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IMMIGRANTS’ SMALL BUSINESSES: THE GHANAIAN EXPERIENCE IN COLUMBUS, OHIO
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Amankwah, Benjamin
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Year and Degree
2004, Master of Arts, Miami University, Geography.
Abstract
This thesis is about Ghanaian immigrants’ small business experience in Columbus, Ohio, in the United States of America. The thesis focuses on the kind of businesses 12 Ghanaian immigrant entrepreneurs set up, who their customers are, and how they finance such businesses. The discussions of these are in four concepts, namely embeddedness, social capital, social network, assimilation and acculturation. Geographically, the small business establishments through these concepts assist Ghanaian immigrants to construct their space and culture in the United States. This thesis uses ethnographic, biographic, and qualitative fieldwork methods in its investigations. The thesis uses data from in-depth interviews and field observation. Description and comparison are the methods used in analyzing the data. The thesis finds that Ghanaian immigrant entrepreneurs in Columbus, Ohio engage in services industry, personally finance their businesses, and serve mostly their ethnic people.
Committee
Ian Yeboah (Advisor)
Pages
75 p.
Subject Headings
Geography
Keywords
Small Businesses
;
Immigrants
;
Ghanaian
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Amankwah, B. (2004).
IMMIGRANTS’ SMALL BUSINESSES: THE GHANAIAN EXPERIENCE IN COLUMBUS, OHIO
[Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1095437052
APA Style (7th edition)
Amankwah, Benjamin.
IMMIGRANTS’ SMALL BUSINESSES: THE GHANAIAN EXPERIENCE IN COLUMBUS, OHIO.
2004. Miami University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1095437052.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Amankwah, Benjamin. "IMMIGRANTS’ SMALL BUSINESSES: THE GHANAIAN EXPERIENCE IN COLUMBUS, OHIO." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1095437052
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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