Developing self-employment among African Americans: The impact of household social resources on African American entrepreneurship

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 346-355

  Smith, Danielle Taana ^a  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American entrepreneurship; Household social resources; Minority group economic development; Self employment

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; SELF EMPLOYMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27344437312     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242405279693     Document Type: Article

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