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Understanding immigration in a national systems of innovation framework

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This paper argues that the systems of innovation analytic framework affords valuable insights into the impact of highly-skilled immigrants on innovation processes in developed countries. The paper first reviews why highly-skilled migration has risen on the agenda of policy-makers and researchers and sets forth my interpretation of the systems of innovation framework. It then builds on this interpretation by arguing that the interaction between immigrants and the organizations and institutions into which they are inserted by a national system can (under some circumstances) affect the system's capacity for innovation by changing transaction costs and the management of uncertainty. Although it tackles just one aspect of the complex puzzle presented by global flows of skilled people, the paper prepares the conceptual ground for a broader assault on this important issue. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

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  • David M Hart, 2007. "Understanding immigration in a national systems of innovation framework," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 34(1), pages 45-53, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:34:y:2007:i:1:p:45-53
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    1. Micheline Riemsdijk, 2013. "Talent Acquisition in the IT Industry in Bangalore: A Multi-Level Study," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 104(4), pages 478-490, September.
    2. Lin, Xiaohua & Yang, Xiyan, 2017. "From human capital externality to entrepreneurial aspiration: Revisiting the migration-trade linkage," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 52(3), pages 360-371.
    3. Tiia Vissak & Xiaotian Zhang, 2014. "Chinese immigrant entrepreneurs’ involvement in internationalization and innovation: Three Canadian cases," Journal of International Entrepreneurship, Springer, vol. 12(2), pages 183-201, June.
    4. Baruffaldi, Stefano H. & Landoni, Paolo, 2012. "Return mobility and scientific productivity of researchers working abroad: The role of home country linkages," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 41(9), pages 1655-1665.

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