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Exploring The Impact Of Education On Korean-American Entrepreneurs, Myung-Soo Lee, Alvin N. Puryear, Edward Rogoff, Joseph I. Onochie, George W. Haynes, Ramona K. Zachary
Exploring The Impact Of Education On Korean-American Entrepreneurs, Myung-Soo Lee, Alvin N. Puryear, Edward Rogoff, Joseph I. Onochie, George W. Haynes, Ramona K. Zachary
New England Journal of Entrepreneurship
Education has been shown to have myriad effects on people, from increasing their incomes to changing their views of the world. In the area of entrepreneurship, education creates opportunities and increases the rate of entrepreneurial activity. This study explores education’s effects on the immigrant entrepreneurship development processes and outcomes in the context of Korean-Americans by comparing a national sample of Korean-Americans with differing amounts of education. The sample is part of the National Minority Business Owners Surveys (NMBOS) carried out by the Lawrence N. Field Center for Entrepreneurship at Baruch College between 2003 and 2005. The authors hypothesize that high-education …