Summary: The Center for Women’s Business Research released the first results of a multi-year study exploring the impact of race and gender on the growth of businesses owned by non-Caucasian women in the United States of America.
Topic: Should the new administration offer incentives for investing in women-owned businesses?
Category: Institutional (Non-Profit)
What is it? A press release issued by the Center for Women’s Business Research.
Title: Current State of Businesses Owned by Women of Color Highlighted at Research Symposium.
Publication Information: Press release issued by the Center for Women’s Business Research on May 7th, 2008. The Press Release was published as a press release on the Center for Women’s Business Research website under the “media center” link.
Author: No Author acknowledged. The following contact information is provided:
Juanita M. Weaver
Director of Media & Strategic Alliances
Center for Women’s Business Research
Location: http://www.womensbusinessresearch.org/press/details.php?id=221
Accessed: February 5, 2009. 17:10 PST
Support:
Juanita M. Weaver-Director of Media & Strategic Alliances
Center for Women’s Business Research. Owner of Creative Connections.
Babson College: Babson College is recognized internationally for its entrepreneurial leadership in a changing global environment.
Margaret A. Smith- chair, Center for Women’s Business Research
Sheila Brooks- national spokesperson, Accelerating the Growth of Businesses Owned by Women of Color.
Audience and Agenda: The Center for Women’s Business Research is a non-profit research program funded by various sponsors. Its mission is “to provide data-driven knowledge to advance the economic, social and political impact of women business owners and their enterprises worldwide.”
The lead sponsors of the multi-year study concerning the dynamics of race and gender in the business world conducted by the Center for Women’s Business Research in partnership with Babson College are Sam’s Club and Wachovia Corporation.
The primary audience for press releases written by this organization are policy makers, corporations, associations and educators, and women business owners.
Usefulness: The research conducted by the Center for Women’s Business Research is used to identify weaknesses and inequalities within the American economy. The research being done by organizations like this are important tools in shaping economic policy on a national level. This research is what initiates the change promised by the Obama administration.
Works Cited:
http://www.womensbusinessresearch.org/press/details.php?id=221
http://www.womensbusinessresearch.org/about/index.php
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/4/14/41a
http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/index.jsp
http://www.cfwbr.org/assets/646_s.pdf
http://www.cfwbr.org/assets/972_margaretsmithbio.pdf
Filed under: Institutional Sources, Source Notes
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