Restructuring innovation systems in India through migration

The triptych migration-inward FDI-inequality in South Asian countries: How much do governance and institutions matter?

“…For example, US investments in India can be attributed in large part to the influx of Indian immigrants into the United States, because most American MNCs that have hired Indian immigrants have explored opportunities to invest and expand businesses in India, benefiting from immigrant's native linguistic skills, cultural knowledge, information about the Indian market, and contacts to build and maintain long-standing investment relationships in India (Khadria & Meyer, 2013). This example clarifies how migration can potentially trigger an increase in US investments in India; strictly speaking, migration has long served as an investment pipeline from USA towards India (Foad, 2012).…”