economy – and the role of high-skilled migrants in these processes. This paper surveys the emerging ‘wider impacts’ literature …

, ethnicity might affect positively innovation via ‘star’ migrants, network externalities from co-ethnic groups, or production …Ethnic inventors play important roles in US innovation systems, especially in high-tech regions like Silicon Valley. Do … ‘ethnicity-innovation’ channels exist elsewhere? This paper investigates, using a new panel of UK patents microdata. In theory …

London is one of the world’s major cities, and one of its most diverse. London’s cultural diversity is widely seen as a … various links between urban cultural diversity and innovation, at individual, firm and urban level. This paper uses a sample …

innovation, nor do migrant-run firms in diverse cities appear particularly innovative. But urban context does matter and firms in …Growing cultural diversity is seen as important for innovation. Research has focused on two potential mechanisms: a … diverse cities helping firms innovate. This paper uses a dataset of over 2,000 UK SMEs to test between these two. Controlling …

cultural diversity, innovation, entrepreneurship, and sales strategies in London businesses between 2005 and 2007. London is … one of the world's major cities, with a rich cultural diversity that is widely seen as a social and economic asset. Our …A growing body of research is making links between diversity and the economic performance of cities and regions. Most …

. As distinct from the labor-supply focus of much of the economics of immigration, this paper reviews work that examines …

contrast, innovation is much more dependent on a combination of good local socioeconomic structures and investment in science …This article analyses the geography of innovation in China and India. Using a tailor-made panel database for regions in … between the provinces and states within both countries are quite different. In China, the concentration of innovation is …