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Innowacyjność organizacji - istota i pomiar
Organization innovativeness – nature and measurement

Author(s): Joanna Rudawska
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Economy, Business Economy / Management
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: innovation; innovativeness; measurement of innovativeness; innovation

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to identify approaches and selected tools measuring innovativeness of organizations. This objective was associated also with reference to the definition, the essence of innovation and innovative capacity. The discussion provides an overview of various approaches to organization innovativeness and the tools to measure it. An overview of the current state of knowledge, Polish and foreign literature, about understanding of innovativeness at the level of organization, innovation and innovative capacity indicates that these concepts are ambiguous. However, common dimensions of these concepts definitions can be seen, which can be used as a reference for measuring the phenomenon. Innovation and innovativeness mean in fact a departure from previous methods and business practices.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 31
  • Page Range: 9-21
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish
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