Immigration - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Jun 2021
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details

Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland

06 May 2021
HBS Case

How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups

1990s to build an entrepreneurial ecosystem that could harness its business-minded immigrant population. Strategic investment had given rise to creative events and spaces, like the international Art Basel fair in Miami, new performing... View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

25 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

The Secret Life of Supply Chains

category also has the highest percentage of STEM workers, these results argue for increased investment in training in those skills—and perhaps increasing high-skilled immigration as well. “If we want to continue to grow our economy and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing; Service

18 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization

of thinking ‘glocally’ about a concept that’s everywhere.” Related Reading: Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster Why Immigrant Workers Cluster in Particular Industries What do you think about this research? Add your... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Agriculture & Agribusiness

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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Organization. Shai Benjamin Bernstein : Winner of the 2019 Charles River Associates Award for Best Paper on Corporate Finance from the Western Finance Association with Rebecca Diamond, Timothy McQuade, and Beatriz Pousada for “The Contribution of High-Skilled View Details

September 2021 (Revised October 2021)
Case

Dream: Impact Through Real Estate

By: Michael Chu and John Masko

The Canadian city of Toronto had one of the largest housing affordability problems of any city in the developed world. One company trying to address this problem was Dream, one of the largest real estate groups in Canada. In 2021, Dream had just launched a new system... View Details

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01 Oct 1997
News

High Fives

role models: “My grandfather: he was an Italian immigrant who was never intimidated a day in his life. My father: he stood up to adversity and always got through it. At Harvard, great professors like Ted Levitt, Gordon Donaldson, Earl... View Details

01 Jan 2020
What Do You Think?

Why Not Open America's Doors to All the World’s Talent?

“The idea of opening America’s borders to creative, entrepreneurial immigrants is attractive. H1B is not, in my view, the correct vehicle for this. I would rather that the country revamp its immigration... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

16 Aug 2024
In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

leaders will report new lessons on the art of building trust during a time when it looks remarkably difficult. Sandra J. Sucher is the MBA Class of 1966 Professor of Management Practice in the General Management Unit. Marco Tabellini: What to know about View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

21 Dec 2015
Op-Ed

Without Immigrants, We Wouldn't Have Google

immigrants who have made innumerable contributions to the technological and economic success of the United States. Outsiders keep our commercial markets vital by offering perspectives that differ from the prevailing view, introducing new... View Details

Keywords: by Shane Greenstein; Information Technology

Jeff Goldman

Jeff Goldman practices exclusively in the area of business immigration law. He has 31+ years of extensive experience representing technology, life science, and entrepreneurial businesses regarding all visa matters, as well as permanent... View Details

Jeff Goldman

Jeff Goldman practices exclusively in the area of business immigration law. He has 31+ years of extensive experience representing technology, life science, and entrepreneurial businesses regarding all visa matters, as well as permanent... View Details

Keywords: Legal

17 Sep 2021
News

Clearing the Path to Citizenship

When Xiao Wang (MBA 2014) and his parents immigrated to the United States from China three decades ago, the process was a difficult and expensive one. The family spent the equivalent of five months’ rent on an View Details

06 Oct 2020
News

Clearing the Path to Citizenship

hoped to start a new life with their young son in their adopted country, but the immigration process would not be an easy one. “Everything was opaque and scary,” Wang says. “It was our one shot at being able to stay.” Stymied by the... View Details

Keywords: April White

Jeff Goldman

Practicing solely in the field of immigration law for 31 years; mentor to YC, Techstars, MassChallenge and HBS entrepreneurs; Chair of Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker's Immigration Advisory Council;... View Details

01 Oct 2018
Book

Is the US Losing its Ability to Attract Highly Skilled Migrant Workers?

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Food & Beverage; Service

01 Jun 2014
News

Book Review: Hooray for the Huddled Masses

to create. But life in America, which began when he left Iran as a one-year-old, taught him about the qualities that immigrants bring to the country—perseverance, entrepreneurialism, a willingness to adapt to new cultures—that made it... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

Career Coach

Erika Osterling

network search. Erika approaches coaching with a combination of self-reflection and action-orientation. Through her personal journey, she is also experienced in navigating a job search with US immigration & work authorization... View Details

Keywords: Energy; Oil & Gas; Energy; Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Manufacturing

25 Jun 2018
News

An Unfinished Story

immigration stories? We just asked. Most people were very willing to tell their family stories. Of course, not all of them are happy stories. It was more difficult to get the stories of African Americans, because many of their relatives... View Details

Keywords: April White