Abstract
Hispanic immigrants are revitalizing New York City's ailing garment industry by opening small, and largely unseen, factories. This paper analyzes the economic environment which has given rise to this immigrant enterpreneurship, and the business organization and industrial relations of the enterprises themselves. Through interviews with 96 Hispanic owners of garment factories, I reveal the advantages which the immigrant entrepreneurs have over more established garment factory owners in adapting to the marketplace and recruiting a reliable workforce. While the small immigrant firms look to an outsider like mere “sweatshops,” they in fact provide a ladder for immigrant social mobility by passing on skills.
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