Innovative regions: California, New York, Massachusetts, Texas

The United States hosts various leading global innovation ecosystems including Silicon Valley, New York, Houston and Boston, as well as Seattle, Austin and Los Angeles. The country ranked third after Switzerland and Sweden in the Global Innovation Index compiled by Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business, Insead and the World Intellectual Property Organisation.

The US has some of the world’s most valuable brands, such as e-commerce group Amazon, internet technology provider Google, electronics producer Apple, software supplier Microsoft, social…

Edison Fu

Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.