TheGlobalInnovationIndex2017InnovationFeedingtheWorldTENTHEDITIONTheGlobalInnovationIndex2017InnovationFeedingtheWorldTENTHEDITIONSoumitraDutta,BrunoLanvin,andSachaWunsch-VincentEditorsTheGlobalInnovationIndex2017:InnovationFeedingtheWorldistheresultofacollaborationbetweenCornellUniversity,INSEAD,andtheWorldIntellectualPropertyOrganization(WIPO)asco-publishers,andtheirKnowledgePartners.Thereportandanyopinionsexpressedinthispublicationarethesoleresponsibilityoftheauthors.TheydonotpurporttoreflecttheopinionsorviewsofWIPOMemberStatesortheWIPOSecretariat.Theterms‘country’,‘economy’,and‘nation’asusedinthisreportdonotinallcasesrefertoaterritorialentitythatisastateasunderstoodbyinternationallawandpractice.Thetermscoverwell-defined,geographicallyself-containedeconomicareasthatmaynotbestatesbutforwhichstatisticaldata