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Underdog Entrepreneurs : A Framework of Success for Marginalized and Minority Innovators

Morgan, Horatio M. - 2020 - 1st ed. 2020

Entrepreneurship is challenging, whatever your background, in the current science- and technology-driven Western world …

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Thriving As a Minority-Owned Business in Corporate America : Building a Pathway to Success for Minority Entrepreneurs

Cunningham, William Michael - 2021

Chapter 1: Minority Business Now -- Chapter 2: The State of Minority Business -- Chapter 3: Selected Laws, Programs, and Regulations -- Chapter 4: Public Sector Institutions -- Chapter 5: Business Networking -- Chapter 6: Money: Digital Payment Services, Credit, Banks, Venture Capital and Other...

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Disadvantaged minorities in business : this title was inspired by Ivan Light who coined the term "Disadvantaged minorities" in 1979

Dana, Leo Paul (ed.); Khachlouf, Nada (ed.); … - 2022

entrepreneurs and their selection of location -- Immigrant entrepreneurship and dynamics of being (dis)advantaged: An exploratory … Challenges of Disabled Entrepreneurs in a Developing Country -- Refugee Entrepreneurship in Germany: an Institutional Voids … in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia -- From retirement to entrepreneurship through skills, attitude and technological …

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Bend it Like Beckham : Ethnic Identity and Integration

Bisin, Alberto - 2010

We propose a theoretical framework to study the determinants of ethnic and religious identity along two distinct motivational processes which have been proposed in the social sciences: cultural conformity and cultural distinction. Under cultural conformity, ethnic identity is reduced by...

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Democracy Undone. Systematic Minority Advantage in Competitive Vote Markets

Casella, Alessandra - 2012

We study the competitive equilibrium of a market for votes where voters can trade votes for a numeraire before making a decision via majority rule. The choice is binary and the number of supporters of either alternative is known. We identify a sufficient condition guaranteeing the existence of...

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University Differences in the Graduation of Minorities in Stem Fields : Evidence from California

Arcidiacono, Peter - 2013

The low number of college graduates with science degrees -- particularly among under-represented minorities -- is of growing concern. We examine differences across universities in graduating students in different fields. Using student-level data on the University of California system during a...

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The Impacts of Covid-19 on Minority Unemployment : First Evidence from April 2020 CPS Microdata

Fairlie, Robert W. - 2020

COVID-19 abruptly impacted the labor market with the unemployment rate jumping to 14.7 percent less than two months after state governments began adopting social distancing measures. Unemployment of this magnitude has not been seen since the Great Depression. This paper provides the first study...

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Minority Representation in Local Government

Beach, Brian - 2018

Does minority representation in a legislative body differentially impact outcomes for minorities? To examine this question, we study close elections for California city council seats between white and nonwhite candidates. We find that nonwhite candidates generate differential gains in housing...

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Do Pollution Markets Harm Low Income and Minority Communities? Ranking Emissions Distributions Generated by California's Reclaim Program

Mansur, Erin T. - 2019

We compare the spatial distribution of emissions from Southern California's pollution-trading program with that of a counterfactual command-and-control policy. We develop a normatively significant metric with which to rank the various distributions in a manner consistent with an explicit...

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Protecting Minorities in Binary Elections : A Test of Storable Votes Using Field Data

Casella, Alessandra - 2010

Democratic systems are built, with good reason, on majoritarian principles, but their legitimacy requires the protection of strongly held minority preferences. The challenge is to do so while treating every voter equally and preserving aggregate welfare. One possible solution is lt;igt;Storable...

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