AnnaLee Saxenian, a professor with the University of California, Berkeley's Department of City and Regional Planning, studies the relationship between migration and regional economic development. Her research shows that prior to 1999, ethnic Chinese or Indians ran 29 of every 100 Silicon Valley enterprises.
研究區域經濟發展與族裔關係的加州大學柏克萊分校城市與區域計畫系教授 AnnaLee Saxenian 的報告指出，1999 年之前，矽谷每 100 位執行長中，29 位擁有華裔和印度裔、「奇怪，不知怎麼發音」的姓氏。