to provide theoretical and empirical perspectives on innovation which give a greater role to the demand-side aspect of … innovation. The main question is how can policy make enterprises more willing to innovate? This task is fulfilled by identifying … what we consider the central or most salient aspect of a demand-side innovation- driven economy, which is the small and …

development of these countries. This paper aims to show the differences in innovation patterns among manufacturing firms operating … into account innovation inputs, cooperation among firms in R&D activities, the benefits of cooperation with business … partners, innovation outputs and international competitiveness. The sample consisted of 358 firms operating in both low and …

This paper investigates the differences in innovation behaviour, i.e. differences in innovation sources and innovation … into account: innovation inputs in enterprises, cooperation among firms in R&D activities, the benefits of cooperation with … business partners and innovation effects (innovation outputs and international competitiveness of firms' products and …

This paper investigates the barriers to innovation perceived by Polish manufacturing firms. It refers to the … heterogeneity of innovation active firms. We introduce a taxonomy of innovative firms based on the frequency with which they … introduce commercialised innovations using data from both CIS4 (for 2002-2004) and CIS5 (2004-2006). Two groups of innovation …

The authors use the insights from strategy research and innovation studies to address two principal questions regarding … Innovation Survey for Polish service firms. They propose a set of indicators reflecting four principal fields of technology …

investigated the link between innovation performance and employment growth. First we discuss the problem from the theoretical point … of view and then we analyze the relationship between innovation performance and the dynamics of employment in the Polish … the impact of innovation on employment growth depends on the macroeconomic situation. …

knowledge acquisition, and barriers to innovation and development. In spite of a relative lack of government support, we find …

National Innovation System, with particular attention devoted to the question of finance and policy initiatives. We then turn …