Affirmative Action And Black Entrepreneurship; Author: Boston, Thomas D.; Hardback; Book

Author: Boston, Thomas D.
Hardback; Book
128 pages
Published: October 1998
Taylor & Francis Books Ltd
ISBN: 0415095948

Affirmative Action and Black Entrepreneurship tells the story of what happens when African Americans obtain adequate opportunities for entrepreneurship. It examines the importance of minority procurement programs in creating opportunities for black-owned businesses and demonstrates how their market entry, growth, diversification, employment capacity were changed as a result. The author discusses key factors such as the current state of the economy, the influence of public policies, the persistence of urban poverty and equal opportunities.Isolates the cause of continuing disparities not only between blacks and whites, but amongst blacks as well. The city of Atlanta is used as a case study focusing on the emergence of the black entrepreneur, with data on black businesses drawn from records of almost 1000 black-owned firms.