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The Role of Immigrants in High-Tech EnterpriseMarch 7, 2008, 11:45 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. - Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters HUDSON INSTITUTE CENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT POLICY AND  Furchtgott-Roth and Bhide THE DINGMAN CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND recently held a luncheon seminar entitled The Role of Immigrants in High-Tech Enterprise Friday, March 7, 11:45 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Hudson Institute: Betsy and Walter Stern Conference Center 1015 15th Street, N.W., 6th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005 Amar Bhidé, professor of business at Columbia University, discussed a chapter from his book, The Venturesome Economy: How Innovation Sustains Prosperity in an Interconnected World, in which he investigates the nature of labor demand in high-tech venture firms to determine why these firms rely on more skilled immigrant employment than other sectors in the economy. He also touched on what factors may affect the likelihood of a venture-backed firm to off-shore or market globally. Diana Furchtgott-Roth, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, and director of the Center for Employment Policy, moderated the discussion. 11:45 a.m. Registration and Buffet Lunch 12:00 p.m. Presenter: Amar Bhide, Columbia University, Graduate School of Business Moderator: Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Hudson Institute 2:00 p.m. Adjournment To request information, please contact Hudson Institute at 202.974.6451 or e-mail Andrew Brown at Abrown@hudson.org. Hudson’s Center for Employment Policy is grateful to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation for the support of this program.
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