Healthy minority-owned enterprises are a growing source of economic dynamism, employment, and community development, and nationwide Latinos are the most likely to start a 헤라카지노 보증 among any group. Over the past 10 years, the number of Latino 헤라카지노 보증 owners grew 34%, compared to 1% for all 헤라카지노 보증 owners in the U.S. Latinos are also the fastest growing group in the Washington DC-metro area, and the economic health of our communities is increasingly tied to the success of Latino entrepreneurs. Immigrant entrepreneurs account for half of all 헤라카지노 보증 owners in the region, and 80% of Latino 헤라카지노 보증 owners in this area were born outside the U.S. At present the region has around 66,000 Hispanic-owned firms, which represents 12% of all 헤라카지노 보증es.

But researchers and policymakers lack an adequate understanding of the factors that influence decision making among Latino entrepreneurs, success or failure of Latino-owned 헤라카지노 보증es, or their comparative distinctiveness. While strategic planning is widely considered a critical determinant of enterprise success, little research has been done to identify the variables that impact how Latino 헤라카지노 보증 owners envision the development of their firms, or to identify the specific challenges and needs of Latino-owned 헤라카지노 보증es throughout our region. This dearth of research and associated data leave decision-makers and economic development organizations in the dark when making choices about how to best allocate resources and provide assistance to help Latino 헤라카지노 보증es succeed.

To address this knowledge deficit, CLALS continues to collaborate with 헤라카지노 주소's Kogod 헤라카지노 도메인 of 헤라카지노 보증, other faculty across campus, and area partners to conduct empirical research on DC-metro Latino enterprises. An initial project, led by 헤라카지노 주소 Management Professor Barbara Bird and George Washington 헤라카지노 도메인 of 헤라카지노 보증 Professor Ayman El Tarabishy, with the collaboration of the Latino Economic Development Center (LEDC), conducted interviews, collected survey data, and completed an in-depth analysis of Latino entrepreneurship in our region to better understand the expectations, decision-making, and planning of Latino 헤라카지노 보증 owners and those starting a 헤라카지노 보증, as well as identifying their financial tools and obstacles to success.

• Initial findings were presented in the panel, “Latino Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Future Time Perspectives,” at the third annual meeting of the International Council for Small 헤라카지노 보증 (ICSB-GWU), dedicated to global entrepreneurship and 헤라카지노 보증 creation, and held October 11-13, 2012 at The George Washington University. A full report summarizing this research is available.
• A second phase of this work, led by Barbara Bird and CLALS Research Fellow Michael Danielson, was carried out in collaboration with the (GWHCC) and BizLaunch. The research team collected over 200 survey responses from area Latino 헤라카지노 보증 owners, expanding the focus of research to address such additional factors as the relationship between migration and new 헤라카지노 보증 ventures, the role and possible limitations of social capital as critical inputs to Latino 헤라카지노 보증es, and short- and long-term planning among Latino start-ups, as well as similarities and differences among sub-groups of entrepreneurs from Central and South America respectively.
• In March 2015 the CLALS-Kogod team participated in the GWHCC's sixth annual 헤라카지노 보증 Expo. Based on this work, Barbara Bird presented the paper “Explaining Strategic Decision Making and Planning among Latino Entrepreneurs: The Impact of Country of Origin and Migration Experience,” co-authored with Michael Danielson and Amanda Bullough, at the 2015 Society for Applied Anthropology meeting. In February 2016 Barbara Bird and Michael Danielson published a report as a CLALS Working Paper summarizing findings of this second phase of research, “Capital Start-Ups: What We Know and Need to Know about Latino Entrepreneurship in the DC-Metro Region,” which was also presented in a public forum co-sponsored by CLALS and Kogod. In May 2016 Professor Bird presented study findings at the 4th Mediterranean Interdisciplinary Forum on Social Sciences and Humanities Conference in Barcelona, Spain, with the paper, “Latino Entrepreneurship in the DC-Metro Region,” again co-authored with Michael Danielson.
• Extending CLALS research on this topic, the Center recently fielded a survey designed to assess the impacts of COVID-19 on DC-area Latino owned 헤라카지노 보증es, again in collaboration with 헤라카지노 주소’s Kogod 헤라카지노 도메인 of 헤라카지노 보증 and the Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. This survey gauged the effects of the pandemic and accompanying economic crisis upon Latino 헤라카지노 보증es across the region, their primary needs and concerns, and responses to the crisis. The report on the survey findings highlights the diverse and extraordinary impacts facing Latino 헤라카지노 보증 owners, as well as their most urgent concerns in this challenging moment. Our hope is that such research will both illuminate the impact of this shock on the region’s Latino community and inform policy responses by local, state, federal, and non-profit agencies. The report has furthered conversation on the pandemic's impact for Latino 헤라카지노 보증 among government officials and the public, both locally and nationally. Read additional coverage of the report and survey on the upper right portion of this page.
• CLALS has undertaken a second investigation of the impacts of Covid-19 on Latino-owned 헤라카지노 보증es. While enterprises throughout the DC-metro region, and nationwide, have experienced significant hardship because of the pandemic and public health measures instituted to contain it, 헤라카지노 보증es owned by Latinos and other minorities have on average been harder hit. As Latino-owned 헤라카지노 보증es struggle to survive this dire period, they have also benefitted less from pandemic-related financial assistance. To better understand why, the Center's report on its findings 1. catalogs all such assistance available to DC area Latino 헤라카지노 보증es at the federal, state, and city or county levels; 2. describes steps taken to promote awareness of and facilitate access to these resources, including efforts targeting Latino 헤라카지노 보증 owners; 3. identifies any resulting gaps between the needs of Latino 헤라카지노 보증es, the types of available financial assistance, and the ability of Latino 헤라카지노 보증 owners to access these resources. The results of this study will be the basis of the 2021 Latino Public Affairs Forum. The Forum will convene a range of experts to consider the problems raised by this research, and implications for decision-makers, as our region moves into the phase of post-pandemic recovery. Read media coverage of the report.