Evaluating the Levels of Innovation Seen in Selected countries in the 1404 Document and its Global Impact on the Performance of Cities

Innovations in the developing economies of developing countries such as Iran, are increasingly important as they seek to find solutions to complex challenges, gain competitive advantages in key industries and technologies, and create better living standards for citizens. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of analyzing the levels of innovation seen in the selected countries in the 1404 document and the effect of innovation on urban performance. The data used in the research is derived from the 2017 Global Innovation Index (GII) and the 2017 Global Cities Report (GCR). The statistical population of the study was the UAE, Armenia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait and all their capital cities. In this regard, the Prometheus model and Pearson Correlation Analysis were employed. The results of the study showed that the UAE and Turkey have the best innovation performance among other countries. Also, the levels of Iranian innovation in institutional components, human capital and research, infrastructure, market, business complexity, knowledge and technology, and creative output compared to the selected countries, were respectively, very low, moderate, very low, moderate, low, medium, and low. The results also showed, there is a significant correlation between the rankings of countries and the rankings of cities within them, which had a score of 0.907. This was such that, Istanbul, the capital city of Turkey, and Dubai, the capital city of UAE, were respectively ranked 26th and 28th among other capital cities, and were found to be among the world's top cities. After these results were obtained, suggestions were offered in this paper.