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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....
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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
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Do Yoon Kim. "The Ethnic Migrant Inventor Effect: Codification and Recombination of Knowledge Across Borders." Strategic Management Journal 40, no. 2 (February 2019): 203–229.
- 2018
- Working Paper
Intellectual Baggage of Ethnic Migrant Inventors: Transfer and Recombination of Knowledge Across Borders
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....
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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
Choudhury, Prithwiraj. "Intellectual Baggage of Ethnic Migrant Inventors: Transfer and Recombination of Knowledge Across Borders." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-069, January 2017. (Revised January 2018.)
- 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...
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- 17 Jul 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: As America Recedes from Global Leadership, Its CEOs are Stepping Up
government technology. For these CEOs, hiring skilled workers, global trade, and H1B visas were also high on their agendas. Technology executives such as Apple’s Tim Cook and Salesforce’s Marc Benioff have...
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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...
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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...
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