{"product_id":"the-new-geography-of-innovation","title":"The New Geography Of Innovation (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003ci\u003e Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e Best Business Book of 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe US is the source of just about all the technologies\nthat define modern life: personal computers, operating systems, smartphones,\ne-commerce, web browsers, email, search engines, social networks, electric cars\nand the rest. And most of the tech companies that created and monetized these\ntechnologies are also in the US.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn this book Mehran Gul, the winner of the \u003ci\u003eFinancial\nTimes\u003c\/i\u003e\/McKinsey Bracken Bower Prize, asks: is that changing?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eLess than a decade ago, the sentiment towards Chinese tech\ncompa­nies was often dismissive and complacent. Now the alarm bells are\nringing. But as the commentariat pontificates how the US–China tech battle will\nplay out, an equally interesting question to ask is: are there more Chinas out\nthere? Places no one is taking seriously now that might turn out to be\nmassively competitive sooner than we think.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSamsung, a South Korean conglomerate, competes with Apple to\nbe the world’s largest manufacturer of smartphones. Arm, founded in the UK,\ndevelops chip designs that are used in more than 90 per cent of all mobile\ndevices. Spotify, based in Sweden, is the most popular music streaming service\nin the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThat’s not all. The world’s most important semiconductor\ncompany, TSMC, is in Taiwan. The other most important company in the\nsemiconductor industry, ASML, is in the Netherlands. Some of the world’s\nbest-known games like \u003ci\u003eMinecraft\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCandy Crush \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAngry\nBirds \u003c\/i\u003ecame from gaming studios in the Nordics. Nearly all the major\nelectric battery manufacturers like CATL, LG, and SK On are in Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis is a story about technology and the places where it\nfinds its way into the world. Silicon Valley has for half a century been\nunrivalled in spinning out technologies and fast-growing, high-value,\nbillion-dollar-plus tech companies, the Apples, Facebooks, Googles of the\nworld, that made it the centre for the most rapid creation of wealth in human\nhistory. Its secrets are spreading to more places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe geography of innovation is shifting. The world has a lot\nmore high-value tech companies than ever before, growing a lot faster than ever\nbefore, in a lot more places than ever before. This is a book about these\nplaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMehran Gul\u003c\/b\u003e thinks and writes about technology and\nbusiness. He is a winner of the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\/McKinsey Bracken\nBower Prize. He attended Yale where he was a Fulbright Scholar, Fox\nInternational Fellow, and Teaching Fellow. He has been a Lead for the Digital\nTransformation of Industries at the World Economic Forum and an expert on\nHigher Education, Entrepreneurship, and Industrial Policy at the United Nations\nIndustrial Development Organisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBefore Yale, he studied at the Lahore University of\nManagement Sciences. He has been a visiting scholar at the Jawaharlal Nehru\nUniversity in New Delhi and a Fellow with the Acumen Fund. He lives in\nSwitzerland and \u003ci\u003eThe New Geography of Innovation\u003c\/i\u003e is his first\nbook.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45619578372303,"sku":"9780008327842","price":25.07,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_7028f64e-d492-4af0-89d5-02ce41501e03.jpg?v=1784772653","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/the-new-geography-of-innovation","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}