{"pk":3487,"title":"Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley","subtitle":null,"abstract":"This anicle documents the growing presence of highly educated and technically skilled Indian and Chinese immigrants in the Silicon Valle y workforce. These immigrants are employed in the high-tech sectors of the economy at greater rates than the general population, are more likely to work in manufacturing than services, and have a greater degree of professional employment than the norm. Census and corporate data suggest that Indian- and Chinese-run businesses are already a substan tial force in the Silicon Valley economy comprising almost one-quaner of high -tech firms. Finally this anicle provides examples of local networks that suppon en trepreneurial dynamism among these immigrant groups and explores the implications of this research for economic development policy.","language":"en","license":null,"keywords":[],"section":"Articles","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0262j5q6","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"AnnaLee","middle_name":"","last_name":"Saxenian","name_suffix":"","institution":"","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Jumbi","middle_name":"","last_name":"Edulbehram","name_suffix":"","institution":"","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2012-07-24T22:04:56Z","date_accepted":"2012-07-24T22:04:56Z","date_published":"1998-07-24T07:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/ucb_crp_bpj/article/3487/galley/2244/download/"}]}