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. …

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

This paper uses obstacles to innovation to investigate the heterogeneity of Polish innovating firms. Based on the … distinguishes between two groups of innovating firms: those which introduced innovation in both periods covered by both CIS (called … persistent innovators) and those which introduced innovation either in CIS4 or CIS5 (occasional innovators). Two steps analysis …

and evolutionary economics and the endogeneous growth literature highlight the role of innovation activities in enabling … market share, is postulated to depend on indicators of firms' innovation behaviour such as improvements in cost …

(Woodward et al., 2012), this working paper presents an analysis of two Sectoral Innovation Systems (Malerba, 2002) in the …

Innovation System, and then focus on KIE itself. Our findings are perhaps more optimistic than many previous studies of knowledge … which universities are playing a significant role as partners for firms in the innovation process has increased … significantly; moreover, we observe a significant degree of internationalization of innovation-related cooperation. Another …