Migration and Innovation: How Foreign R&D Hires Shape Firm-Level Exploration in Their Host Country

The authors especially acknowledge the editorial team and the three anonymous reviewers for their suggestions, feedback, and guidance throughout the revision process. The authors are also grateful for the comments received from Sam Arts, Mercedes Delgado, Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Christopher Esposito, Lee Fleming, Nicolai Foss, Ina Ganguli, Karin Hoisl, Ulrich Kaiser, H.C. Kongsted, Elena Kulchina, Keld Laursen, Xu Li, Matt Marx, Eduardo Melero, Marcus Møller-Larsen, Abhishek Nagaraj, Neus Palomeras, Thomas Rønde, Markus Simeth, Valentina Tartari, Daniel Tzabbar, Theodor Vladasel, Dan Wang; as well as from seminar participants at SKEMA Business School, Copenhagen Business School, EPFL Virtual Innovation Seminar, Cornell University, UC Berkeley, the Strategic Management Society Conference 2020, DRUID 2021, Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2021, GeoInno 2022, the Novo Nordisk Foundation conference on the societal impact of research, and the Wharton Migration and Organizations Conference.