Working Paper | HBS Working Paper Series | 2019

The Gift of Global Talent: Innovation Policy and the Economy

by William R. Kerr

Abstract

Talent is the most precious resource for today’s knowledge-based economy, and a significant share of the U.S. skilled workforce in technology fields is foreign born. The United States has long held a leading position in attracting global talent, but the gap to other countries is weakening. Immigration policies like the H-1B visa program shape the admissions of foreign workers to the country and grant a particularly strong gatekeeping role to sponsoring firms and universities. This chapter explores the data around global talent flows and some of the economic implications of an employer-driven immigration approach.

Keywords: global talent flows; Talent and Talent Management; Global Range; Immigration; Policy; Economy;

Language: English Format: Print 33 pages Read Now

Citation:

Kerr, William R. "The Gift of Global Talent: Innovation Policy and the Economy." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-116, May 2019.

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Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration
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