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  • 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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  • 2018
  • Working Paper

Intellectual Baggage of Ethnic Migrant Inventors: Transfer and Recombination of Knowledge Across Borders

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury
Ethnic migrant inventors might differ from locals in terms of 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
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    The Ethnic Migrant Inventor Effect: Codification and Recombination of Knowledge Across Borders

    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
    • 25 Sep 2024
    • Blog Post

    HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Mireya Iglesias Ayala (MBA 2025)

    strong sense of pride and purpose. Growing up as a first-generation low-income Mexican American near the US-Mexico border is my source of pride and purpose. I was raised by hard-working migrant parents who... View Details
    • Portrait Project

    Nayely Martinez

    family’s mantra, a daily reminder that each action influences the next choice available to you. Growing up in a hard-working, predominantly immigrant community in east LA, that mantra seeps through my community’s bones, through generations of View Details
    • 18 Jul 2018
    • Research & Ideas

    No More General Tso's? A Threat to 'Knowledge Recombination'

    follow the companies after the shock, they learned these firms were more likely to continue pursuing patents that recombined herbal remedies with other technologies. Surprisingly, first-generation migrants... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Food & Beverage; Accounting
    • 12 Jun 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018

    Management Journal The Ethnic Migrant Inventor Effect: Codification and Recombination of Knowledge Across Borders By: Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Do Yoon Kim Abstract—Ethnic migrant inventors may differ from... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 06 Feb 2018
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

    Borders By: Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Do Yoon Kim Abstract—Ethnic migrant inventors might differ from locals in terms of knowledge they bring to host firms. We study the role of first-generation ethnic... View Details