My new edited book is finally out! Titled Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Cities: Global Perspectives and published by Springer, it engages the topic from various academic perspectives and theoretical frameworks, on scales ranging from local, to urban, metropolitan, as well as transnational. It covers 16 case study cities from 14 countries, with a particular emphasis onContinue reading “New book: Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Cities”
Category Archives: Entrepreneurship
Small Businesses in COVID-19
Small businesses, especially minority-owned, immigrant-owned, and mainstreet businesses are hard-hit during the COVID-19 crisis. Can they survive the crisis and successfully reopen? https://urbaninstitute.gsu.edu/urban-perspectives-covid-19/
A New Wave of Chinese Urban Entrepreneurs
Our recently published article portrays a new wave of Chinese Urban Entrepreneurs: the overall self-employment rate is about 9 percent in 2007 across selected Chinese cities. As compared to wage workers, they tend to have lower human capital endowments, but greater income potential. The full article can be found here: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/grow.12117/abstract
Historical trend on the self-employment rates of immigrants in the U.S.
Calculations from the Decennial Census and American Community Survey Data. Read our full blog on immigrant entrepreneurship and the economy posted on The Hill here
Minority- and Immigrant-Owned Businesses in Economy
Two of my recent new publications examine the scale and impact of minority-owned and immigrant-owned businesses in the local and global economy. A report for the Center for State and Local Finance (CSLF) looks at the growing trend of these businesses in the state of Georgia and its role in employment, revenues, payroll, etc. (seeContinue reading “Minority- and Immigrant-Owned Businesses in Economy”
Kauffman report on high-tech immigrant entrepreneurs
Which metros have a high concentration of high-tech immigrant entrepreneurs and why? Check out our new report for the Kauffman Foundation: http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/2014/03/study-of-us-metros-with-most-high-tech-immigrant-entrepreneurs-provide-lessons-for-other-regions
On Ethnic Communities
Ethnic Communities, places where ethnic minorities and immigrants reside and ethnic businesses abound, have attracted much research and popular attention in recent years. Whereas the exact physical form, economic structure, and social/cultural organizations vary across these communities, they might have the effect of promoting community development and help immigrants through an economic downtown. Read myContinue reading “On Ethnic Communities”
Welcoming Atlanta
During a luncheon at Georgia Terrace Hotel I attended last Tuesday, October 22, Mayor Kasim Reed announced that City of Atlanta will be joining other 21 cities around the country to become a Welcoming City to immigrants. Welcoming Cities and Counties is an iniative of Welcoming America, headquartered in Decatur. Read the Press Release here and checkContinue reading “Welcoming Atlanta”
Dr. Cathy Yang Liu 