Sectoral Patterns of Innovation : Comparing High and Low Technology Sectors' Firms in the New Member States

• Autorzy: Anna Wziątek-Kubiak , Ewa Balcerowicz , Marek Pączkowski

Warianty tytułu

Różnorodność modeli innowacji firm przemysłów o wysokiej i niskiej technologii : przykład Polski, Czech i Węgier

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This paper shows the differences in innovation patterns among firms operating in low and medium technology (LMT) sectors and high technology (HT) sector in three New EU Member States: the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. It is based on a survey of 358 firms which operate in both sectors and takes into account innovation inputs, including cooperation among firms in R&D activities, the benefits of cooperation with business partners, innovation outputs and international competitiveness. Employing cluster analysis, we identified, characterized and compared five types of innovation patterns in each sector. The paper shows that external knowledge plays an important role in innovation activities in both sectors. The ability to cooperate with business partners and to use external knowledge are more important for the international competitiveness of the NMS' products than in-house innovation capabilities. However some in-house R&D activities of the firms, also in LMT sector, are important precondition for their international competitiveness. (original abstract)

Artykuł koncentruje się na dwóch kwestiach. Po pierwsze na różnorodności modeli innowacji realizowanych przez firmy działające w przemysłach o tzw. wysokiej i niskiej technologii w trzech krajach: Polsce, Czechach i na Węgrzech. Po drugie, na związkach między realizowanymi modelami innowacji a konkurencyjnością produkcji. W formułowaniu modeli innowacji uwzględniono różnorodne źródła i czynniki innowacji, w tym współpracę między firmami w zakresie innowacji i jej efekty, a także efekty innowacji. Wykorzystując analizę skupień, w każdej z dwóch grup przemysłu wyodrębniono 5 rodzajów realizowanych modeli innowacji. Przeprowadzona analiza pokazała kluczowe znaczenie zewnętrznych źródeł innowacji w działalności innowacyjnej firm obu grup przemysłów. Zdolność do wykorzystania zewnętrznej wiedzy i do współpracy w zakresie innowacji miały nieco większy wpływ na osiąganie wysokiego poziomu konkurencyjności niż wewnętrzne nakłady na działalność innowacyjną. Te ostatnie, w tym nakłady na badania naukowe, warunkowały jednak osiąganie wysokiej efektywności współpracy w zakresie innowacji i jej przekładanie się na wysoką konkurencyjność. (abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Innovations; High-tech industry; Enterprise innovation; Tendency to innovation

PL

Innowacje; Przemysł wysokich technologii; Innowacyjność przedsiębiorstw; Skłonność do innowacji

• Czasopismo: Studia Ekonomiczne / Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Nauk Ekonomicznych
• Rocznik: 2012
• Numer: nr 3 (74)
• Strony: 293--324

Twórcy

autor

Anna Wziątek-Kubiak

• Polish Academy of Sciences

autor

Ewa Balcerowicz

• Polish Academy of Sciences

autor

Marek Pączkowski

• Polish Academy of Sciences

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