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  • 30 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 30

while maintaining safety for millions of annual tourists. By 2010, Dubai had the world's tallest building, the most expensive hotel, and the largest shopping mall. But rapid development did not come without difficulties. While hundreds of thousands View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15

Immigration: A Survey Authors: Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr Abstract This paper surveys recent empirical studies on the economic impacts of immigration. The survey first examines the magnitude of immigration as an economic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 11, 2007

service program called Unis-Cite, in which youth, particularly from the disadvantaged immigrant population, volunteered nine months of their time to work on community projects. Based in Paris, France, Unis-Cite had begun to expand to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Jul 2001
  • Research & Ideas

How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future

that all the giants in this book are white men. It is inconceivable that an African American or a woman could have done what Andrew Carnegie did when he did it. When Carnegie immigrated in 1848, there was slavery in the United States and... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
  • 02 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 2

flurries over gun control and immigration reform came the time to bargain on the macroeconomy of the United States. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/713078-PDF-ENG View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 27 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 27

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-081.pdf Brides for Sale: Cross-Border Marriages and Female Immigration Authors:Daiji Kawaguchi and Soohyung Lee Abstract Every year, a large number of women migrate as brides from developing countries to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 2022
  • Working Paper

Talent Flows and the Geography of Knowledge Production: Causal Evidence from Multinational Firms

By: Dany Bahar, Prithwiraj Choudhury, Sara Signorelli and James M. Sappenfield
Leveraging a unique dataset merging patent data with all work-related migration reforms that took place in 15 countries over 26 years, we show that reforms discouraging inventor mobility decrease the patenting of MNE subsidiaries within a country, while reforms... View Details
Keywords: Migration; Technology; Policy Evaluation; Patents; Information Technology; Immigration; Policy; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Globalization
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  • 2017
  • Article

High-Skilled Migration and Agglomeration

By: Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr, Çağlar Özden and Christopher Parsons
This paper reviews recent research regarding high-skilled migration. We adopt a data-driven perspective, bringing together and describing several ongoing research streams that range from the construction of global migration databases, to the legal codification of... View Details
Keywords: Migration; Talent; Diaspora; Agglomeration; Diasporas; Industry Clusters; Talent and Talent Management; Immigration
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  • 21 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 21, 2008

2002). No prior evidence at a societal level has manipulated both structural predictors and measured both stereotypes and prejudices. In the present study, participants (n = 120) responded to an immigration scenario depicting a high- or... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Jan 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets

growing. If you take that then you don't do anything," said Sabancı. The Power Of Good Citizenship Manu Chandaria In his interview, Manu Chandaria discussed the challenges faced by Comcraft, a business started by his Asian immigrant... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Manufacturing; Auto
  • February 2019
  • Article

The Ethnic Migrant Inventor Effect: Codification and Recombination of Knowledge Across Borders

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury and Do Yoon Kim
Ethnic migrant inventors may differ from locals in terms of the knowledge they bring to host firms. We study the role of first-generation ethnic migrant inventors in cross-border transfer of knowledge previously locked within the cultural context of their home regions.... View Details
Keywords: Skilled Migration; Ethnic Migration; First-generation Migrant; Cultural Context; Knowledge Flows; Knowledge Reuse; Knowledge Recombination; Recombinant Creation; H1B Visas; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Knowledge Dissemination; Immigration; Ethnicity; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues
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  • 06 Apr 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Cheers to the American Consumer

identifying the Joneses like you. Immigration. The prevalence of immigrants among America's successful entrepreneurs is well documented. But the same curiosity and openness to new things also characterizes consumer demand in the American... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
  • 19 Jan 2021
  • In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

in education, starting with early childhood, expand the talent pool and reduce otherwise-costly social problems. The nation will become both more global and more local. Biden will direct a return to global cooperation, a welcoming of View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 03 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 4, 2008

shareholders is incomplete given the agency problems characterizing shareholder-manager relations. The Fiscal Impact of the Brain Drain: Indian Emigration to the U.S. Authors:Mihir Desai, D. Kapur, and J. McHale Publication:Journal of Development Economics... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

political turmoil in the 1970s, we came to Canada as immigrants with very little. But like Mario says, economic poverty is not the same as social poverty. I never felt disadvantaged because I had a supportive family and community, and... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 14 Aug 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51383 Happily Ever After: Immigration, Natives' Marriage, and Fertility By: Carlana, Michela, and Marco Tabellini Abstract—In this paper, we study the effects of immigration on natives’... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 5, 2007

immigrant establishes a new notions store. The initial 3-month, GAAP-based income statement differs from one prepared by an economist friend. The store owner wants to know why one shows a profit and the other a loss. Purchase this case: View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

times, backgrounds, and places to illustrate to a general readership the enormous variety of paths to leadership in business. Andrew Carnegie, for example, was an impoverished Scottish immigrant who made a fortune in Pittsburgh, whereas... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • 20 Sep 2012
  • Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

other leading countries. On immigration reform, pretty much everybody agrees we need increased skilled immigration. And there are many other areas like these, yet the US can't seem to make any progress on them. It's not that we haven't... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
  • 15 Sep 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Political Dysfunction Makes America Less Competitive

economic growth and competitiveness—including reforming the corporate tax code, easing immigration for high-skilled immigrants, investing in infrastructure, and aggressively addressing abuses in the international trading system—divisive... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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