Charakterystyka ilościowa fazy rozwoju Polski na tle innych krajów
Quantitive traits of Poland’s stage of development in com-parative perspective

Summary/Abstract: The article presents a comparative analysis of the current stageof economic deve-lopment and level of innovation in Poland in relation to other countries on the basis of the two most frequently quoted innovation rankings comparing the Euro-pean Union and the world economies: Innovation Union Sscoreboards and The Global Competitiveness Report. The aim of the analysis is to identify the factors determining the current stage of development of the Polish economy based on its quantitative characteristics. The methodology includes a comparative analysis for individual factors and identifi cation of those factors that positively and negatively affect the current level of innovation of Poland. The analysis takes into account the methodology of the indicated innovation rankings. Almost half of the factors found responsible for an unsatisfactory level of innovativeness of Poland cover broadly understood institutional barriers. The second important group of factors is related to general scientifi c progress of the Polish economy. The analysis confi rms the importance of widely known determi-nants of Poland’s economic development. Improvements in innovativeness of the Polish economy seem to critically depend on advancements in the sphere of these factors.

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