Abstract
This study investigates what foundations of resource mobilization exist for immigrants to establish an entrepreneurial environment, in the case of Korean immigrants in Atlanta. Data was collected from face-to-face interviews conducted in 1994 with 159 Korean entrepreneurs who owned businesses in the Atlanta Metropolitan area. The study indicated that class resources based on educational background were decisive and indispensablein establishing social networks, which profoundly helped the immigrants in pursuit of entrepreneurship. Contrary to conventional perception that family networks provide resources for immigrant businesses, family-connected migrants in Atlanta did not show an advantage over non-family connected migrants in starting businesses more quickly. It is recommended that the concept of ethnic resources (unpaid family labor, frugal attitudes, hard work, rotating credit associations) be seen as separate from social networks and family networks because these resources operate differently. (CBS)
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