The tale of iranian entrepreneurs in the United States

• Main Author: Keramat Poorsoltan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Emerald Publishing 2007-03-01
• Series: New England Journal of Entrepreneurship
• Online Access: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/NEJE-10-02-2007-B003/full/pdf?title=the-tale-of-iranian-entrepreneurs-in-the-united-states

In practice and in theory, as the findings of this research reveal, the Iranian business community is a new and different, nonconforming immigrant group in the United States. This study explores certain aspects of the Iranian business community in light of a survey done by the author.The article compares and contrasts findings of the survey with those of existing literature that has been written about the business communities of various ethnic groups.The results of this study disagree with the literature in most areas. One difference is that the Iranian business community in the United States does not fit into the general understanding that ethnic groups have economic enclaves and niches. They are dispersed in all 48 contiguous states, and their businesses cover practically any possible line of entrepreneurial activity.These entrepreneurs are highly educated, and 76 percent of them are between 30 and 50 years old.Among them, 84 percent are male, a typical American profile.