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  • September 2020
  • Article

Community-Level Postmaterialism and Anti-Migrant Attitudes:: An Original Survey on Opposition to Sub-Saharan African Migrants in the Middle East

By: Matt Buehler, Kristin Fabbe and Kyung Joon Han
Why do native citizens of the Middle East and North Africa express greater opposition to certain types of migrants, refugees, and displaced persons? Why, particularly, do they express greater opposition to sub-Saharan African migrants? This article investigates these... View Details
Keywords: Postmaterialism; Immigration; Attitudes; Prejudice and Bias; Surveys; Africa; Middle East
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  • Portrait Project

Ben Schumacher

immigrants and their families through our business, and I came to understand that life's true purpose is enabling others. When I was 25, I realized that, in this country, not every man becomes the man he should be. I found that we... View Details
  • 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
  • Profile

Alice Yang

Alice Yang was born in Taiwan, then lived in the Netherlands before immigrating to the United States. “The experience of attending public schools on three continents gave me a deep sense of gratitude for the opportunities I’ve been... View Details
  • 17 Jun 2019
  • Blog Post

Why I Would Have Applied to the MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program

Kristina Wang (MBA 2020) is an MBA student at HBS who just completed her first year and is currently interning at Denali Therapeutics before her second year. I did not expect myself to become interested in biotechnology. Growing up in Vancouver, Canada, with Taiwanese... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2001
  • News

Modupe Akinola: Outreach In Africa

The daughter of Nigerian and Togolese immigrants who settled in New York City’s Spanish Harlem, Modupe Akinola (MBA 2001) was raised to know the value of a strong family and a good education. In light of the sacrifices her parents made to... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; UNICEF; Educational Services
  • 01 Dec 2014
  • News

Opportunities Realized Through Fellowships

fellowship gives me the freedom to pursue my passion for helping suffering communities.” Cenat’s desire to give back stems from her own experience. Her parents immigrated to the United States from Haiti when she was a child, and her... View Details
Keywords: fellowships
  • 18 Feb 2021
  • News

Jumping In, Fighting Bias

Photo via LinkedIn Photo via LinkedIn Growing up in suburban Chicago, Sumaiya Balbale (MBA 2009) and her Indian immigrant parents didn’t see many other Muslims. At school she was teased and bullied—an experience that no doubt shaped her... View Details
  • 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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  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

A taste of home leads to jobs creation and community improvements

General Foods, oversees a company that produces 35 varieties of cheeses, providing a welcome taste of home for immigrants from Central and South America, India, and the Middle East. (Published April 2014) View Details
  • Career Coach

Tricia Peralta

to help navigate US immigration concerns and provide a sounding board for folks trying to decide if they want to work in the US or elsewhere. Dana Farber Cancer Institute (Internship), The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis, and... View Details
  • Alumni WDYDWYD

Onay Payne

karate-chop someone on the other side of the negotiating table, I’m challenged and I’m fulfilled and I’m growing. Luckily I’m doing what I do at a moment in history where my career advancement hasn’t been limited by the fact that I’m a woman, that I’m black, that I... View Details
  • November 2020
  • Article

Migrant Inventors and the Technological Advantage of Nations

By: Dany Bahar, Prithwiraj Choudhury and Hillel Rapoport
We investigate the relationship between the presence of migrant inventors and the dynamics of innovation in the migrants’ receiving countries. We find that countries are 25 to 60 percent more likely to gain advantage in patenting in certain technologies given a twofold... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Migration; Patent; Knowledge; Innovation and Invention; Immigration; Patents; Information Technology; Knowledge Dissemination
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  • Summer 2019
  • Article

The Plight of the Graying Tech Worker

By: William R. Kerr
If you’re in tech and over 40, your experience is probably underappreciated. A global talent pool complicates matters. View Details
Keywords: Employees; Age; Personal Development and Career; Immigration; Policy; Technology Industry; Computer Industry
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  • 2019
  • Working Paper

Migrant Inventors and the Technological Advantage of Nations

We investigate the relationship between the presence of migrant inventors and the dynamics of innovation in the migrants’ receiving countries. We find that countries are 25% to 50% more likely to gain advantage in patenting in certain technologies given a twofold... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Migration; Patent; Immigration; Innovation and Invention; Patents; Information Technology; Knowledge Dissemination
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  • 26 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 26, 2008

Immigration: A Survey Authors:Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr Abstract This paper surveys recent empirical studies on the economic impacts of immigration. Particular emphasis is given to the experiences of Northern Europe and Scandinavia. The survey first examines... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jan 2014
  • Blog Post

Preparing for a career in investment banking

I was able to run a sanity check during my first career coaching session with a specialist on immigration policies. As expected, banking was one of the embracing sectors in terms of visa support. The coach also tutored me about the HBS... View Details
  • Portrait Project

Andrew Velo-Arias

has enabled me to overcome the odds of being the son of immigrants who never attended college, of growing up in a working-class community and attending mediocre public schools. My mom may not have been able to proofread my application... View Details
  • Portrait Project

Christine Keung

teachers were the small business owners in my restaurant plaza, immigrants who liked to say they bought themselves a job because no one else would hire them. They showed me the dignity of hard work through each nail filed, shirt... View Details
  • 22 Sep 2017
  • News

Turning a Disorder into an Opportunity

self-confident, as well as financially self-sufficient. Forty-five people have been employed through the program at Australia’s Department of Defence, Department of Human Services, and Department of Immigration and Border Protection.... View Details