Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Koreans in Los Angeles, 1965-1982University of California Press, 1 sept. 2023 - 506 pagini A decade in preparation, Immigrant Entrepreneurs offers the most comprehensive case study ever completed of the causes and consequences of immigrant business ownership. Koreans are the most entrepreneurial of America's new immigrants. By the mid-1970s Americans had already become aware that Korean immigrants were opening, buying, and operating numerous business enterprises in major cities. When Koreans flourished in small business, Americans wanted to know how immigrants could find lucrative business opportunities where native-born Americans could not. Somewhat later, when Korean-black conflicts surfaced in a number of cities, Americans also began to fear the implications for intergroup relations of immigrant entrepreneurs who start in the middle rather than at the bottom of the social and economic hierarchy. Nowhere was immigrant enterprise more obvious or impressive than in Los Angeles, the world's largest Korean settlement outside of Korea and America's premier city of small business. Analyzing both the short-run and the long-run causes of Korean entrepreneurship, the authors explain why the Koreans could find, acquire, and operate small business firms more easily than could native-born residents. They also provide a context for distinguishing clashes of culture and clashes of interest which cause black-Korean tensions in cities, and for framing effective policies to minimize the tensions. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1989. A decade in preparation, Immigrant Entrepreneurs offers the most comprehensive case study ever completed of the causes and consequences of immigrant business ownership. Koreans are the most entrepreneurial of America's new immigrants. By the mid-19 |
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... sector is variable as is its formality . Some immigrant groups have large business sectors , some small . In some groups the immigrant busi- ness sector is mainly formal , in others mainly informal . Either way , immigrants work in the ...
... sector is variable as is its formality . Some immigrant groups have large business sectors , some small . In some groups the immigrant busi- ness sector is mainly formal , in others mainly informal . Either way , immigrants work in the ...
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... sector . The IRS estimated that $ 300 billion in income evaded taxation in the underground economy during 1981.10 Moreover , Guttman ( 1977 : 27 ) indicated that the underground economy had increased its importance in the postwar ...
... sector . The IRS estimated that $ 300 billion in income evaded taxation in the underground economy during 1981.10 Moreover , Guttman ( 1977 : 27 ) indicated that the underground economy had increased its importance in the postwar ...
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... sector . " In- deed , the words " competitive sector " imply that here a real , market- based economy actually prevails . Although the competitive sector is 16 Introduction.
... sector . " In- deed , the words " competitive sector " imply that here a real , market- based economy actually prevails . Although the competitive sector is 16 Introduction.
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... sector in many effective ways just as it intervened in the monopoly sector . Restriction of immigration was an unforeseen but potent intervention in the competitive sector . FROM MIDDLEMAN MINORITIES TO IMMIGRANT ENTREPRENEURS Why were ...
... sector in many effective ways just as it intervened in the monopoly sector . Restriction of immigration was an unforeseen but potent intervention in the competitive sector . FROM MIDDLEMAN MINORITIES TO IMMIGRANT ENTREPRENEURS Why were ...
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... simple wage com- parisons are plagued with such problems as different systems of measurement ( for example , whether they are based on actual payroll Table 4. Monthly Wages in the Nonagricultural Sector , United 28 International Context.
... simple wage com- parisons are plagued with such problems as different systems of measurement ( for example , whether they are based on actual payroll Table 4. Monthly Wages in the Nonagricultural Sector , United 28 International Context.
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The Role of the Korean Government | 68 |
Emigration From South Korea | 102 |
KOREAN BUSINESS IN LOS ANGELES | 127 |
Immigration And Settlement | 129 |
Entrepreneurs and Firms | 156 |
Reaction and Solidarity | 298 |
KOREAN SMALL BUSINESS IN AMERICAN CAPITALISM | 327 |
The Protection of US Labor Standards | 329 |
The Cheapness of Korean Immigrant Small Business | 352 |
The Use of Korean Small Business by US Capital | 369 |
The Making of Immigrant Small Business | 399 |
CONCLUSION | 421 |
The Costs of Immigrant Entrepreneurship | 423 |
Class and Ethnic Resources | 178 |
Business Location | 204 |
The Retail Liquor Industry | 225 |
Raising Capital | 242 |
Sources of Entrepreneurship | 271 |
Telephone Survey 1977 | 435 |
Notes | 437 |
References | 461 |
Index | 485 |
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Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Koreans in Los Angeles, 1965-1982 Ivan Light,Edna Bonacich Previzualizare limitată - 2023 |
Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Koreans in Los Angeles, 1965-1982 Ivan Light,Edna Bonacich Previzualizare limitată - 1991 |
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