Comments on: Innovation and Geography http://innovationzen.com/blog/2007/02/14/innovation-and-geography/ Innovation Management, Business Strategy, Technology and more! Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:44:36 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Daniel Scocco http://innovationzen.com/blog/2007/02/14/innovation-and-geography/comment-page-1/#comment-4876 Daniel Scocco Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:47:53 +0000 http://innovationzen.com/blog/2007/02/14/innovation-and-geography/#comment-4876 Sharad, I agree with you that innovation is starting to spread around the globe, but right now 8 out of every 10 breaktrough innovations are coming from SV. India is certainly on the road to become an innovation power house, but we will need to wait some years before we can see the fruits of that. Sharad, I agree with you that innovation is starting to spread around the globe, but right now 8 out of every 10 breaktrough innovations are coming from SV.

India is certainly on the road to become an innovation power house, but we will need to wait some years before we can see the fruits of that.

]]> By: Sharad Sharma http://innovationzen.com/blog/2007/02/14/innovation-and-geography/comment-page-1/#comment-4864 Sharad Sharma Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:39:14 +0000 http://innovationzen.com/blog/2007/02/14/innovation-and-geography/#comment-4864 ICQ, Skype, Blackberry, MySpace, CyWorld did not come from the Silcon Valley. There is no doubt that SV is a great innovation ecosystem but the effect of geography is waning. Now leading-edge markets are no longer just in US; they are all over the world. Second, micro-multinationals are the norm among the startups. These companies keep their customer-focussed roles near the leading-edge markets and the engineering roles where the talent is. So the picture is much more nuanced than what the article makes it out to be. I wrote an invited article recently about the IT innovation landscape in India http://orbitchange.com/blog/2007/02/09/innovation-landscape/ where I point out the similarities and differences with the SV model. I think more globalization of innovation is inevitable. ICQ, Skype, Blackberry, MySpace, CyWorld did not come from the Silcon Valley.

There is no doubt that SV is a great innovation ecosystem but the effect of geography is waning. Now leading-edge markets are no longer just in US; they are all over the world. Second, micro-multinationals are the norm among the startups. These companies keep their customer-focussed roles near the leading-edge markets and the engineering roles where the talent is. So the picture is much more nuanced than what the article makes it out to be.

I wrote an invited article recently about the IT innovation landscape in India http://orbitchange.com/blog/2007/02/09/innovation-landscape/ where I point out the similarities and differences with the SV model.

I think more globalization of innovation is inevitable.

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