Global Innovation Index

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/global-innovation-index

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the founding institutions?INSEAD and World Business
2. What is the primary collaborating organization?World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
3. Why do countries want to be high on the Global Innovation Index?Countries want a high score because it shows they are good at creating new ideas, which can help their people have better jobs, healthier lives, and stronger economies.
4. How does the Global Innovation Index measure a country's innovation?It looks at two parts: the things that help people invent, like schools, research, and good rules, and the results, like new products and patents, using data from many trusted sources.

Innovation Ecosystem: The complex network of actors, institutions, and policies that foster the creation, diffusion, and application of new ideas and technologies.
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR): Legal rights that protect creations of the mind, encouraging innovation by granting exclusive control to creators.
Benchmarking: The process of comparing one's own business processes and performance metrics to industry bests or best practices from other companies.