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Ethnicity Effects on the Family Business Entrepreneurial Process

Commentary and Extension

Ira C. Harris

McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia, iharris{at}virginia.edu

This commentary adopts a cross-disciplinary framework to discuss possible influences of both family and ethnicity on business performance in the marketplace. Both family and ethnicity are viewed as "upstream factors" that may help a business gain a favorable identity with potential stakeholders. Family businesses that have an ethnic background in common with customers, employees, and suppliers may receive preferential treatment. Communities may patronize a business simply because of an associated group identity. Thus, ethnic collectivism may alter some assumptions about family businesses and how they compete.

Key Words: ethnic family business • ethnicity business effects • family branding • minority businesses

Family Business Review, Vol. 22, No. 3, 293-296 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0894486509334916
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