scholarly journals The institutional support for an innovation cooperation in industry: the case of Poland

Equilibrium ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 811-831
Author(s):  
Arkadiusz Świadek ◽  
Jadwiga Gorączkowska
Keyword(s):  
Innovation System ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Specific Stimulus ◽  
Process Innovations ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Support Organizations ◽  
Business Support ◽  
Product And Process

Research background: Innovative economy and the business environment are important factors in the socio-economic development of a country. In a knowledge-based society, economic processes (especially innovation activity) require a specific stimulus. This stimulus can be provided by business support organization, which have been present in the Polish economy since the 1990s. Purpose of the article: The main goal of the article is to assess the system impact of business support organizations on cooperation in the area of new solutions (product and process innovations) in industry in Poland. Methods: The research method which was used in the analysis was logit modelling. Cooperation in the area of new solutions with the supplier, recipient and competitor was established as a dependent variable and business support organizations as independent variable. The analysis using logistic regression was based on comparison two groups of enterprises: those that were service recipients of support organizations and those that did not belong to this group. In this way, it was possible to determine if the use of BSO services increased the chances for innovative cooperation in industry. The survey was conducted in 2013?2017 among 6284 industrial enterprises. Findings & Value added: The survey showed that business support organizations significantly and systematically influence the establishment of innovative cooperation. Recipients of support organizations twice more often cooperated with suppliers and recipients than entities that did not. Stimulation of cooperation with competitors by BSO was weaker than it was in the case of suppliers and recipients. The conducted study provided information on the level of development of the national innovation system in catching-up countries on the example of Poland. It was pointed out that in economically weak territories, one should focus on stimulating innovative activity as such, while in the developed ones should be transferred to more advanced forms, i.e. innovative cooperation.

scholarly journals Enterprise innovation in technology incubators and university business incubators in the context of Polish industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 799-817
Author(s):  
Jadwiga Gorączkowska
Keyword(s):  
Value Added ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Global Strategy ◽  
Business Incubators ◽  
Process Innovations ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Product Innovations ◽  
Technology Incubators ◽  
Product And Process

Research Background: The development of fledgling enterprises, especially those associated with medium-high and high technology is not easy. They often need to develop from inception a born global strategy, which is a great challenge at the beginning of a new business. Therefore, there is a global phenomenon of incubation, which supports young enterprises in the early stages of development. In Poland, the institutional dimension of incubation (especially for enterprises associated with modern technologies) consists of technology incubators and university business incubators. Yet, scientific research con-ducted in the area of entrepreneurship incubation gives contradictory results - some assess their activity positively, others negatively. Purpose of the article: Enterprises located in an incubator should allocate funds for R&D activities and create innovations to develop and gain market advantage. With this in mind, the purpose of the article is to check whether technology incubators and university business incubators contribute to an increase in the likelihood of conducting R&D activities and introducing product and process innovations. Methods: The study was conducted on a sample of 1058 industrial enterprises distributed across 2 Polish NUTS level 2 regions: Pomeranian and Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodships. It concerned innovative activity that enterprises conducted in 2014?2016. Thanks to the use of probit modeling determination was made for the probability of introducing new products and conducting R&D works in entities that used the services of incubators in relation to those that did not belong to them. Findings & Value added: Econometric modeling revealed that in the studied regions incubators contribute to an increase in the introduction of product innovations by enterprises and in conducting R&D activities. Support for the process of implementing innovation occurred significantly more often only in the case where technology incubators were involved. At the same time, it was noticed that only academic incubators increased the chances of introducing product innovations on a global scale. This means that tenants of technology incubators are more innovative than entities outside them, but their innovations in terms of the level of novelty do not differ from innovations implemented in entities outside incubators. The conducted study indicated that the transfer of systemic solutions related to stimulating innovation from developed countries to catching-up countries may be successful. This is a guideline for local authorities to create incubators that allow for an increase in the level of innovation of the incubated enterprises.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF THE INNOVATION AND BUSINESS ACTIVITY OF A COMPANY

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 1521-1526
Author(s):  
Iva Bichurova
Keyword(s):  
Innovation System ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Business Activity ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Process Innovations ◽  
Business Units ◽  
Innovation Potential ◽  
Product And Process

