Innovation has always played a decisive role in economic and social
development; it is the main source of economic growth and also the
foundation of competitiveness. Innovation ability is one of the
most important factors to decide the competitiveness of an enterprise,
region, and country. Sidney Winter argued that the difference in
competitiveness is because of innovation ability. All the sources of
competitive advantage can be explained by innovation, all difference
competitiveness can be illustrated by difference of innovation whether
history or current. Porters theory of national competitive advantage
focused on technological progress and innovation. The core of national
advantage is invention and entrepreneur