Governments and business leaders are increasingly aware of the role that innovation plays in economic growth …. Innovations are essential to drive economic growth and prosperity in the region. According to the Global Innovation Index (2015 …), Mexico is ranked 57th. Most of the research on innovation performance is mostly focused on technological innovation …

goods represents its national innovation capacity, which is at the same time a key determinant of countries' economic … postulates on which this concept is based, as well as calculating the Innovation capacity index by which it is possible to … predict progress in building innovation capacity of individual countries and mutual comparison with other countries according …

The purpose of this paper is to explain how national innovation systems may transform innovation input into innovation … output in different counties. Using the Global Innovation Index (GII) we discuss what can be understood by the term … "innovation" and how it is translated into the national level. The research question is founded on the assumption that the higher …