Canada's provinces aren't as innovative as Italy's regions when it comes to their ecosystems. This is what the new "Transatlantic Subnational Innovation Competitiveness Index," which was put out by four think tanks that are part of the Global Trade and Innovation Alliance, shows. The results of the study were presented and talked about yesterday at the European Parliament in Brussels. It looks at the innovation ecosystems of 96 states, provinces, and subnational regions in the United States, Germany, Italy, and Canada using 13 competitiveness indicators in three categories: the knowledge economy, globalization, and innovation capacity. The analysis shows that the German states do better overall than the US, Canada, and Italy, even though three of the top five states in the overall ranking are in the US. In fact, the best places are Massachusetts, California, Baden-Württemberg, Berlin, and Washington. The worst places are Puglia, West Virginia, Sicily, Calabria, and Mississippi. The index also shows how different the regions within each country are. For example, Germany's western and southern Lander do better than the northeastern Lander, the United States' coastal regions are ahead, northern Italy is the leader, and Canada outperforms British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec. Emilia Romagna comes in at number 17 on the list of Italian regions, followed by Lombardia (28th), Piemonte (35th), Lazio (36th), and Friuli Venezia Giulia (38th). Molise (86th), Sardinia (88th), Puglia (92th), Sicily (94th), and Calabria (95th) are at the bottom of the list (95th).