Sources of Financing the Innovation Activity in the Small and Medium Manufacturing Companies in Poland Cover Image

Źródła finansowania nakładów na działalność innowacyjną małych i średnich przedsiębiorstw przemysłowych w Polsce
Sources of Financing the Innovation Activity in the Small and Medium Manufacturing Companies in Poland

Author(s): Dorota Starzyńska
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Micro-Economics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: sources of financing; innovation activity; manufacturing companies; SME sector;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to analyze and evaluate the use of sources of financing the innovative activity of industrial enterprises in the SME sector in Poland in the years 2008–2015. The analysis of expenditures on innovation activity was divided into five sources of financing: own funds, state budget funds, non-repayable funds from abroad, bank loans and others. In the paper, the published data on the innovative activity of Polish companies were used. The examined companies were divided into two groups, due to the size class: small and medium.

  • Issue Year: LI/2017
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 443-452
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish