High-Tech Immigrant Entrepreneurship in the United States

David M. Hart and Zoltan Acs
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David M. Hart: George Mason University, Arlington VA, USA, dhart@gmu.edu

Economic Development Quarterly, 2011, vol. 25, issue 2, 116-129

Abstract: This article reports the results of a national survey that estimates the rate of immigrant entrepreneurship in a representative sample of high-impact firms in high-technology industries in the United States. The authors report key descriptive statistics about the companies and their founders. About 16% of the companies in the sample, for instance, number at least one immigrant entrepreneur among their founding teams, while about 77% of the immigrant entrepreneurs are U.S. citizens. Three multivariate analyses are carried out that compare high-impact, high-tech firms that count at least one immigrant in their founding teams with those that were founded by native-born entrepreneurs. It is found that the two groups of firms are similar with respect to economic and technological performance. Immigrant-founded firms are more likely to report that they have a strategic relationship with a foreign firm. The authors conclude by briefly considering the potential implications of their findings for immigration and economic development policy.

Keywords: entrepreneurship; high technology; immigration; United States; public policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1177/0891242410394336

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