Barriers and Drivers to Business Growth and Innovativeness: Example of Polish Companies
Barriers and Drivers to Business Growth and Innovativeness: Example of Polish Companies

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to analyse the factors and barriers affecting the growth and inno-vativeness of Polish enterprises. The author analysed the factors favouring and barrierslimiting the growth and innovativeness of Polish enterprises, presenting the results of anempirical study conducted among 70 companies of different sizes. The sample was selectedin a stratified random way, taking into account such strata as company size or section ofPKD (Polish Classification of Activities). It is a research-analytical study based on litera-ture review, secondary data analysis and survey applying quantitative research techniques(CATI). The article thesis indicates a varying level of innovativeness of Polish companiesstrongly depending on the size of the company and limited development of innovationdue, for example, to the lack of financial resources, insufficient research and developmentinfrastructure and poor cooperation between companies and scientific institutions. Thefindings also reveal that internal resources of firms such as human capital and adaptabilityand external factors such as regulatory stability and access to finance, are crucial for theimplementation of innovation. The author concludes that effective elimination of barriersand active use of factors supporting innovativeness can significantly increase the compet-itiveness of Polish companies on the domestic and international markets.

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