TY - JOUR
T1 - “Small business enterprises and Latino entrepreneurship
T2 - An enclave or mainstream activity in South Texas?”
AU - Pisani, Michael J.
AU - Guzman, Joseph M.
AU - Richardson, Chad
AU - Sepulveda, Carlos
AU - Laulié, Lyonel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2017/9/1
Y1 - 2017/9/1
N2 - We surveyed 298 Latino small businesses in South Texas, a minority-majority region, in the summer of 2010. The survey focused on Latino entrepreneurship, and in this paper, we report findings associated with business start-up, immigration status of the entrepreneur, the sphere of business operations within formal or informal markets, the role of language in business operations, and the impact of the US-Mexico border in business success. We explore Latino entrepreneurship in the region as an enclave or mainstream activity developing a typology of business income chances associated with immigration documentation and business start-up rationale. Lastly, using multivariate analysis, we find gender, financial access, residence, and business language significant determinants in business orientation between necessity-driven and opportunity-driven Latino enterprises.
AB - We surveyed 298 Latino small businesses in South Texas, a minority-majority region, in the summer of 2010. The survey focused on Latino entrepreneurship, and in this paper, we report findings associated with business start-up, immigration status of the entrepreneur, the sphere of business operations within formal or informal markets, the role of language in business operations, and the impact of the US-Mexico border in business success. We explore Latino entrepreneurship in the region as an enclave or mainstream activity developing a typology of business income chances associated with immigration documentation and business start-up rationale. Lastly, using multivariate analysis, we find gender, financial access, residence, and business language significant determinants in business orientation between necessity-driven and opportunity-driven Latino enterprises.
KW - Latino entrepreneurship
KW - Opportunity-driven versus necessity-driven enterprises
KW - South Texas
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U2 - 10.1007/s10843-017-0203-6
DO - 10.1007/s10843-017-0203-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85019709145
SN - 1570-7385
VL - 15
SP - 295
EP - 323
JO - Journal of International Entrepreneurship
JF - Journal of International Entrepreneurship
IS - 3
ER -