The Immigrant Exodus : Why America Is Losing the Global Race to Capture Entrepreneurial Talent.

Many of the United States' most innovative entrepreneurs have been immigrants, from Andrew Carnegie, Alexander Graham Bell, and Charles Pfizer to Sergey Brin, Vinod Khosla, and Elon Musk. Nearly half of Fortune 500 companies and one-quarter of all new small businesses were founded by immigrants...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wadhwa, Vivek
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Wharton Digital Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Success in business.
Businesspeople.
Entrepreneurship.
Succès dans les affaires.
Gens d'affaires.
Entrepreneuriat.
entrepreneurs.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industrial Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Organizational Behavior.
Businesspeople
Emigration and immigration
Entrepreneurship
Success in business
United States > Emigration and immigration.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Many of the United States' most innovative entrepreneurs have been immigrants, from Andrew Carnegie, Alexander Graham Bell, and Charles Pfizer to Sergey Brin, Vinod Khosla, and Elon Musk. Nearly half of Fortune 500 companies and one-quarter of all new small businesses were founded by immigrants, generating trillions of dollars annually, employing millions of workers, and helping establish the United States as the most entrepreneurial, technologically advanced society on earth. Now, Vivek Wadhwa, an immigrant tech entrepreneur turned academic with appointments at Duke, Stanford, Emory, and Singu.
Physical Description:1 online resource (107 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781613630204
1613630204
1613630212
9781613630211
9781613631294
1613631294

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