To do this, they need to reverse the brain drain into foreign outfits or offshore-services firms.
The brain drain stories, the soul-lost stories, the Wave-esque misses sometimes blind us to the bigger picture.
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He has done research at the Harvard School of Public Health on the brain drain of doctors out of India.
The brain drain is one of several factors that make the mezzogiorno's prospects dimmer than those of southern Spain, say.
This situation can be partly explained by the brain drain, even if Africa is far from being the only region concerned.
Many are going on to teach in Chinese universities, slowing the brain drain that has long had China sending its smartest students abroad, never to return.
Although a trickle of Russians, foreign passports safely in hand, are now returning from the West, overall the brain drain looks set to get worse, not better.
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Africa shouldn't just focus on local problems but needs to aspire to be at the core of global science to stop the brain drain and make the best of its talent.
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But the hard reality is that few emerging markets have any hope, in the foreseeable future, of creating the type and volume of economic opportunities needed to reverse or even substantially slow the brain drain.
With the time we gain by not being a concierge to kids' lives, we can address the brain drain and social tragedy resulting from countless well-educated young adults lingering jobless, especially those who graduated in the dog years of 2007 and 2008.
The favorable brain drain our country has enjoyed for decades is diminishing, maybe even reversing.
Relationships with colleagues and giving back to the community are more important to women than salary, according to "The Hidden Brain Drain: Off-Ramps and On-Ramps in Women's Careers, " a study by the Center for Work-Life Policy, which was published in the Harvard Business Review last year.
But the country is still experiencing a brain drain to other parts of the region and the world.
In other words, international soccer is in the midst of a brain drain.
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For fund-management companies, it's an ideal solution to the growing problem of brain drain, as top managers leave to start their own shops.
The endless restructurings and mergers have definitely distracted many companies, and created a big brain drain, but the underlying intrinsic productivity potential of many of these groups has gone up, not down, from what I can tell.
Organisations are also responding to the emergence of a reverse brain drain that is increasingly forcing educated Westerners to look for skilled work in Asia, or with Asian companies in their home countries.
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This is a problem not just for women, but for the American economy facing a colossal brain drain.
As a result, there has been an acute brain-drain from the labs.
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It also claims a graduate tax would lead to a "brain drain" by encouraging the most able students to study and work abroad.
Just last week, for example, the Supreme Soviet further delayed action on an emigration bill, this time citing concerns over a potential "brain-drain" and adverse budgetary implications arising from the 10-20 billion ruble cost to print new passports and customs forms which would be needed to implement the new law.
Worse, for Mr Paulson, a brain drain at lower levels in the Treasury leaves the secretary without the sort of deep technocratic policy apparatus that Mr Rubin once enjoyed.
Hence, in the past, we have spoken of a "brain drain" when tax in a particular jurisdiction has become excessively high.
Due to a lack of resources and opportunities, there is a brain drain: bright women are moving out of the country rather than bringing about a change in their country.
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In the meantime, some analysts have speculated that Merck will suffer a brain drain as its best people jump ship.
Clients have also told the actuarial and investment firm that they are concerned a corporate "brain-drain" could lead to higher unemployment and a less "pensioned" population.
But will Facebook suffer from some of the pitfalls that have plagued Google in recent years, including stagnant growth, privacy concerns and brain drain?
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