Entrepreneurship in emerging domestic markets: barriers and innovation

An often-overlooked aspect of entrepreneurship in American is its role in emerging domestic markets (EDM). These markets - low-to-moderate income communities, ethnic- and women-owned businesses, urban areas - are frequently ignored by mainstream markets. Yet with current demographic trends, they are an increasingly large component of the US population. Entrepreneurship can serve as a means to foster business development in these emerging communities and as a critically important way to improve the standard of living in low- and moderate-income (LMI) sectors. Increasingly, policy makers, advocates and investors understand national economic growth demands business formation among all segments of the market, and that the best attack on poverty is job and wealth creation. A robust entrepreneurial climate helps address the challenges and harness the opportunities. The most up-to-date compilation of different perspectives on entrepreneurship. The authors are highly respected in the field, either as scholars or practitioners and have interacted before on this topic either as co-authors on papers or as conference discussants. The research provides historical information as well as the latest data on entrepreneurship. INDICE: Note from the Series Editors.- Foreward.- Introduction.- Alleviating the Lagging Performance of Economically Depressed Communities and Regions.-State of Literature on Small to Medium-Size Enterprises and Entrepreneurship in Low-Income Communities.- Does Small Business Administration Guaranteed Lending Improve Economic Performance in Low-Income Areas?.- Stumbling Blocks to Entrepreneurship in Low and Moderate Income Communities.- The Role of Morris Plan Lending Institutions In Expanding Consumer Micro-Credit in the United States.- Policies to Expand Minority Entrepreneurship.- Index.

• ISBN: 978-0-387-72856-8
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 255
• Fecha Publicación: 01/01/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés