Open AccessINNOVATIVENESS OF POLAND AND POLISH REGIONS AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF OTHER EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES
Author(s) -
Irena Ozimek,
Agnieszka Bobola,
Julita Szlachciuk
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
acta scientiarum polonorum. oeconomia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2450-047X
pISSN - 1644-0757
DOI - 10.22630/aspe.2018.17.3.39
Subject(s) - european union , diversification (marketing strategy) , european commission , scope (computer science) , regional science , political science , scale (ratio) , member states , economy , geography , business , economic geography , international trade , economics , cartography , marketing , computer science , programming language
The aim of the study is to analyse the diversity of the innovation scale of particular voivodships in Poland as well as to present Poland’s innovativeness in comparison to other countries. The authors of this paper have carried out scientific studies and analyses, taking into consideration the data for 2010–2017, published, among others, by Central Statistical Office (Główny Urząd Statystyczny), the European Commission and the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland (Urząd Patentowy Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej). The scope of the analyses concerned the innovative activities of Poland against the background of other countries, in particular, the European Union Member States as well as the diversification of the innovative activity of entrepreneurs conducting business activity in particular voivodships in Poland. It should be noted that there is a significant regional differentation in this respect.