The Palgrave handbook of minority entrepreneurship

Bringing much needed clarity and definition to the term 'minority entrepreneur, ' this authoritative and timely handbook explores the distinctive challenges that minority communities face when founding and managing new ventures. The handbook is inclusive of any community who might be considered disadvantaged or under-represented in terms of entrepreneurial activity and included are women, youths, seniors, disabled, immigrants, Indigenous peoples, LBGTQ+, ex-offenders, Roma, refugees and many others. Chapters highlight the idiosyncratic nature of the many communities examined before offering frameworks and models that draw together the various findings. With a cast of international contributors, this scholarly handbook discusses the surrounding literature of minority entrepreneurship and takes an all-encompassing approach to its interpretation. It also addresses the sorely under-researched area of entrepreneurial behaviour among minorities and disadvantaged groups. This is particularly important for policymakers tasked with designing and delivering initiatives that are appropriate for the needs of these communities. Ultimately this handbook contributes to existing knowledge by: providing a current understanding of the literature for each of the communities; investigating the uniqueness of the entrepreneurial behaviour within the communities; offering new frameworks/models from which future researchers can build new knowledge. The handbook provides a comprehensive account of an important and fast emerging field of entrepreneurship, and is an invaluable resource for students, researchers and policymakers.

Minority entrepreneurship : setting the context / Thomas M. Cooney -- Understanding the current situation. Understanding the term 'minority entrepreneurship' / Léo-Paul Dana and Ekaterina Vorobeva -- What does GEM say about minority entrepreneurship? / Jonathan Levie and Samuel Mwaura -- Social networks and "missing entrepreneurs" / Teresa V. Menzies -- Opportunity structures from an intersectional perspective / Sibel Ozasir Kacar, Karen Verduijn, and Caroline Essers -- Beyond "getting asked to dance" : inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystems / Norris Krueger -- Examining entrepreneurial behaviour amongst different minority communities. Do women engage differently in entrepreneurship? / Candida G. Brush and Patricia G. Greene -- Stimulating youth entrepreneurship / Francis J. Greene -- Senior entrepreneurs as untapped potential / Alex Maritz, Bronwyn Eager, and Saskia de Klerk -- Immigrant entrepreneurship in world-historical perspective : a transitional phenomenon? / Trevor Jones and Monder Ram -- Entrepreneurship and coming out : exploring the experiences of gay and lesbian entrepreneurs / Etain Kidney -- A disabling welfare state? How policy binaries affect disabled entrepreneurs …