6. Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Innovation in the US High- Tech Sector

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. I. Location Choices of International Students and Return Migration
6. 1. Return Migrants’ Self- Selection: Evidence for Indian Inventors 17
7. 2. Will the US Keep the Best and the Brightest (as Postdocs)? Career and Location Preferences of Foreign STEM PhDs 49
8. II. Immigration Policy and Innovation
9. 3. High- Skill Immigration, Innovation, and Creative Destruction 73
10. 4. New Data and Facts on H- 1B Workers across Firms 99
11. 5. Immigration and Invention: Does Language Matter? 123
12. III. Immigration and Entrepreneurship
13. 6. Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Innovation in the US High- Tech Sector 149
14. 7. Immigrant Networking and Collaboration: Survey Evidence from CIC 173
15. 8. Are Foreign STEM PhDs More Entrepreneurial? Entrepreneurial Characteristics, Preferences, and Employment Outcomes of Native and Foreign Science and Engineering PhD Students 207
16. Contributors 229
17. Author Index 231
18. Subject Index 235