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Immigrant, Inc. : why immigrant entrepreneurs are driving the new economy (and how they will save the American worker) /

A provocative look at the remarkable contributions of high-skill immigrant entrepreneurs in America. Both a revelation and a call-to-action, Immigrant, Inc . explores the uncommon skill and drive of America's new immigrants and their knack for innovation and entrepreneurship. From the techies w...

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Main Authors: Herman, Richard T., 1964- (Author)
Corporate Authors: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
Group Author: Smith, Robert L., 1959- (Editor)
Published: John Wiley & Sons,
Publisher Address: Hoboken, NJ :
Publication Dates: 2010.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Entrepreneurship > United States.
Immigrants > United States.
Job creation > United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Entrepreneurship.
Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects.
Entrepreneurship.
Immigrants.
Job creation.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119205357
Summary: A provocative look at the remarkable contributions of high-skill immigrant entrepreneurs in America. Both a revelation and a call-to-action, Immigrant, Inc . explores the uncommon skill and drive of America's new immigrants and their knack for innovation and entrepreneurship. From the techies who created icons of the new economy-Intel, Google, eBay and Sun Microsystems-to the young engineers tinkering with solar power and next-generation car batteries, immigrants have proven themselves to be America's competitive advantage. With a focus on legal immigrants and their odyssey from homeland to st.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxx, 226 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781119205357
1119205352
9780470570289
0470570288
1282362054
9781282362055
Index Number: HB615
CLC: F249.712
Contents: Immigrant, Inc.: Why Immigrant Entrepreneurs Are Driving the New Economy (and how they will save the American Worker); Contents; Preface: My Immigrant Experience; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Welcome to Immigrant, Inc.; Chapter 1: A Mighty New Idea; Chapter 2: The Mounting Evidence; Chapter 3: A Land of Opportunity, Still; Chapter 4: Restless Dreamers; Chapter 5: Earth's Best and Brightest; Chapter 6: Cowboys of a New Frontier; Chapter 7: Desperate Achievers: Prequel to Google; Chapter 8: Importing Solutions; Chapter 9: The Stimulus We Need; Chapter 10: Thinking Like an Immigrant; Appendix.

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