Ethnic diversity and small business venturing

Title: en_US Ethnic diversity and small business venturing
Creator: Boudreaux, Christopher J.
Date: 2022-03-17T14:53:02Z
Date Available: 2022-03-17T14:53:02Z
Date Issued: 2020
Abstract: en_US While researchers have examined how ethnic diversity affects regional organizational performance, little research has been done to examine how ethnic diversity affects the creation of firm establishments for different sized firms. By generating additional market segments, in addition to fostering supply-side effects, we propose that a region’s ethnic diversity fosters an environment that is conducive to the growth of small firm establishments but not medium- or large-sized establishments. Using county-level data on US firm establishments and ethnic diversity, we find that a one standard deviation increase in ethnic diversity is associated with a 6 to 8% increase in the number of small firm establishments and a 26–28% decrease in the number of large-sized firm establishments.
Identifier: en_US Boudreaux, C.J. Ethnic diversity and small business venturing. Small Bus Econ 54, 25–41 (2020).
uri: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-018-0087-4
Language: en_US en
Publisher: en_US Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject: en_US Ethnic diversity
Diversidad etnica
MBA600
Type: en_US Article