The paper clarifies the category of innovation potential with innovative and economic activities. The innovation potential is the ability of a system to derive from the research field innovations suitable for the practice. It is determined by the accumulated intellectual products, database, research infrastructure and other resources used to create, implement and offer innovations. The use of company and national innovation potential for the creation of modern technique, technology and organization of production are orienting production and farms to the specifics of the new economy. The innovation activity reports the dynamics and capabilities of the innovation system to power production with ready-to-use innovations. Business activity in the field of innovation characterizes the capabilities and flexibility of the production system with the resources available to perceive and assimilate innovations and offer them as products in the form of goods, services and technologies.The report justifies the selection of an innovation strategy based on an analysis of the company's innovation capabilities. They represent a set of distinct features of the company that facilitate and support its innovation activity. The purpose of such an analysis is to determine which are these key characteristics and to what extent the firm as a whole and its core business units possess them. The report also explores the basic criteria for assessing the company's innovation capability, the structure of the innovation process and the methodology of analysis of its product and process innovations.

scholarly journals The impact of business support organizations on the innovative activity of Lubusz industrial enterprises

Management ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jadwiga Gorączkowska
Keyword(s):  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Innovative Activity ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Support Organizations ◽  
Business Support ◽  
Technology Parks ◽  
Business Angel ◽  
The Impact ◽  
And Training

Summary The impact of business support organizations on the innovative activity of Lubusz industrial enterprises Business support institutions are one of the institutional solutions that are aimed at stimulating innovation, and influenced by innovation policy. The aim of the article was to determine the impact of business support institutions on the innovative activity of enterprises that use their services in comparison to entities that do not. However, the research hypothesis was that institutions will increase the chances of running innovation activity and cooperation, but the impact will be diversified. 756 industrial enterprises from the Lubusz voivodeship took part in the survey. It was carried out in 2014 for the years of 2011-2013. The multifactorial logit modelling was used as the research model. As a result of the conducted analyses, it was established that technology parks and training and consulting centres are a strong link of supporting the innovation of industrial enterprises in the region. In addition, innovation centres, such as technology parks, technology incubators, technology transfer centres and business angel networks increase the chances of incurring expenditures on research and development activities. In the voivodeship, the institutions also initiate cooperation in the area of new solutions. Entrepreneurs are more likely to cooperate with each other than to transfer knowledge from the sphere of science to business.

scholarly journals Influence of business support organizations on innovation activity in manufacturing companies in the Masovian Voivodeship in Poland

Equilibrium ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 741-759 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jadwiga Gorączkowska
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
Value Added ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Advanced Degree ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Support Organizations ◽  
Business Support ◽  
The Impact

Research background: The first business support organizations (BSO) appeared in Poland in the 90s of the last century. They were transferred from Western Europe and the United States, where they provided system solutions and played an important role in stimulating innovation activity. However, the latter regions are economically developed, while Poland is playing catch-up. The important question is whether business support organizations will significantly increase the innovative potential of  Polish enterprises. Purpose of the article: The purpose of this paper is to probe the impact of business support organizations on innovation activity in Polish industrial companies. It remains to be determined whether enterprises which use BSO services are more likely to engage in innovation activities than enterprises which do not use such services. Methods: To carry out the study, a multi-factor logit regression method was used. In this study, the method allows the determination of the odds ratio for the likely occurrence of innovation activity in companies that used the services of BSOs compared to enterprises that did not do so. The attributes of innovation activity have been singled out in accordance with the international standards of the Oslo methodology. The study was conducted in 2015 for the years 2012–2014 based on a sample of 951 manufacturing companies in the Masovian Voivodeship. Findings & Value added: In the Masovian Voivodeship it is the technological parks and training and consulting centres which have the most advanced degree of influence on the innovation activity of enterprises. The roles of technology incubators, and loan and guarantee funds are also significant. With regard to cooperation on innovation, there is a much better arrangement in sectoral systems, i.e., with suppliers, customers and competitors, than with scientific institutions.

scholarly journals Innovation as a determinant of the competitiveness of Polish enterprises

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karina Sachpazidu-Wójcicka
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Competitive Position ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Product And Process ◽  
High Level

Research background: Global competition, fast and dynamic technological change and increasingly shorter product life cycles have changed the current environment of enterprises’ functioning. In order to compete, firms are obliged to introduce new technologies, products, services or organizational systems and are forced to seek competitive advantages in innova-tiveness. Technology transfer becomes a major opportunity to enhance competitiveness and innovativeness of enterprises. The use of technology transfer and implementation of innova-tions allows companies to meet the requirements of the market and international competition. This paper discusses innovation activity occurring in industrial enterprises in Poland at present.Purpose of the article: The aim of the article is to determine the level of innovativeness in gaining the competitive position of surveyed Polish enterprises. The purpose of the article is to determine the occurring innovation activity and the novelty level of innovations implemented in the group of surveyed firms.Methods: The study is based on a survey on industrial firms (n=100) located in Poland. Data was collected during 100 individual interviews with high- and medium-level managers of randomly selected companies.Findings & Value added: The research has determined the level of innovativeness in gaining the competitive position of the surveyed firms. As the survey showed, enterprises prevailed the range of implementation of material innovation - product and process. Rarely firms implement non-material innovations. The study pointed to low activity in the field of patenting and implementing innovations with a high level of novelty. According to the obtained results, there is a dominant introducing new form the companies side innovations, which causes low competitiveness of surveyed enterprises. These findings suggest that measurement of innovativeness in gaining the competitiveness should be developed. The findings support the need for Polish enterprises to participate in advanced forms of technology and knowledge procurement.

scholarly journals Process and product innovations, multi-product status and export performance: firm-level evidence from V–4 countries

Equilibrium ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrzej Cieślik ◽  
Jan Jakub Michałek
Keyword(s):  
Firm Size ◽  
Export Performance ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Set Covering ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Process Innovations ◽  
Product And Process ◽  
Visegrád Countries

Research background: In this paper, we study empirically the relationship between different forms of innovations, multi-product status and export performance of firms from four Visegrad countries. We treat innovations as the key element that can increase the level of firm productivity. Purpose of the article: The main objective is to analyze the empirical relationship between different firms of innovation of firms from Visegrad countries and their export performance. In contrast to previous studies that use R&D spending as a measure of innovation, we rather relay on innovation outcomes. Our detailed hypotheses postulate the existence of positive relationships between firm export performance and different forms of innovation. We seek to determine which type of innovation activity is of the greatest importance for exporting and whether it depends on firm size, the level of internationalization, the use of human capital and its sector of activity. In addition, we control for the multi-product status of firms, i.e. whether they sell one or many products. Methods: The measures of innovative activity of companies include both spending on R&D as well as its effects, such as product and process innovations. In addition, we control for the multi-product status measured by the share of the main product in total sales of the firm, as well as for other firm-level characteristics. The empirical implementation of the theoretical framework is based on the probit models, applied to the fifth edition of BEEPS firm level data set covering the period 2011–2014. Findings & Value added: Our results indicate that the probability of exporting is positively related to both product and process innovations and the multi-product status. In addition, we find that the probability of exporting is related to the set of control variables including labor productivity, firm size, the share of university graduates in productive employment, foreign capital participation and the use of foreign licenses.

scholarly journals Forming of Model of Modernization of Domestic Agricultural Enterprises on the basis of Innovation Providing

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Innovation Process ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
The State ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Innovative Technology ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
Innovative Development ◽  
Agricultural Enterprises ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Innovative Products

The article is devoted to the model of modernization of agricultural enterprises on the basis of innovation providing. The level of innovative development of domestic agro-industrial enterprises is analyzed and the main problems that put backthe introduction of innovations in the agro-industrial sector of Ukraine under the current conditions are determined; the introduction of such a model of innovation development, which provided a balance between the modernization of production and the introduction of the results of scientific research, new products and production technologies is proposed; the vector of innovative development in the agricultural sector of Ukraine is investigated and the main trends in the development and implementation of innovations in the activities of enterprises engaged in agricultural production is identified; the model of modernization of domestic agroindustrial enterprises on the basis of innovation provision is developed, which is a set of intellectual (agrarian science), industrial (business environment of agroindustrial complex) and consumer (innovative products, innovative technology, innovation process) areas of innovation activity. The transition between these areas of the model of innovation provisioning is carried out with the help of progressive innovation (it helps ensure the interaction of the business environment of the agro-industrial complex with the scientific environment), innovation consulting (guarantees information and advice on innovative products and facilitates communication with business structures) and innovation-venture business (the main task is to promote the development of developed innovative products), a set of measures that must precede the implementation of the proposed model under the current conditions is defined. The role of the state in the process of innovation in agro-industrial enterprises at all three stages of the implementation of the innovation process, from the origin of the idea to the commercialization of innovation is defined. In particular, the functions assigned to the state are allocated for ensuring efficient financing of innovative activity of the agro-industrial complex.

