America's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Part I

Wadhwa, Vivek; Saxenian, AnnaLee; Rissing, Ben A.; Gereffi, Gary

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“…Whereas previous research mostly focused on coordinate bilinguals (those who acquire their second language very early in life, usually in the same context), future studies could extend the investigation to compound bilinguals (those who acquire their second language later in life, often in another context; see Larsen et al 1994), a situation more typical for bilingual professionals (Day and Wagner 2007) and migrant workers (Roberts 2007). As immigrant entrepreneurs play a key role in growing their host economies (Wadhwa et al 2007), they constitute a particularly promising target group for studies on compound bilinguals. Existing work on language use in polyglossic urban areas and multilingual regions (Lüdi et al 2010) and on internal migration (Lüdi 1992) can provide useful starting points here.…”

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Language in International Business: A Review and Agenda for Future Research

2017

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A fast growing number of studies demonstrates that language diversity influences almost all management decisions in modern multinational corporations. Whereas no doubt remains about the practical importance of language, the empirical investigation and theoretical conceptualization of its complex and multifaceted effects still presents a substantial challenge. To summarize and evaluate the current state of the literature in a coherent picture informing future research, we systematically review 264 articles on language in international business. We scrutinize the geographic distributions of data, evaluate the field's achievements to date in terms of theories and methodologies, and summarize core findings by individual, group, firm, and country levels of analysis. For each of these dimensions, we then put forward a future research agenda. We encourage scholars to transcend disciplinary boundaries and to draw on, integrate, and test a variety of theories from disciplines such as psychology, linguistics, and neuroscience to gain a more profound understanding of language in international business. We advocate more multi-level studies and cross-national research collaborations and suggest greater attention to potential new data sources and means of analysis.

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Language in International Business: A Review and Agenda for Future Research

2017

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“…First, we miss many nuances associated with entrepreneurial culture noted above. We also abstract from ethnic propensities towards starting new enterprises and their uneven spatial distribution (e.g., Fairlie 1999, Kerr 2008b, Wadhwa et al 2007). Third, the industrial mix of a city may be more exogenous than entrepreneurship levels in those industries in the city, but it is also not entirely exogenous.…”

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Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain?

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2008

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Why are some places more entrepreneurial than others? We use Census Bureau data to study local determinants of manufacturing startups across cities and industries. Demographics have limited explanatory power. Overall levels of local customers and suppliers are only modestly important, but new entrants seem particularly drawn to areas with many smaller suppliers, as suggested by Chinitz (1961). Abundant workers in relevant occupations also strongly predict entry. These forces plus city and industry fixed effects explain between sixty and eighty percent of manufacturing entry. We use spatial distributions of natural cost advantages to address partially endogeneity concerns.

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“…1 Saxenian, Vivek Wadhwa, Ben Rissing, and Gary Gereffi extended that study to show that from 1995 to 2005 more than half of the Silicon Valley technology and engineering companies had at least one immigrant founder. 2 A 2012 study from the Partnership for a New American Economy found that immigrants to the US were "more than twice as likely as the native-born to start a business." 3 Further, according to Wadhwa, "immigrants started nearly half of America's 50 top venture-funded companies and are key members of management or product development teams in more than 75% of those companies."…”

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Commentary: Physicists without borders

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2017

Physics Today

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America's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Part I

Cited by 177 publications

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Language in International Business: A Review and Agenda for Future Research

Language in International Business: A Review and Agenda for Future Research

Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain?

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