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标题：Exploring the impact of education on Korean-American entrepreneurs
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作者：Myung-Soo Lee ; Alvin N. Puryear ; Edward G. Rogoff 等
期刊名称：New England Journal of Entrepreneurship
印刷版ISSN：1550-333X
电子版ISSN：2574-8904
出版年度：2010
卷号：13
期号：1
页码：47-59
DOI：10.1108/NEJE-13-01-2010-B004
出版社：Emerald Publishing
摘要：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 educationʼs 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 Korean-Americans will have larger and more successful businesses, have more varying types of businesses, and follow differing paths to business formation. In addition, the authors hypothesize that motivations, goals, and attitudes toward their businesses, families, and their lives generally will be different. Among other things, confidence and level of satisfaction with their business will be higher for the high-education group. The study finds that while the low- and high-education groups vary in their types of businesses, the paths followed into those businesses, and the size of their businesses, they are very similar as to their attitudes, motivations, and family interactions. Implications for future research are discussed.