start-ups and this related to any heritage group, not only the Chinese. People who feel free to do business and people around them also support them if they choose so are tentatively be 'in-business'. The career of the most influential person in their life tends to affect their current occupation. People with role models 'in-business' are more likely to be 'in business' than those with employee role models. People with role models in governmental service are less likely to be small business owners. People who are younger (from 20-39 years old) are more likely to be employees than older people. Nonetheless, Chinese owners have more positive attitudes towards being in business and are more risk-taking than any other ethnic groups. Need for achievement cannot distinguish business owners from employees. The most important reasons for start-ups are (1) need more income and (2) want to be one's own boss and be independent. The most frequently identified reason for not starting a business is 'lack of capital', especially among the Korat Tai. A high percentage of owners acquired help from those in their heritage group, especially from parents in terms of the initial investment for the business start-ups. Parents of owners tend to be more 'in' business', either small or micro, and freelance or self-employed, and tend to have lower education than parents of the non-owners, across the four heritage groups. No other variables can distinguish owners from non-owners. In conclusion, the owners of small businesses are significantly more pro-business but having more risk-taking propensity than the others. However, heritage Chinese do not show to be more inclined to start up a business than others. This challenges the old belief that Chinese descendants have a higher propensity to run a business. This suggests that anybody with a pro-business while less risk averse (disregarding their ethnic heritage) will have a higher propensity to start a business. Some other environmental factors may play a part in start-up decisions rather than mere culture by heritage.

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Leckey, John Anthony. "Low, degraded broots? Industry and entrepreneurialism in Melbourne's Little Lon, 1860-1950." 2003. http://repository.unimelb.edu.au/10187/7121.

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Since C J Dennis wrote The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke in 1915 the Little Lonsdale Street precinct has been a symbol of rough, immoral inner Melbourne working-class community life. Scholars and journalists have perpetuated this negative image, and the major archaeological survey conducted by Justin McCarthy in 1989 confirmed the impression of a "lowlife slum". The only industry of substance that was acknowledged by these writers was prostitution. The Museum of Victoria has erected an exhibition, and prepared a web-site, about Little Lon based on McCarthy’s report. In recent years Alan Mayne, Tim Murray and Susan Lawrence have published research questioning the slum image and have argued instead that the precinct was, essentially, a residential neighbourhood. My hypothesis is that Little Lon was much more than a poor, working-class area. Over a long period it contained a significant enclave of successful family firms engaged in manufacture and other diverse activities.
My research has involved a macro-survey of all the industries in the precinct from 1860-1950 and micro-surveys of seven individual firms. Careful note has been taken of the manner in which Nonconformist, Lebanese and Chinese entrepreneurs clustered separately, but within the same small precinct. The influence within Little Lon of Chinese cabinetmakers between about 1905 and 1925, both industrially and residentially, was strong indeed. Preceding the Chinese was a cluster of Lebanese traders (some later becoming clothing manufacturers) and, throughout the century the Nonconformist industrialists consolidated their respective positions. Research questions concerning their motivation and effectiveness have been asked of each entrepreneur. The impact of religion has been noted. My research has produced a set of commercial histories of relatively long-term small enterprises, located within a defined city area. The development of each firm has been monitored by comparison with its respective industry as a whole.

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Ngwenya, Kingsman. "Somali immigrants and social capital formation : a case study of spaza shops in the Johannesburg township of Cosmo City." Diss., 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23364.

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The aim of this research is to assess the impact social capital has had on Somali businesses. It argues against the perception that Somali business expertise is derived solely from the principles of economics. It argues that social capital plays a pivotal role in shaping the Somali spirit of entrepreneurship. The role of social capital in the creation of Somali human and financial capital is examined. This thesis, being a qualitative study, used semi-structured, unstructured interviews and direct observation as data collection methods.
Sociology
M.A. (Sociology)

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