Minority Business Success Refocusing on the American Dream [Hardcover]

InMinority Business Success, authors Leonard Greenhalgh and James Lowry chart a path for the full participation of minority businesses in the U.S. economy. Today, minorities are well on their way to becoming the majority of our workforce and a large part of our entrepreneurial endeavors; their full contribution is essential to national competitive advantage in a global economy.The beginning of this book summarizes demographic changes in America and shows why it's in the national interest to foster the survival, prosperity, and growth of minority-owned businesses. The authors outline why these businesses are vital to the solution to our current economic woes. Next, the book turns to what minority firms must do to take their place in major value chains, and, finally, the book examines what governments, corporations, and support organizations ought to be doing to foster minority inclusion. In total, Greenhalgh and Lowry lay out a new paradigm for developing minority businesses so that they can fully contribute to our national competitive advantage and prosperity. In this important and path-breaking book, Leonard Greenhalgh and James Lowry focus especially on the need for and ways to facilitate the growth of minority-owned businesses, not only to ensure minorities' full participation in American economic success, but also to help assure that outcome. Their hard-headed analysis and recommendations deserve the full attention of citizens and policymakers at this critical juncture in the nation's history. Thank you, Jim and Len, for this important masterwork. Your research, analysis, insights and prescriptions for minority business success in the 21st Century will not only inform and inspire, but empower America to better succeed in a more competitive global economy. Seldom does a single book say it better or more powerfully thanMinority Business Success. This book is a must read for all who want to grow their small business, and those who want to grow smalllC