Paul Jacobs, the company's boss, complains about high corporate-tax rates and the difficulty of getting immigrant visas for foreign-born engineers and scientists, but maintains that America is not about to be superseded as a centre for innovation.

ECONOMIST: Innovation

Japanese manufacturers, utilities and government-funded institutes are also working with an industry lobby called the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum to train foreign civil servants and engineers from developing countries around the world on how to operate and maintain reactors.

WSJ: Nuclear Energy Pushes On Despite Fukushima

For decades, foreign-born entrepreneurs, engineers, and other energized people fueled our economy with their new ventures, innovations, and ideas.

FORBES: The Path to Prosperity Lies Through H.R.--That's Right, H.R.

Microsoft Chairman BillGatesBill Gates is once again warning Congress that the U.S. needs to improve its education system and allow more foreign-born scientists and engineers to work in the country.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is once again warning Congress that the U.S. needs to improve its education system and allow more foreign-born scientists and engineers to work in the country.

FORBES: Gates Warns Congress

If enacted, the Grassley bill will encourage companies to place more engineers and other skilled foreign nationals abroad, where more investment dollars will flow, which will not be good for U.S.-born professionals in the technology field.

FORBES: Requiring Foreigners to Be Paid More Than Americans

Perhaps this new method of (legally) copying what their foreign partners have already done will impart to SOE engineers some of those same skills.

FORBES: The Missing Link In China's Auto Development?

As business and computer studies flourish, there are fears that not enough chemists or engineers are being trained to meet the needs of foreign investors.

ECONOMIST: Central European universities