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Mehran Gul

Mehran Gul is the author of The New Geography of Innovation. He is a winner of the Financial Times/McKinsey Bracken Bower Prize. He attended Yale University, where he was a Fulbright scholar.

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Ideas 1 December 2025

H-1B to Plan B: India’s top tech talent looks beyond the U.S.

India’s tech talent is increasingly opting for opportunities at home and in other countries, as the lure of the U.S. fades.

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Ideas 13 October 2025

The AI dilemma: To compete with China, the U.S. needs Chinese talent

Immigration restrictions can accelerate the flight of top talent, threatening the strategy that it is better to have the brightest minds working for U.S. companies.

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Innovation 15 August 2025

Silicon Valley is sucking up Singapore’s tech talent

In The New Geography of Innovation, writer Mehran Gul examines the increasing competition for talent in Singapore, where big tech firms are luring people away from once-prized government jobs.