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INNOVATIVENESS IN ACTIVITIES OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
INNOVATIVENESS IN ACTIVITIES OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

Author(s): Ľubica Lesáková
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Editura Universităţii Vasile Goldiş
Keywords: small and medium enterprises; innovations; innovativeness; innovation activities; Slovak Republik

Summary/Abstract: Innovativeness plays a very important role in the knowledge-based economy. When the managers talk about the need of changes in an enterprise, they usually mean encouraging the innovativeness of the employees. Small and medium enterprises that encourage innovativeness create preconditions for new procedures and solutions. The aim of the article is to give the view on the importance of innovativeness in activities of small and medium enterprises. The stress will be given to the presentation of very successful system “Innovativeness action” which uses creative process to transform the knowledge of organization´s employees to the knowledge with added value. The paper is elaborated as a part of VEGA project 1/0700/08 Determinants of Innovation Activities in Small and Medium Enterprises in the Slovak Republik.

  • Issue Year: 20/2010
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 19-24
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English