Volume 7 No 2 (2018) | ISSN 2158-8708 (online) | DOI 10.5195/emaj.2018.134 | http://emaj.pitt.edu Comparison between Brazil and the 30 Most Innovative Countries in the World Marisa Moser Universidade Federal de São Paulo | marisa.moser@gmail.com Mauri Aparecido de Oliveira UNIFESP | mauriao2@gmail.com Ricardo Luiz Pereira Bueno UNIFESP | ricardo.bueno@unifesp.br Abstract Innovation can be defined as the implementation of a new or significantly improved product (good or service), or a process, a new marketing method, a new organizational method in business practices, workplace organization, or external relations. This innovation can be measured by several factors such as investments in research and development, the concentration of high-tech companies traded on the stock exchange, among others. The present study aims to perform a cluster analysis to investigate the behavior of the most innovative countries compared to Brazil. The study contemplates a historical series from the years 2012 to 2015 of the 30 most innovative countries in the world having been added to Brazil. In addition, a series of macroeconomic, political and social variables are considered. Keywords: Innovation, Technologic Innovation, Innovative Countries, STEM, Education, Government, Cluster Analysis New articles in this journal are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. This journal is published by the University Library System of the University of Pittsburgh as part of its D-Scribe Digital Publishing Program, and is cosponsored by the University of Pittsburgh Press. Volume 7 No 2 (2017) | ISSN 2158-8708 (online) | DOI 10.5195/emaj.2017.141 | http://emaj.pitt.edu |