By Mohit Hira

Mehran Gul’s The New Geography of Innovation argues that the global distribution of breakthrough technology and innovative capacity is shifting rapidly, challenging long-held assumptions about where transformative innovation arises. The author investigates how different regions around the world — from Silicon Valley and Shenzhen to London, Helsinki, and Seoul — have created fertile ground for new technology ecosystems, and what makes them sustainable or vulnerable to disruption.

While the world has habitually focused on the US (especially Silicon Valley) and China as dominant innovators, the map is changing. Many other countries and regions are becoming powerful engines of technology creation. Several instances that are cited such as Finland (Supercell), South Korea

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