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	Social Capital in Local and Transnational Immigrant Networks by Shilpa Hart Article Abstract For reprints, please e-mail imqeditor@american.edu
Immigrants have played a central role in an increasingly globalized economy. With the rapid growth of the information technology industry, the U.S. has relied heavily upon immigrants to fulfill the demand for highly skilled engineers and computer scientists. Nowhere is this trend more apparent than in Silicon Valley , California . Here, Indians play a unique role in the growing influence of immigrant entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley as demonstrated by their English language ability, strong ethnic ties, and educational background. The author examines the social capital embedded within the networks of Indian entrepreneurs to identify and analyze the economic success of these immigrant professionals in both local and global contexts.