Projektowanie i platformizacja w działaniach Unii Europejskiej w obszarze innowacji
Design and Platformation in the Activity of the European Union in the Field of Innovation

Summary/Abstract: In the paper the recent trends in the field of innovation in the EU are presented. The role of innovation in the European Union has been growing as one of the crucial factor of the development of the EU economy and society although it has never had a strong legal bases in the EU thirties. Its development has been stimulated mainly by the EU strategies, plans and initiatives but finally it became the legitimate part of the Research and Innovation policy of the EU. In the paper the main EU official documents and the newest (2016) indicators of innovation relating to the EU regions has been analyzed and discussed. “The Innovation Union” and other suggestions of the Commission brought new solutions relating to innovation emphasizing the role of design management, digital design and open innovation. The organizational and esthetic design should be the central unit of a company while open innovation should be based on digital platforms applying the newest ICT technologies and social participation. Such paradigm of innovation is stimulating the development of modern industry (i.e. Industry 4.0) what should be taken under the consideration in Poland.

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