The importance of cooperation in innovativeness and competitiveness of companies
The importance of cooperation in innovativeness and competitiveness of companies

Summary/Abstract: Innovation is one of the key sources of achieving competitive advantage by enterprises, whereasthe cooperation within the framework of the innovation process is becoming increasingly important asit generates the company’s innovativeness and higher competitive advantage. The main objective of thepaper is to determine the forms and the level of cooperation in Polish companies while taking intoconsideration its sources and nature and to determine the importance of cooperation in gaining thecompetitiveness and innovativeness of Polish enterprises. The study, which was conducted on thesample of 100 companies, specified the conditions for cooperation of Polish companies. The frequencyof the cooperation undertaken for innovation was not impressive – usually the company cooperatedwith only one entity. The nature of cooperation for the most part had a national dimension. The analysisof research results showed that Polish companies are not sufficiently involved in the cooperationwith companies and especially with research units.

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