Immigration Issues - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 2001
News

The Third Force: Indispensable to Society, Nonprofits Should Redirect Oversight Efforts

Further, the voting cycle truncates long-term progress. "Government is an interest-group groupie," she said. "Who speaks for the less fortunate? The homeless, for example, are not a powerful interest group." Businesses, she added, "will sponsor social View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

05 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

The Changing Face of American Innovation

The contributions made by immigrant scientists and engineers for developing new U.S. technologies have been formidable—but not always well described. What we do know: While the foreign-born account for just over 10 percent of the U.S.... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Technology

03 Jul 2018
What Do You Think?

Should CEO Satya Nadella Cancel Microsoft’s Contract with ICE?

Madrolly When Should a Board Encourage a Triple Bottom Line Philosophy? Respondents to this month’s column provided a resounding “no” to the question of whether CEO Satya Nadella should accede to the wishes of a vocal minority of employees and cancel Microsoft’s... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

13 Nov 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55048 From Immigrants to Americans: Race and Assimilation During the Great Migration By: Fouka, Vasiliki, Soumyajit Mazumder, and Marco Tabellini Abstract—How does the appearance of a new... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity

Philadelphia printers conduct first successful strike for increased wages 1787 United States Constitution adopted 1790 William Pollard is issued the first patent for a machine that roves and spins cotton 1794 Eli Whitney patents gin that... View Details

02 May 2016
Research & Ideas

Why People Don’t Vote--and How a Good Ground Game Helps

knock on doors in advance of the 2010 regional elections. The activists gave citizens information about the candidates and the elections—but, importantly, did not specifically emphasize immigration, education, or other issues that might... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Communications; Public Relations

04 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

'I Know Why You Voted for Trump' and Other Motivation Misperceptions

his most prominent and seemingly extreme stance: his proposal to crack down on illegal immigration. Yet, these Clinton voters may have jumped to the wrong conclusions. While Clinton voters assumed that Trump’s immigration policy drove... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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1.4.5 Required Internship & Internship Courses | MBA

stated deadline. Curricular Practical Training (CPT) Curricular Practical Training is an employment option available to F-1 students in which employment is considered an integral part of the curriculum or academic program. According to View Details

07 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

Election 2024: Why Demographics Won't Predict the Next President

her stance on immigration and border controls, aligning with what polls say many Americans want. “Candidates and parties clearly pay attention to polls to understand which issues are important to voters,”... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

01 Dec 2006
News

MBA vs. MBA

political résumé,” says Jonathan Collegio, a spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee. Taylor believes his own views on important issues reflect those of the district’s voters. “People here are generally conservative... View Details

Keywords: Kathryn Jones; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

03 Jun 2020
News

Keeping a Community Connected

to food sites because of their immigration status. There is a high demand for food and it is going up quickly. SY: What are your top priorities at this point? JP: The demand for food is a critical need right now. There's a moratorium on... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

05 May 2022
Blog Post

Celebrating Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS

and diversity of the AAPI experience and inspire hope for a world of empathy, compassion, and courage. Keven Wang (MBA 2022) October 31, 2001. For the first time in my life, I stepped foot onto a land I did not call my own. To give me a better education, my family... View Details

30 Jan 2017
News

HBS Deans' Message on White House Travel Ban

Friday, January 27, the new administration issued an executive order that restricts entry, including reentry, into the U.S. for citizens and nationals of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen on both View Details

13 Jan 2015
First Look

First Look: January 13

http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/15-007_e181fd00-4426-4db8-8f70-89b1b5054a8f.pdf January 2015 Routledge Handbook of Immigration and Refugee Studies International Migration and Innovation: Insights from the U.S. Experience... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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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08 Nov 2016
First Look

November 8, 2016

Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses: Current Knowledge and Challenges Immigrant Entrepreneurship By: Kerr, William R., and Sari Pekkala Kerr Abstract—We examine immigrant entrepreneurship and the survival... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Profile

Ruth Cenat

other countries face the same issues as the U.S. in terms of immigration and the integration of different cultures in a society. How do your HBS ambitions fit into the big picture of the world beyond? My... View Details

Keywords: CPG; Nonprofit/Government/Education

21 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Bio-Piracy: When Western Firms Usurp Eastern Medicine

wound ointment for thousands of years. The United States Patent and Trademark Office revoked the patent in 1997. The case illustrates the issue of "bio-piracy," wherein patentees charge rents for the use of herbal remedies that... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Legal Services; Biotechnology

March 1998 (Revised March 1999)
Case

Shepard Quraeshi Associates (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Harold F. Hogan Jr

Samina Quraeshi, principal of Boston-based Shepard Quraeshi Associates, must decide whether to take legal action against her key employees after they leave her firm to start their own, taking with them key clients and data. Quraeshi sees the situation as reflecting... View Details

Keywords: Ethnicity; Nationality; Ethics; Employees; Gender; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Immigration; Growth and Development Strategy; United States