Ethnic Business Development: Toward a Theoretical Synthesis and Policy Framework

Ibrahim, Gamal; Galt, Vaughan

doi:10.1080/00213624.2003.11506644

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“…Absence of reliable information represents added transaction costs for potential investors (Aldrich et al 1984). In these neighborhoods, ethnic family networks often replace more mainstream information and financial networks, and ethnic groups soon come to dominate a particular retail sector (Waldinger et al 1990;Ibrahim and Galt 2003). For example, Korean-Americans dominate retail grocery in south Los Angeles, and Chaldean (Iraqi Christian)-Americans dominate this market in Detroit.…”

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Explaining disparities in food safety compliance by food stores: does community matter?

2008

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This paper provides a conceptual framework to explain why disparities may exist in food safety code compliance by food stores in different neighborhoods. Explanations include market dynamics, community characteristics, retailer attributes, inspector characteristics, and enforcement approaches, and interactions among the factors. A preliminary and limited empirical test of some of these relationships in Detroit, Michigan shows a higher rate of food safety violations by stores in poorer neighborhoods and in neighborhoods with higher concentrations of African-American residents. Stores inspected by female inspectors also scored higher numbers of critical violations, suggesting a need for greater examination of the social relations associated with enforcement interactions in food safety studies.

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confidence: 96%

Explaining disparities in food safety compliance by food stores: does community matter?

2008

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“…On the one hand, some scholars (e.g., Hamilton et al, 2008;Ibrahim and Galt, 2003;Jones and Ram, 2003) tend to believe that closer ties between family and community members provide necessary ingredients for entrepreneurial motivation and success of these small businesses. On the other hand, other scholars (e.g., Clark and Drinkwater, 2010;Brah, 1996) seem to argue that the so called entrepreneurial spirit among South Asians in the UK does not always exist.…”

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“…Although SAEM SMEs dominate ethnic minority entrepreneurship in the UK, there are competing views about factors responsible for the entrepreneurial inclination and dominance of this ethnic group. According to culturalist perspective, the high entrepreneurship among South Asians is related to their culture and closer co-ethnic networks which facilitate their entrepreneurial activities in order to be selfsufficient, financially better off and to maintain close community bonding (Basu, 1998;Chaudhry and Crick, 2003;Ibrahim and Galt, 2003;Pio and Dana, 2014).…”

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South Asian ethnic minority small and medium enterprises in the UK: a review and research agenda

Haq

2015

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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. Key words: Small and Medium Enterprises, South Asian Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship, Ethnic Minority Enterprises, Profile of Asian Businesses, Role of SMEs in Economic GrowthReference to this paper should be made as follows: Haq, M. (xxxx) 'South Asian ethnic minority small and medium enterprises in the UK: a review and research agenda', Int. J. Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol. X, No. Y, pp.xxx-xxx. Biographical notes:Muhibul Haq is a Social Researcher and is currently affiliated with the School of Management, University of Bradford. His research interests are strategic human capital and ethnic minority enterprises. He has over 12 years of industry experience as a practitioner in human resource management.

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“…In an attempt to explain ethnic groups' entrepreneurial success or failure, mainstream economists have proposed barriers related to human capital such as schooling, education or other features that determine productivity [33,69,70].…”

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Exclude Me Not: The Untold Story of Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Sweden

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This article examines the perspectives of immigrant entrepreneurs on the barriers they face regarding their inclusion in public procurement in Sweden through the so-called supplier diversity programs. Drawing upon modern stakeholder theory and transaction cost economics, this study aims to identify potential barriers such entrepreneurs face in succeeding as suppliers to the public sector. Data were collected through interviews with immigrant entrepreneurs who had experience with the public procurement tender process in Sweden. The results reveal that immigrant entrepreneurs doing business with public procurement face several barriers, ranging from economic to social ones such as information, advertising, human resources, and undercapitalization. The interviewees believe that such barriers weaken their performance and hinder their success in public procurement tenders. When it comes to supplier diversity programs, the entrepreneurs under study were either unaware of such programs in public procurement in Sweden or did not believe in their effectiveness.

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Ethnic Business Development: Toward a Theoretical Synthesis and Policy Framework

Cited by 38 publications

References 39 publications

Explaining disparities in food safety compliance by food stores: does community matter?

Explaining disparities in food safety compliance by food stores: does community matter?

South Asian ethnic minority small and medium enterprises in the UK: a review and research agenda

Exclude Me Not: The Untold Story of Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Sweden

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