For a long time, the United States was the source of virtually all the technologies that shape modern life: personal computers, operating systems, smartphones, e-commerce, web browsers, email, search engines, social media, electric vehicles, and more. And most of the tech companies that created and monetized these technologies are also based in the United States. In this book, Mehran Gul, winner of the Financial Times/McKinsey Bracken Bower Prize, asks: is the situation changing?
Less than a decade ago, Chinese tech companies were viewed with disdain and complacency. Now, alarm bells are ringing. But while experts speculate about how the tech battle between the US and China will unfold, another question is no less intriguing: are there other "Chinas" out there? Countries that no one takes seriously now, but which could become serious competitors sooner than we think?
The geography of innovation is shifting. There are many more valuable tech companies worldwide, growing much faster and in many more places than ever before. This book is about such places.