Book
Ethnic business enterprise: Korean small business in Atlanta
Center for Migration Studies • New York • Published In 1988 • Pages:
By: Min, Pyong Gap.
Abstract
This book explains the tendency of Korean immigrants to engage in small business and self-employment in the pursuit of an economic livelihood in the Atlanta, Georgia area of the United States. In this study the author attempts to answer three questions: (1) what are the factors that lead Korean immigrants to turn to small business; (2) what are the factors that facilitate the establishment of Korean small business; and (3) how successful are Koreans in small business and why? This work also examines various minority business theories in light of the Korean case as well as racial segregation patterns in American cities which encourage the development of Korean small business. Other topics discussed in this work are immigration, Korean cultural values, family and kinship ties in relation to the business world, the variety of Korean business enterprises and their physical locations in Atlanta.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1997
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Sociologist
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1995
- Field Date
- 1982
- Coverage Date
- ca. 1970-1982
- Coverage Place
- Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Notes
- Pyong Gap Min
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-176) and index
- LCSH
- Korean Americans