The conditions and change tendencies of the innovativeness of the Polish economy against the background of selected European countries
The conditions and change tendencies of the innovativeness of the Polish economy against the background of selected European countries

Summary/Abstract: The paper identifies the level of innovativeness of the Polish economy against the backgroundof selected European countries and determines the conditions and change tendencies in this respect.It is of particular importance to designate the SII components that are of high significance todetermine the levels of innovativeness. A research hypothesis was posited as well: The causes oflow innovativeness in Poland are varied and multidimensional. More spending on research anddevelopment should be the starting point for its improvement.The theoretical section follows a thorough review of leading specialist literature, while theempirical part uses the Summary Innovation Index (SII), published in the European InnovationScoreboard (EIS) report. It is used to measure the innovativeness of European countries. Additionally,some selected methods of numerical data analysis were used in order to verify the research hypothesis.The fostering of R&D will be of paramount importance to the future development of Poland;however, given the huge differences in research and development spending by enterprises in theinnovation leaders, Poland’s position will not improve soon.National authorities can use the results as guidelines on the Polish economy’s innovativenessgrowth factors. They also will give information what actions need to be taken to improve the situation.The cognitive value of the paper consists in studying the causes of the innovativeness distanceof the Polish economy with reference to selected, not all countries (the latter comparison is theobject of a prevailing majority of the relevant literature). This approach will provide a clearerevaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of Poland’s innovation system. It will allow for givingsome recommendations for innovativeness level improvement.

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