Efektywność procesów innowacyjnych realizowanych przez polskie przedsiębiorstwa sektora MSP. Rezultaty badań empirycznych
The effectiveness of innovative processes implemented by the SME companies in Poland. The results of empirical research

Summary/Abstract: The analysis of innovative activity of companies very often indicates that the innovations introduced to the market do not bring expected benefits. This leads to the conclusion that very often innovation activities of enterprises are inefficient. The problem of 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 the power of innovation diffusion is an important determinant of the capacity of firms. The purpose of this paper is to present the problems associated with the effective diffusion of innovation in the SME sector business activity in Poland, with particular emphasis on the barriers in this area. Commonly available statistical data, the author’s empirical research results from the period 2009-2014 and the results of other studies conducted by the University of Szczecin were used to prepare this publication. The study was conducted on a group of 700 companies of SME sector. The study used an online survey based on which information for the calculation and the assessment of selected indicators of the effects of innovative activities were obtained. The study adopted the method of logical induction. The results show that innovation activity carried out by the surveyed firms from the SME sector is inefficient and does not bring the expected results. 54% of surveyed companies declare that the profits from the sale of innovation represent less than 10% of the total profit, while only 8% of surveyed companies declared the profit of over 30% from the sale of innovation.

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