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Dissertation
The rebirth of survivalist entrepreneurship: a phenomenological study of African American male entrepreneurship, unemployment, wealth transfer, and the meaning of legacy
Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.), Drexel University
Feb 2024
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/00002023
Abstract
Labor force, employment, academia, family, and finances. These topics, and more are issues that are frequently outlined when discussing the economic realities of many African American men, but are rarely discussed from the perspective of, or through the voice of, African American men themselves. The intent of this research is to study the behaviors, decisions, and motivations of African American male business owners, who employ others via their business, from their own perspective, and to examine potential strategies, obstacles, and repeatable processes from their entrepreneurial experiences that can be used to increase self-employment among African American men. The ultimate purpose of this study is to research how entrepreneurship can be utilized as an instrument to reduce unemployment, and increase labor force participation, among African American men, and how that can positively impact their community, their personal socioeconomic status, their familial wealth accumulation, and ultimately intergenerational wealth transfer.
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- Title
- The rebirth of survivalist entrepreneurship
- Creators
- Frederick Carl Jackson
- Contributors
- David Gefen (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- xviii, 415 pages
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Bennett S. LeBow College of Business; Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 991021867712904721