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Record Nr.

UNINA9910171000703321

Autore

Silverman Robert Mark <1967->

Titolo

Doing business in minority markets : black and Korean entrepreneurs in Chicago's ethnic beauty aids industry / / Robert Mark Silverman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Garland Pub., 2000

ISBN

1-135-57654-8

1-135-57653-X

1-280-07109-5

0-585-44743-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Garland studies in entrepreneurship

Disciplina

338.4764670089

Soggetti

Cosmetics industry - Illinois - Chicago

Minority business enterprises - Illinois - Chicago

African American businesspeople - Illinois - Chicago

African American business enterprises - Illinois - Chicago

Korean American businesspeople - Illinois - Chicago

Korean American business enterprises - Illinois - Chicago

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-256) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Race and the Ethnic Beauty Aids Industry; The Context of Minority Entrepreneurship on the South Side of Chicago; Sojourning and the Welfare Economy; The Effects of Competition on Ethnic Solidarity; The Interdependence of Korean Merchants and Black Employees in Minority Markets; Middleman and Black Distributors; Contemporary Black Manufacturers; Conclusion; Interview Guide For Beauty Aids Merchants; Beauty Aids Merchant Survey; Interview Guide for Beauty Aids Distributors; Beauty Aids Distributor Survey

Interview Guide for Beauty Aids ManufacturersBeauty Aids Manufacturer Survey; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A thorough analysis of networks and organizational interactions between black and Korean entrepreneurs in the ethnic beauty aids industry.