sample size of empirical research, 86–87

Scheinkman, José A., 23

Schumpeter, Joseph A.

Business Cycles,, 26

carrying out innovations, 39

distinction between innovation and invention, 26

entrepreneurial profit, 27–28

entrepreneurs, 26–27, 38, 45, 48

theory of economic development, 25

understanding of innovation, 25

secessions, 11, 14–16, 23, 162

segregation, ethnic impact on growth, 23

self-categorization theory, 57, 59

self-verification theory, 56–57, 59–61

separatism, 11, 23

services sector, 84, 96–100, 111, 152, 154

Shleifer, Andrei, 23

Simon, Julian L., 47

simultaneous verification of personal and social self-views

measurement on country level, 77–80

proponents of, 60

theory of, 59–61

single-minded thinking in groups, 40

Size of Nations, The (Alesiana & Spolaore),, 9

social categorization

in diverse groups, 30

social identity theory, 30, 42, 50

definition of, 30

proponents of, 50

social mobility for minorities, 67, 82, 107

Spolaore, Enrico, 9

summary statistics of variables, 207

Swann, William B., Jr., 57

Taylor, Charles, 75

testing the research hypothesis

Thomas, David A., 54

three-fold concept of innovation. See three-fold understanding of innovation

three-fold understanding of innovation, 27–28

tunnel vision in groups. See single-minded thinking in groups

U.S. cities

impact of diversity in, 20–21, 23

U.S. counties

impact of diversity in, 22

U.S. Small Business Administration, 44

U.S. workforce and diversity, 29–30

value in diversity. See also valuing diversity

hypothesis, 30–31, 35–36, 39, 42, 50, 65

in firms, 36, 50

in groups, 30–36, 39, 42, 65

in organizations, 36–37, 39, 42–43, 50

measurement on country level, 85–86, 107–109

on country level, 66–82

proponents of, 50

recognition for difference, 72–80

research, 30, 36, 39, 51, 53, 85, 161

valuing diversity on country level, 66–82

valuing diversitySee also value in diversity, 53–54, 66