The interconnections between the different vectors of globalization are crucial to analyze in depth the state of globalization by country, understanding its strengths, weaknesses, risks and opportunities and how these vectors can impact GDP performance. According to this idea, choose 2 countries (from different continents). Using various indices or Global Business data (World Bank GDP, Global Innovation, Doing Business) from official sources, discover the most important relationships between these indices / data by answering the following sections, including your conclusions on each of them:

1. a) For each country, analyze their current GII index (Global Innovation Index) discovering their fundamental differences and similarities between them. (400 words)