Co-Authored by Amritt’s Gunjan Bagla; Published on Harvard Business Review | 11:00 AM August 8, 2013
First, many of the Top Innovators employ engineers in emerging countries such as India and China. The Lullaby Baby Warmer engineered and built by GE Healthcare engineers sells well in Europe—but engineers in India designed the device. Working at Google’s India labs, Lalitesh Katragadda and Manik Gupta conceived of and designed Map Maker, a popular online application that enables users to correct and enhance maps. (Even before the US government released photos of the site of Osama Bin Laden’s final hideout, users worldwide pinpointed the location using Map Maker.)
