My new edited book is finally out! Titled Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Cities: Global Perspectives and published by Springer, it engages the topic from various academic perspectives and theoretical frameworks, on scales ranging from local, to urban, metropolitan, as well as transnational. It covers 16 case study cities from 14 countries, with a particular emphasis onContinue reading “New book: Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Cities”
Category Archives: Economic Development
Small Businesses in COVID-19
Small businesses, especially minority-owned, immigrant-owned, and mainstreet businesses are hard-hit during the COVID-19 crisis. Can they survive the crisis and successfully reopen? https://urbaninstitute.gsu.edu/urban-perspectives-covid-19/
New book on metropolitan governance
My co-edited book with Bligh Grant at University of Technology Sydney and Lin Ye at Sun Yat-Sen University is finally out! Titled “Metropolitan Governance in Asia and the Pacific Rim: Borders, Challenges, Futures”, it features a collection of diverse chapters from that region. Check it out on Springer website here
Best and worst state economies
Check out Wallethub’s findings on best and worst state economies, as well as my and others’ take on how to promote state and local economies here
Welcoming Cities Forum at GSU
Come join us for a forum on Welcoming Cities – A Dialogue between Research and Policy on Wednesday, March 9 to hear the latest research on immigrant communities in Atlanta, the new immigrant-integrating initiative and its implementation in Atlanta http://aysps.gsu.edu/event/welcoming-cities-a-dialogue-between-research-and-policy/49
Minority- and Immigrant-Owned Businesses in Economy
Two of my recent new publications examine the scale and impact of minority-owned and immigrant-owned businesses in the local and global economy. A report for the Center for State and Local Finance (CSLF) looks at the growing trend of these businesses in the state of Georgia and its role in employment, revenues, payroll, etc. (seeContinue reading “Minority- and Immigrant-Owned Businesses in Economy”
Kauffman report on high-tech immigrant entrepreneurs
Which metros have a high concentration of high-tech immigrant entrepreneurs and why? Check out our new report for the Kauffman Foundation: http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/2014/03/study-of-us-metros-with-most-high-tech-immigrant-entrepreneurs-provide-lessons-for-other-regions
New Journal: Regional Studies, Regional Science
I recently accepted the invitation to be one of the associate editors for a new journal called Regional Studies, Regional Science. This is an open access journal under the Regional Studies Association and published by Routledge. Click here for more information about the journal and check out the call for proposals.
New Report on Georgia’s High-Tech Industry
Check out my new report for the Fiscal Research Center titled “Georgia’s High-Technology Industry and Innovation Capacity” here.
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