The immigrant exodus : why America is losing the global race to capture entrepreneurial talent / Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wadhwa, Vivek, author.

Salkever, Alex, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign workers--Government policy--United States.

Foreign workers.

Entrepreneurship--United States.

Entrepreneurship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (107 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Wharton Digital Press, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A 2012 ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEARMany 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 t

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61363-020-4

OCLC:

815389098