The Review of Black Political Economy articles from June 1998

The Review of Black Political Economy archives from June 1998

Long-term trends and prospects for black-owned businesses.
June 22, 1998... The relative status of black-owned businesses deteriorated somewhat from the mid-1980s through the early 1990s. Between 1987 and 1992, sales of black firms rose as a fraction of total sales, but the number of black businesses as a percentage of...

Minority business formation and survival: evidence for business performance and viability.
June 22, 1998... INTRODUCTION Empirical analyses of the factors influencing business performance and viability have shown that minority businesses, compared with the non-minority population of small businesses in the United States, experience a lower...

What determines exports of black-owned enterprises?
June 22, 1998... INTRODUCTION It is estimated that about 85 percent of U.S. exports are made by 250 large multinational corporations while only 10 percent of total U.S. exports are made by small businesses.(1) Many black leaders in this country, especially...

Is the U.S. Small Business Administration a racist institution?
June 22, 1998... THEORY: RACISM AS ELUSIVE Racism and its manifestations are embedded in dynamic social/political/economic processes. It follows necessarily that its meaning changes as these processes evolve and interact, and this periodically gives rise...