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The Importance Of Immigrants For The Future Of Tech

The Horizons Tracker

Wharton research further elaborates on this point by pointing out that immigrant founders not only create jobs, but also bring considerable finance with them. Historically, immigrants have helped America lead the world in technological innovation,” the authors say. That’s roughly twice the number who were leaving per year in 2010.

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What GE’s Board Could Have Done Differently

Harvard Business Review

The Board Had No Finance Committee. GE’s board had another major structural defect: It lacked a finance committee. As I have explained elsewhere , a finance committee is critical for a board in complex public companies like GE, which are involved in a broad range of retirement plans, stock buybacks, and large acquisitions.

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This Program Uses Lean Startup Techniques to Turn Scientists into Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

When Subra Suresh was tapped to lead the National Science Foundation (NSF), in 2010, he saw that many of the pathbreaking discoveries developed through the agency’s grants weren’t finding their way to the marketplace, so he sought to foster better links between government and industry. Cat Yu for HBR. The Future of I-Corps.

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Research: CEOs with Diverse Networks Create Higher Firm Value

Harvard Business Review

For example, firms with better-connected CEOs can obtain cheaper financing , and firms with well-connected board directors see better performance. Our study , published in the Journal of Corporate Finance, found that CEOs with strong connections to people of different demographic backgrounds and skill sets create higher firm value.

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How China’s Government Helps — and Hinders — Innovation

Harvard Business Review

By all accounts, the Chinese state is on all-out drive to move the country up the technological ladder. Yet, along other dimensions, the state is unwittingly hindering China’s emergence as a technological giant. Drucker Forum 2016: The Entrepreneurial Society. in 2000 to 2.0% ” But what’s the effect?

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The H-1B Visa Debate, Explained

Harvard Business Review

It has benefited the tech industry enormously, and other sectors, including health care, science, and finance, have also used it to fill gaps in their workforces. There were approximately 180,000 new H-1B visas issued in 2016, according to State Department data. But in April, just after U.S. Who gets H-1Bs?

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Europe’s Other Crisis: A Digital Recession

Harvard Business Review

And a recently released report suggests that Europe’s digital divide problem extends way beyond the Atlantic; Europe is a distant third behind North America and Asia for $100 million plus financing for VC backed companies. How has Europe dealt with the situation? million jobs. A major reason for this deficit is insufficient investment.

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