scholarly journals Technological innovation as a factor of sustainable economic development of the region

2018 ◽  
pp. 182-191
Author(s):  
T. A. Voronova, ◽  
A. P. Garnov ◽  
E. V. Loginova ◽  
S. Yu. Ayvazov
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Private Sector Development ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Regional Strategies ◽  
Research Findings

The article explains the necessity and important role of innovation in industry and shows their impact on economy. There are indicators characterizing the position of Russian highly technological products on global market. Causes of low competitiveness of Russian producers were revealed. The article demonstrates the importance of new technologies for attaining sustainable development of industrial enterprises and analyzes indicators of innovation activity, which discloses the uneven development of the innovation system in different regions of the country. The authors ground the necessity of Russian industry passing over to a new level of development and identify the key lines in shaping the innovative infrastructure of regions. They underline specific features of pursuing innovation policy in Russia, highlight principle problems hindering the development of innovation processes and propose ways of their overcoming. A set of measures was designed aimed at smoothing out the lag of private sector development from the state one and at stimulating research and developments in the private sector. Research findings can be used to correct regional strategies of innovation development.

scholarly journals The Comparison of Innovative and Strategic Priorities of Small and Large Companies in Russian local production systems

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (320) ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Manufacturing Systems ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Small Companies ◽  
Scientific Center ◽  
Characteristic Type ◽  
Process Innovations ◽  
Product And Process

Industrial companies are the core of the national innovation system. However, large, medium and small enterprises differ significantly in their role in the innovation system, resource potential, strategic priorities and objectives. The paper focuses on a comparative analysis of the strategic priorities of innovative activities of Russian companies of different size. We have identified three types of companies: small innovative companies, large and medium-sized companies with a traditional business model, major innovation-driven companies with an integrated business model. Our analysis of the trajectories of small innovative firms located in Novosibirsk Scientific Center showed that the majority of the companies can be characterized either as spin-off firm or as specialized supplier. Spin-offs are newly established small firms, who have recently separated from the major research labs or parent companies. The typical behavior model for such companies is innovative entrepreneurship. Specialized suppliers are small companies that provide significant contributions to complex manufacturing systems in the form of equipment, parts, tools and software. Innovative objectives of such small companies deal with design and production of the specific elements required for large companies. Large and medium-sized companies with a traditional business model are characterized by the existing structure of commodity output and the supply chain. Characteristic type of innovative behavior for such companies includes incremental product and process innovations. Large innovation-oriented companies with an integrated business model have traditional production units and innovative units in their structure. Innovation priorities of major innovation-oriented companies with integrated business model are consistent with the hybrid model of behavior which combines the traditional model with an innovative entrepreneurship.

INFLUENCE OF THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT IN THE DYNAMICS OF INNOVATION AND IN THE PERFORMANCE OF SMEs

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (05) ◽  
pp. 1950044 ◽  
Author(s):  
DOMINGO GARCÍA PÉREZ-DE-LEMA ◽  
PETER BENT HANSEN ◽  
ANTONIA MADRID-GUJJARRO ◽  
JANE LUCIA SILVA-SANTOS
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Innovation Strategy ◽  
Process Innovations ◽  
Strategy Innovation ◽  
Product And Process ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Performance Results ◽  
Positive Effect

The main aim of this paper is to study the influence of the business environment on innovation strategy, innovative activity and performance in the SMEs. Business environment has been considered, taking into account its dynamism and its hostility. An empirical study is carried out on a sample composed by 302 Spanish firms. Results show that SMEs react in hostile and dynamic business environment by means of strengthening their innovation strategy. Innovation strategy allows firms to carry out higher levels of product and process innovations, which turn out into a positive effect on performance. Results offer important implications for SMEs, as such the relevance to reinforce the importance of developing an innovation strategy in the framework of their formal strategic planning.

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