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  • 08 Mar 2017
  • News

H1B visa squeeze threatens US tech leadership

  • 02 Sep 2020
  • News

The 1920s and H1B visas

  • 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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  • 03 Feb 2015
  • News

What's missing in America's immigration debate

    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
    • 01 Jan 2020
    • What Do You Think?

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

    the abuse of H-1B visas is as old as the program itself. “I had 3 trainees; each learned a different facet of my job. None of them had near the knowledge or experience as me. I was the lucky American who found work elsewhere and left on... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology
    • 22 Nov 2019
    • HBS Seminar

    Edward Glaeser (Paper Joint with Naomi Hausman), Harvard University

    • 27 Jul 2023
    • Blog Post

    Recruiting International Students is Easy and Beneficial for Employers

    specializes in working with international students throughout the visa process. “Most [employers] are frustrated by the limited number of H1B visas and are afraid they won’t... View Details
    • 17 Jul 2017
    • Op-Ed

    Op-Ed: As America Recedes from Global Leadership, Its CEOs are Stepping Up

    As America recedes from global leadership under President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies, a new generation of business statesmen is stepping up to take on global issues of monumental importance: global trade, climate change, job creation, and healthy living.... View Details
    Keywords: by Bill George
    • 12 Jun 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018

    inventors increases the rate of codification of herbal knowledge at U.S. assignees by 4.5%. Our identification comes from an exogenous shock to the quota of H1B visas and from a list of entities exempted... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 06 Feb 2018
    • First Look

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

    exogenous shock to the quota of H1B visas and from a list of entities exempted from the shock. We also find that ethnic migrant inventors are more likely to engage in reuse of their prior knowledge, whereas... View Details