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Immigrant, Inc. : why immigrant entrepreneurs are driving the new economy (and how they will save the American worker) / Richard T. Herman, Robert L. Smith.
Lippincott Library HB615 .H347 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Herman, Richard T., 1964-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Entrepreneurship--United States.
- Entrepreneurship.
- United States.
- Immigrants--United States.
- Immigrants.
- Job creation--United States.
- Job creation.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Physical Description:
- xxx, 226 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2010]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 A Mighty New Idea 1
- Chapter 2 The Mounting Evidence 7
- Discovering a Phenomenon 10
- The Accidental Entrepreneurs 12
- Urban Legend? 14
- A Skill Grows Lucrative 18
- Mother of lnvention 19
- The VCs' Keen Eye 21
- New Seeds, Fertile Soil 23
- lChapter 3 A Land of Opportunity, Still 27
- A True Model Minority 30
- An Idea, an Obsession 33
- Learning to Persevere 35
- Survival, Climbing, and Thriving 38
- Where Business is Business 41
- Chapter 4 Restless Dreamers 45
- Seeing it First 47
- A 24-Hour Job 49
- Mexico Never Tasted So Good 51
- No Room for a Dream 53
- The Colors of Palestine 56
- Chapter 5 Earth's Best and Brightest 61
- Attracting the Striver Class 64
- An African Way 66
- The Reluctant Italian-American 67
- Out of Shadows, into Solar 71
- Love, Study, and a Start-Up 72
- At Home Far Away 75
- Chapter 6 Cowboys of a New Frontier 79
- A New Kind of Entrepreneur 81
- A Melting-Pot Dream Team 82
- The Super Prof 85
- Joining a New England Tradition 87
- The Guru 88
- New Era of Innovation 91
- Made in America? 93
- Reviving the Motor City 95
- Spirits High, Lights Aglow 97
- Chapter 7 Desperate Achievers: Prequel to Google 99
- Starting from Nothing 101
- The Boat People 102
- An Artful Niche 103
- The Family of Google 106
- Anxious Wait for Visas 109
- Chapter 8 Importing Solutions 115
- A Gateway Re-Emerges 117
- Tapping the Tide 118
- Savvy Pilgrims, Creative Shopkeepers 121
- A Wave of Home Restorers 123
- A Boost for Everyone 125
- The Power of One 127
- Pushing Open the Door 129
- Toward a "Shared Prosperity" 131
- A Harlem-Like Renaissance 133
- Seeds of Progress 135
- Chapter 9 The Stimulus We Need 137
- An Immigrant Advantage 140
- America Losing Ground 145
- Suffering an Antiquated System 148
- A Better Way 152
- The Change We Need-Changing Attitudes 155
- Chapter 10 Thinking Like an Immigrant 161
- The Dream-Keepers 164
- A Nation of Immigrants Indeed 166
- Keys to Success 168
- The Explorer 169
- The Knowledge Advantage 172
- For Pride, For Family 174
- The Power of Teamwork 175
- The Possible Dream 177.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780470455715
- 0470455713
- OCLC:
- 368051932
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