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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966732203321

Autore

Sherraden Margaret S

Titolo

Kitchen capitalism : microenterprise in low-income households / / Margaret Sherrard Sherraden, Cynthia K. Sanders, and Michael Sherraden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2004

ISBN

9780791484661

0791484661

9781423739722

1423739728

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in urban public policy

Altri autori (Persone)

SandersCynthia K. <1964->

SherradenMichael W <1948-> (Michael Wayne)

Disciplina

338.6/42/0973

Soggetti

Self-employed - United States

Poor - Employment - United States

Entrepreneurship - United States

Small business - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-263) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Kitchen Capitalism -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Little Businesses, Large Hopes -- 2. Theory and Evidence -- 3. Who Wants to Be a Microentrepreneur and Why? -- 4. Getting Started: Resources for Microenterprise -- 5. The Bottom Line: Business and Household -- 6. Microenterprise Performance -- 7. Beyond Profit: Multiple Outcomes of Microenterprise -- 8. Fighting Poverty or Promoting Development? -- Appendix A. Glossary -- Appendix B. Research Methods -- Appendix C. Entrepreneurs, Demographic Characteristics, and Their Businesses -- Appendix D. Business and Household Financial Outcomes -- References -- About the Authors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

The first in-depth examination of self-employment from the perspectives of low-income entrepreneurs.