Garland Studies in Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship and Religion: Korean Immigrants in Houston, Texas
1st Edition
By Victoria Hyonchu Kwon
February 27, 2015
Focusing on settlement patterns among Houston's Korean immigrants, this study examines in ethnographic detail the mutually beneficial relationship between the Korean business community and church groups. It explore historical background and social and demographic characteristics of the group to ...
Managing Our Margins: Women Entrepreneurs in the Suburbs
1st Edition
By Kimberly A. Reed
February 27, 2015
Many women seek to achieve greater control over their working lives by making a transition to entrepreneurship and, as a result, must negotiate gender norms and gender-related expectations in both business and personal relationships. Based on interviews with women in the New Jersey suburbs, this ...
Doing Business in Minority Markets: Black and Korean Entrepreneurs in Chicago's Ethnic Beauty Aids Industry
1st Edition
By Robert Mark Silverman
April 19, 2000
This book examines black and Korean entrepreneurship in Chicago's ethnic beauty aids industry. In the case of each entrepreneurial group, business activities are heavily influenced by the economic conditions found on the South Side of Chicago. For instance, both groups provide goods and services ...
The Rise of Hotel Chains in the United States, 1896-1980
1st Edition
By Paul L. Ingram
October 01, 1996
This title combines history, organizational theory and statistical analysis to examine how chains have come to dominate the hotel industry over the past century. It provides information and insight not only on a major American industry, but also on the rise of chains - a phenomenon increasingly ...
Do Skills Predict Profits: A Study of Successful Entrepreneurship
1st Edition
By Lanny Herron
March 01, 1994
Originally published in 1994, ‘Do Skills Predict Profits, A Study of Successful Entrepreneurship’ is a study into the progress made by academic researchers in management over the last 15 years in determining the causes of new venture performance. The author notes that most of this research has ...