Społeczno-ekonomiczne uwarunkowania innowacyjności Polski na tle wybranych krajów
Socio-economic determinants of innovations in poland from the perspective of selected countries

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the problems related to the shortage of qualified personnel proficient enough to foster innovations and the consequences of this scarcity upon innovativeness in selected countries. A comparative analysis of policies and actions that are aimed at the improvement of capabilities of the human capital has been performed for these countries. Issues pertinent to the interrelationships between the level of innovativeness, entrepreneurship, education expenditures, R&D and economic results of the country have been discussed. Special attention has been dedicated to the input to the innovation processes in Poland and the results produced. It has been observed, that whereas all countries to some extend suffer from deficiency of human skills a variety of means are used to remedy the situation, at times very vigorously. Based on the obtained results, conclusions regarding the need to formulate a cohesive state policy aimed at amelioration of the human capital have been suggested. Required changes in operations and the co-operation patterns of agencies acting in the field of innovations have been outlined.

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