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Innowacyjność opolskich przedsiębiorstw a realizacja Regionalnego Programu Operacyjnego
Innovativeness of Opole Enterprises and Implementation of the Regional Operational Programme

Author(s): Witold Potwora, Dorota Potwora
Subject(s): National Economy, Business Economy / Management, Economic development, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Instytut Badań Rynku, Konsumpcji i Koniunktur
Keywords: innovations; economic crisis; structural funds; regional operational programme;

Summary/Abstract: In their article, the authors presented preliminary results of the surveys concerning the impact of implementation of the aid projects on the region’s economy. They focused their attention on the three problems which, at the same time, determine the study’s structure. In the first part, they brought closer the main problems related to the development of innovative processes in the European economy, indicating, inter alia, implications of the financial crisis of the years 2008-2009. The unfavourable impact of the environment on the growth of the level of Polish enterprises’ innovativeness, the widening bureaucracy and low outlays on the R&D sector in the Polish economy are the issues dealt with in the second part of the article. Despite the extremely unfavourable terms of functioning, owing to enterprise and use of high technologies, the development is, nevertheless, possible, examples of what are some enterprises from the Opole Province. The article is of the research nature and is a part of the report where there were used the analysis of the already existing sources, documentary analysis, and the expert method.

  • Issue Year: 356/2015
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 185-195
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish