Author(s) | Year | Country | Objective | Methodology |
Meyer | 2001 | Colombia & South Africa | Explore the conceptual changes in relation to the development of diaspora networks as a method to promote innovation and development | Comparative study, Literature review, Surveys, Questionnaires |
Saxenian, Motoyama & Quan | 2002 | China & India | Contributes to the understanding of entrepreneurship, globalization and their interrelations; And to explore the scope and organization of the local and transnational networks constructed by the region’s immigrant engineers and scientists in India and China | Comparative study, Literature reviews, 2.273 surveys, 12% US born, 88 % foreign |
Saxenian | 2006 | China & India | Explore how Chinese and Indian-born engineers are accelerating the development of the information technology industries in their home countries | Structural analysis, Interviews, Structural analysis through data bases |
kuznetsow, Nemirovsky & Yogel | 2006 | Argentina | Know how the scientific and technological diaspora could be used to develop a Knowledge-based economy in Argentina | 83 interviews by telephone or questionnaires |
Yun-Chung | 2008 | China & Taiwan | Show the limits of brain circulation thesis in Asia | Comparative study, Literature review, Structure analysis |
Cruz-Barajas | 2014 | Mexico | Highlight HE importance as a source of scientific and technological development and how Mexican context influences talent expulsion | Surveys, Knowledge evaluation through knowledge economy index |
Agulhon | 2015 | Mexico | Identify how to study in Frances had influences on mobilizing academic knowledge for teachers and future teachers in Mexico | Literature review, 10 interviews |
Badillo & Didou- Aupetit | 2015 | France & Mexico | Analyze scientific collaboration between French and Mexican researchers, focused on social sciences | Literature review |
Cruz-Barajas | 2015 | Mexico | Show the importance of skilled human capital in the west central Mexico region; Demonstrating the importance of designing a brain circulation strategy that involves education, science and technology | Mixed methods: a) quantitative, statistical analysis, databases and reports b) comparative analysis of public policies on three levels; regional, national and international (Chile, India & Mexico) and c) Qualitative analysis through 200 questionnaires and 20 interviews |
Hernández & Córdoba | 2015 | Argentina | Obtain an analytical framework of the relations between the Argentine biotechnology sector (public and private) and Argentina diaspora | Literature review, Data bases analysis, 9 ethnographic cases (private and public institutions and enterprises) |