Innovative Potential and Activity of the SME-Sector in the Province of Warmia and Mazury

Abstract

SME-sector enterprises seeking to be more competitive in the domestic and foreign markets should build their competitive advantage on the basis of innovativeness. Analysis and assessment of innovative potential translates into activity (or its absence) in the field of innovation. This is important for determination of business innovativeness and represents a component of business competitiveness. This paper studied the innovativeness of SME-sector enterprises in the region of Warmia and Mazury. The results showed that as many as 62.3% of the surveyed SME-sector enterprises were innovative and that they implemented product innovations the most frequently (31.7% of all innovations). Nevertheless, the majority of innovations were local in nature and the opinions expressed by customers proved to be the most important external source of innovations, while the enterprise owner was the main source of internal innovations.

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“…Results of analyses carried out by Dosi et al (2015) show that investments and patents in most sectors correlate positively with the probability of being an exporter and with the ability to gain and expand export. Decyk and Chrobocińska (2007) underline that growth trends in highly developed countries are the evidence that sustainable development can only be assured by building competitive advantage based on knowledge and innovation. This process can be stimulated, for example, by supporting the formation of clusters (Kuberska and Grzybowska-Brzezińska, 2020;Lagos and Curtis, 2008).…”