HAMMER AND SILICON

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Sheila M. Puffer is University Distinguished Professor and Professor of International Business and Strategy at the DAmoreMcKim School of Business Northeastern University Boston. She served as Program Director of the Gorbachev Foundation of North America and is an Associate at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University. Business and management in the former USSR are a major focus of her 160 publications including Behind the Factory Walls: Decision Making in Soviet and US Enterprises (1990).The untold story in their own words of the contributions of Soviet and postSoviet immigrants to the US innovation economy.The untold story in their own words of the contributions of Soviet and postSoviet immigrants to the US innovation economy revealed through indepth interviews and analysis. It will appeal to academics business practitioners and policymakers interested in innovation entrepreneurship the tech industry immigration and cultural adaptation.The untold story in their own words of the contributions of Soviet and postSoviet immigrants to the US innovation economy revealed through indepth interviews and analysis. It will appeal to academics business practitioners and policymakers interested in innovation entrepreneurship the tech industry immigration and cultural adaptation.This deeply personal book tells the untold story of the significant contributions of technical professionals from the former Soviet Union to the US innovation economy particularly in the sectors of software social media biotechnology and medicine. Drawing upon indepth interviews it channels the voices and stories of more than 150 professionals who emigrated from 11 of the 15 former Soviet republics between the 1970s and 2015 and who currently work in the innovation hubs of Silicon Valley and Boston/Cambridge. Using the social science theories of institutions imprinting and identity the authors analyze the political social economic and educational forces that have characterized Soviet immigration over the past 40 years showing how the particularities of the Soviet context may have benefited or challenged interviewees work and social lives. The resulting mosaic of perspectives provides valuable insight into the impact of immigration on US economic development specifically in high technology and innovation.Introduction: 1. Theoretical foundations: institutions imprinting and identity: 2. Soviet political economic and social institutions: catalysts for migration: 3. Soviet educational institutions: capability for contribution: 4. Migration from the Former Soviet Union to the US: three waves 19722015: 5. Entrepreneurial spirit creativity and innovativeness: startups in the US: 6. Research development and applications in academic and industry settings: 7. Cultural adaptation: challenges and sources of support: 8. Workplace adaptation: developing soft skills: 9. Identity: a constellation of influences: 10

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