The high levels of performance generated from the innovative aspect in processes and products are the result of the innovation capacities of organizations.This construct has been studied for many years from this perspective, and the models that generate such results are no longer discussed.In view of this, this work is guided by the following research question: "What is the state of the art regarding models of innovation capacity in international production?".For this, a bibliometric and systematic study was performed with content analysis of articles located in the Science Direct, Scopus and Web of Science databases.Content analysis provides in-depth insight into each of the articles.We worked with a portfolio of 50 methodologically selected articles.In these, there is a growing interest in this research theme as can be seen from the number of articles published per year.There is a predominance of publications by Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.