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Role of Black Enterprise in Urban Economic Development
Timothy Bates
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Description for Role of Black Enterprise in Urban Economic Development
paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: G; K. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 143 x 10. Weight in Grams: 249.
Since the 1960s, black businesses have been diversifying and expanding in response to increases in entrepreneurial talent and investment capital. Opportunities created by policies such as procurement set-aside programs have induced better educated, younger blacks to create and expand firms in new lines of business, including wholesaling, contracting, and skill-intensive services. Bates argues that targeting assistance toward these emerging small businesses could go far toward halting the chronic drain of capital and skills suffered by our nation's inner cities. For the research in this book, Bates has been quoted most recently in The Economist and, twice, in The Wall Street ... Read more
Since the 1960s, black businesses have been diversifying and expanding in response to increases in entrepreneurial talent and investment capital. Opportunities created by policies such as procurement set-aside programs have induced better educated, younger blacks to create and expand firms in new lines of business, including wholesaling, contracting, and skill-intensive services. Bates argues that targeting assistance toward these emerging small businesses could go far toward halting the chronic drain of capital and skills suffered by our nation's inner cities. For the research in this book, Bates has been quoted most recently in The Economist and, twice, in The Wall Street ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
Number of Pages
190
Place of Publication
Washington DC, United States
ISBN
9780941410946
SKU
V9780941410946
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Ref
99-15
About Timothy Bates
Timothy Bates is chairman of the Urban Policy Analysis Program at the New School for Social Research. His earlier books include Major Studies of Minority Business (1992) and ^IThe Political Economy of the Urban Ghetto (1984).
Reviews for Role of Black Enterprise in Urban Economic Development
[Bates]...shows that minority employers offer the best hope for solving the inner-city and minority unemployment crises. Highly recommended for business and public policy collections.
Booklist
Timothy Bates' Banking on Black Enterprise is a crowning achievement, a definitive public policy manifesto for our cities. It should be required reading for every urban policy maker on Capitol Hill and ... Read more
Booklist
Timothy Bates' Banking on Black Enterprise is a crowning achievement, a definitive public policy manifesto for our cities. It should be required reading for every urban policy maker on Capitol Hill and ... Read more