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Diversity and Entrepreneurship provides a comparative analysis of women entrepreneurs across racial lines (white versus minorities). The characteristics of the business owners, the characteristics of the businesses, and the network structures of the business owners are analyzed to determine what factors lead to economic success for the two groups of women entrepreneurs.

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• List of Illustrations(p. ix)
• Preface(p. xi)
• Acknowledgements(p. xiii)
• Chapter 1 Women as Employees and Entrepreneurs(p. 1)
• Introduction(p. 1)
• The Changing Face of Entrepreneurship(p. 2)
• The Current State of Female Employment(p. 3)
• Female Entrepreneurship(p. 4)
• Minority Entrepreneurship(p. 5)
• Observations and Important Issues(p. 5)
• Current Study(p. 8)
• Organization of Chapters(p. 8)
• Chapter 2 Research Field of Women Entrepreneurship(p. 11)
• Introduction(p. 11)
• The Multi-Dimensional Small Business Owner(p. 12)
• Research on Small Business Owners(p. 16)
• Research on Women Business Owners(p. 19)
• Research on Minority Business Owners(p. 28)
• Personal Services Industry(p. 34)
• Economic Success of Businesses(p. 36)
• Limitations of Current Study(p. 38)
• Chapter 3 Theories and Conceptual Foundations(p. 41)
• Introduction(p. 41)
• Niches(p. 42)
• Protected Market Hypothesis(p. 44)
• Disadvantage Theory(p. 45)
• Cultural Theory(p. 48)
• Other Perspectives and Hypotheses(p. 49)
• Conclusion(p. 56)
• Chapter 4 Research Design and Methods(p. 61)
• Introduction(p. 61)
• Sample(p. 61)
• Procedures(p. 63)
• Measures(p. 63)
• Interviews(p. 67)
• Data Analysis(p. 67)
• Chapter 5 Results of Analyses: Economic Success Factors(p. 69)
• Introduction(p. 69)
• Niches(p. 71)
• Protected Market Hypothesis(p. 72)
• Disadvantage Theory(p. 74)
• Cultural Theory(p. 76)
• Descriptive Statistics and Other Perspectives(p. 79)
• Other(p. 89)
• Hypotheses Summary(p. 90)
• Additional Results(p. 90)
• Factors leading to Economic Success(p. 95)
• Chapter 6 Conclusions: Critical Issues and New Perspectives(p. 99)
• Introduction(p. 99)
• Niches(p. 100)
• Protected Market Hypothesis(p. 100)
• Disadvantage Theory(p. 101)
• Cultural Theory(p. 102)
• Individual Characteristics(p. 103)
• Business Characteristics(p. 104)
• Network Structure(p. 105)
• Incubators(p. 105)
• Economic Success of Women Business Owners(p. 106)
• Critical Issues for Women Business Owners(p. 106)
• Contribution to Literature(p. 108)
• The State of Women Entrepreneurs in the United States(p. 111)
• The State of Women Entrepreneurs in the Global Marketplace(p. 112)
• Limitations of Study(p. 113)
• Future Perspectives and Research(p. 114)
• Oligopolistic Discrimination: A New Theory on Women and Minority Business Ownership(p. 118)
• Conclusion(p. 120)
• Appendixes(p. 123)
• Appendix A Initial Letter to Potential Participants(p. 123)
• Appendix B Cover Letter to Participants/Consent Form(p. 124)
• Appendix C Questionnaire(p. 125)
• Appendix D Interview Questions(p. 134)
• Selected Bibliography(p. 135)
• Subject Index(p. 151)
• About The Author(p. 159)

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Andrea E. Smith-Hunter is an assistant professor at Siena College in Loudonville, New York.