The Impact of Cooperation on Innovation Activity in Transport Related Enterprises in Eastern Poland Cover Image

Wpływ kooperacji na innowacyjność przedsiębiorstw sektora transportowego w Polsce Wschodniej
The Impact of Cooperation on Innovation Activity in Transport Related Enterprises in Eastern Poland

Author(s): Katarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska, Maciej Stajniak, Sylwia Konecka
Subject(s): Economic development, Socio-Economic Research, Transport / Logistics
Published by: Społeczna Akademia Nauk
Keywords: innovation; cooperation; industry; transport; region

Summary/Abstract: Innovation activity in particular takes into account the implementation of new or improved solutions (products and processes) and innovative cooperation. The main purpose of this article is to present the results of a study on the determinant, such as cooperation with other entities on innovativeness of industrial enterprises representing transport related sector in Eastern Poland. The main hypothesis of the research is the claim that innovative activity of economic entities is subject to a number of determinants that affect it, and the cooperation with other units may affect innovative activity in multidirectional way (positive or negative). The test results were based on a  survey conducted among industrial enterprises in the transport related industrial sector in Eastern Poland. It was attended by 167 industrial enterprises belonging to this sector. In order to determine the impact of cooperation on innovativeness of enterprises , authors used models based on probability analysis - probit models.

  • Issue Year: 17/2016
  • Issue No: 12.2
  • Page Range: 447-458
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish