2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Comparative Sociological Study on the Process of Starting an Ethnic Business
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17330114
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Sociology
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| Research Institution | Tenri University (2007)
Nagoya University (2005-2006) |
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Principal Investigator |
BOC-JA Noh Tenri University, International Culture Studies, Associate Professor (30303572)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2007
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| Keywords | Ethnic Business / Korean Community / race relation / Korean town / Korean-Chinese immigrants |
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| Research Abstract |
The Purpose of this study is to investigate the process of starting an ethnic business of Korean immigrants in the United Sated and Japan. This sociological study analyzed about the process of starting an ethnic business of Korean community in New York city compare it with that of Japan to figure out the social elements which had brought this kind of different. 1)The ethnic business of Nagoya in Japan, 2)The Korean town in New York city.
1) From the 1990's new Koran community emerged in the inner city of Nagoya. Restaurant and grocery attract the new Korean immigrants. What is unique about the ethnic business in that concerns not only engage in business but become the center of information to help new comer adapt themselves to new life in the host society.
2) This study aims clarify Korean community that settles in Flushing area New York City. By 1990, the area surrounding downtown flushing had become multiethnic. Flushing's commercial is filled with Chinese, Korean, Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi restaurants and stores. Asian immigrants think of Flushing as their own community. Flushing's Korean enclave economy began to develop in the 1990.Flushing Korea town has about 450 Korean businesses with Koran-language signs that cater exclusively to Korean customers. Flushing Korean town houses about fifteen Korean social service agencies, including the Flushing Korean Association, the Korean American Senior Citizens Center. Korean churches and ethnic media, a wide range of ethnic organization flourishes in the Flushing Korean town. Flushing's Korean community is undergoing an increasing number of Korean-Chinese immigrants. Korean-Chinese immigrants came to Flushing because of the conveniences and job opportunities offered. In sum, recent Korean-Chinese immigrants to Flushing area has led to changes betweens Korean community and Chinese community.
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Research Products
(14 results)
