THE INNOVATION SYSTEM AS A PILLAR FOR A KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY – AN ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL DIVERSITY IN POLAND
THE INNOVATION SYSTEM AS A PILLAR FOR A KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY – AN ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL DIVERSITY IN POLAND

Summary/Abstract: The objective of the study was an evaluation of the regional diversity of the innovation system in Poland and changes which took place in this realm between 2009 and 2014. In the study, numerical taxonomy methods were used. A synthetic innovation index was built with the use of the non-model method. The results of analyses may be summarised as follows: regional disparities in the level of the innovation system in Poland have slightly decreased; however, they are still at the average level. This is confirmed by the value of the variability index, which dropped from the level of 31.6% in 2009 to the level of 29.9% in 2014. Regional convergence in the area of the innovation system was accompanied by internal convergence and divergence processes occurring in parallel in provinces. Internal convergence processes were observed in 11 provinces, and internal divergence processes were observed in the remaining five provinces, yet in the case of three of them, i.e. Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Świętokrzyskie and Warmińsko-Mazurskie, such processes had a marginalising effect.

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