From brain drain to brain gain: Reverse migration to Bangalore and Hyderabad, India's globalizing high tech cities

GeoJournal

Volumn 68, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 131-140

  Chacko, Elizabeth ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangalore; Hyderabad; India; Reverse brain drain; Transnational migration

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INDIA; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

BANGALORE; BRAIN DRAIN; HYDERABAD; TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION;

REGIONAL PLANNING;

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; BRAIN DRAIN; GLOBALIZATION; LABOR MIGRATION; RETURN MIGRATION; SKILLED LABOR; WORLD CITY;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; BANGALORE; EURASIA; HYDERABAD; INDIA; KARNATAKA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34347333339     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-007-9078-8     Document Type: Article

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