Tuck Professor Leonard Greenhalgh and James Lowry chart a path for the full participation of minority businesses in the U.S. economy in their new book, Minority Business Success. The United States needs a National Industrial Strategy that incorporates minority businesses into the overall economy in order to create jobs and ensure economic security for the nation. Today, minorities are well on their way to becoming the majority of our workforce and a large part of our entrepreneurial endeavors; their full contribution is essential to national competitive advantage in a global economy.

The beginning of this book summarizes demographic changes in America and shows why it's in the national interest to foster the survival, prosperity, and growth of minority-owned businesses. The authors outline why these businesses are vital to the solution to our current economic woes. Next, the book turns to what minority firms must do to take their place in major value chains, and, finally, the book examines what governments, corporations, and support organizations ought to be doing to foster minority inclusion. In total, Greenhalgh and Lowry lay out a new paradigm for developing minority businesses so that they can fully contribute to our national competitive advantage and prosperity.

Tuck Dean Paul Danos adds, “The Tuck School has been running executive programs for minority business owners for more than 30 years. Len Greenhalgh’s new book is an outgrowth of that effort. It exemplifies the blend of thought leadership and cutting-edge business practices that is the hallmark of the Tuck School,” he says. The book explains the demographic shifts that are reshaping our value chains and our entrepreneurial economy. “It’s worth reading by anyone who is interested in learning about long-term evolution of the U.S. economy,” Danos says.

Greenhalgh is Director of Programs for Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, and author of Managing Strategic Relationships. He has been at Tuck since 1978, and his work in helping minority business is reflected in the Lifetime Achievement Award conferred by the Minority Business Development Agency, U.S. Department of Commerce.

James H. Lowry, Senior Advisor for The Boston Consulting Group and frequent advisor to The White House, is a nationally recognized workforce and supplier diversity expert and pioneer. Previously a Senior Vice President at BCG and Global Diversity Director, he led the firm's workforce diversity, ethnic marketing, and minority business development consulting practice.
 

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