The effectiveness of the innovative process implemented by SMEs. The results of the empirical research
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The essence and the importance of innovation in the process
of building the competitiveness of enterprises is widely described in the
economic literature. But analysis of innovative activity of companies very
often indicates that the innovations introduced to the market do not bring the
expected benefits. This leads to the conclusion that very often the innovation
activities of enterprises are inefficient and detailed analysis
of such cases may identify the key barriers to implementing effective
innovation.
The modern model for innovative activity indicates that one of the
key factors for the success of the innovative activity of enterprises is the
proper implementation of introducing new solutions to the market. The
problem of the diffusion of innovation involves a number of issues related to
the process of spreading and promoting innovation in the market.
It is widely recognized that competencies in the area of innovation diffusion
are a key determinant of the innovative potential of a company.
The author put forward the following research hypotheses:
Innovative activities carried out by the surveyed companies are
inefficient.
The purpose of this paper is to present the problems associated with
the effective diffusion of innovation in the SME sector in Poland, with
particular emphasis on the barriers in this area. Commonly available
statistical data, the author's empirical research results on innovation potential
and results of other studies conducted by the University
of Szczecin were used to prepare this publication.
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