TITLE:
The Innovative Capacity of Governments: An Approach to the Global Context
AUTHORS:
Hugo Patricio Rosero Zarabia, Edison Daniel Muñoz Vasquez, Maria Belen Chavez Guerrero
KEYWORDS:
Management, Innovation, Economy, Finance, Social Culture, Local Governments, National Governments, Public Administration
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.14 No.3,
March
17,
2026
ABSTRACT: This article describes an important recent study on the innovative capacity of governments. The study attempts to show the global context. This purpose was achieved through a heliographic and bibliometric analysis. In addition, several computational tools such as “Publish or Perish”, VOSviewer, and EndNote were used in the process. This document is composed of the following study results: 1) Bibliometric analysis of the subject under investigation, innovative capacity in governments. 2) Innovative capacity of nations. 3) Determinants of innovative capacity in governments. 4) Measurement of the innovative capacity of governments. 5) Index of innovative capacity of governments. The contribution concludes that innovation has become perhaps the most important source of competitive advantage in advanced economies, and the creation of innovative capacity has a strong relationship with the overall competitiveness and level of prosperity of a country. A framework for analyzing national innovative capacity has been shown, building on our previous research, and we use it to construct an innovative capacity index that allows us to rank countries based on overall innovative capacity as well as its important components. Although the available data and statistical procedures face real limitations, the rankings match the knowledge about individual countries and reveal the strengths and challenges faced by each country surveyed.