The Immigrant Exodus
Subtitle: Why America Is Losing the Global Race to Capture Entrepreneurial Talent
Publisher: Wharton Digital Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 107
ISBN-13: 9781613630204; 9781613630211
Subjects: Industrial Management; Success in business; Organizational Behavior; Businesspeople; Entrepreneurship; Management Science; Management; Emigration and immigration; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; [Contents]; Introduction; 1. Why the Future of America Depends on Skilled Immigrants; 2. The Rise and Decline of the Immigrant-Powered Startup Machine; 3. The Innovator's Dilemma: Leaving America for Greener Pastures; 4. H-1B Visas and Immigration Limbo; 5. How the World Is Trying to Steal Silicon Valley's Thunder; 6. Seven Fixes to Slow the Immigrant Exodus; Conclusion; Notes; Index; About the Author.