Innowacyjność gospodarki polskiej na tle gospodarek krajów Unii Europejskiej
Innovativeness of the Polish economy compared to the economies of the European Union

Summary/Abstract: The author compares the innovativeness of Polish economy with the economies of the EU countries. He characterizes the reforms of Polish science and their effects, and also reflects on the conditions that need to be met in order to improve the innovativeness of Poland’s economy. In the comparative analysis three groups of indexes are used: factors enabling innovations, criteria of innovative actions implemented by companies and criteria of the effects of such innovative actions. From the analysis it follows that a majority of those indexes are much lower in Poland than the mean for the European Union. The article presents not only the state of innovativeness of Polish economy but also the various circumstances that condition it. The author expresses the opinion that the reforms of Polish science have already brought some positive consequences such as progressing reduction of multiple full-time employment and the development of scientific-industrial centres. He also describes a whole range of factors that determine the progress of innovativeness of Polish economy. He considers a large increase of overall expenditure on R&D.

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