For studies on related topics, see the entries listed under "Women-Owned Businesses."
Capacity Analysis of Georgia Minority Contractors
James S. Trieschmann and Don Hardigee
[1982]. 132p. Contract awarded in FY 1980 to the University of
Georgia, Athens, GA 30602.
Minority business enterprises are underrepresented in federal, state, and municipal construction contracts, as well as private sector projects. This report examined the problems faced by minority business enterprises in construction contracting, especially in obtaining financing and contract bonding. A survey was used to identify the problems of a set of Georgia minority contractors.
NTIS order number:
PB81-128852
Price codes:
A05 (Paper)
A01 (Microfiche)
RS number: 4
Financial Needs of Small Minority Firms
William C. Hunter
1980. 84p. Contract awarded in FY 1979 to the University of
Georgia, College of Business Administration, Athens, GA 30602.
Using a random sample of 311 small and minority-owned firms in the Atlanta area, this study analyzes the financial life cycles peculiar to these firms. The author found that these minority- owned firms were generally less profitable, smaller in size, less effective in the utilization of their assets, and more highly leveraged than the non-minority sample firms. Overdependence on debt during early stages was common. One of the author's recommendations is that the Small Business Administration redirect its minority lending efforts toward the fuller support and development of Minority Enterprise Small Business Investment Companies (MESBICs).
NTIS order number:
PB89-115091
Price codes:
A99 (Paper)
E04 (Microfiche)
RS number: 88
Minorities, Women, Veterans and the 1982 Characteristics of Business Owners Survey: A Preliminary Analysis of Sole Proprietorships
Faith Ando
1988. 861p. Contract awarded in FY 1988 to Faith Ando & Associates, Inc., 205 Dove Lane, Haverford, PA 19041.
About half of the proprietors studied in this report started
their businesses with less than $5,000; three-fourths founded
their own business. Gender differences varied with ethnicity.
Women-owned and minority-owned sole proprietorships were more
concentrated in the retail trade and services sectors of the
economy.