The innovative potential of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie province
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Management - Year 2012, Vol 11, Issue 4
Abstract
The present article considers some results of the empirical research conducted on poten-tial innovation of small and medium-sized enterprises in the kujawsko-pomorskie province. One of the project objectives was an attempt to identify key constituents of the researched companies’ innovative potential. The SMEs operating in the kujawsko-pomorskie province indicated the resources which are indispensible for implementing and commercializing in-novations.The results of the research allow the formulation of the following conclusions:– the companies examined are in the possession of the resources with which they are capable of implementing innovations effectively,– the functional and resource sphere that exerts the strongest impact on building the innovative potential of the researched SMEs is the financial sphere, – considering the key constituents of the innovative potential of the researched com-panies through the prism of a general division into material and immaterial resour-ces we can note the significant role of the latter. Theses are immaterial resources that play a dominant role in creating the innovative potential in small and medium-sized enterprises in the kujawsko-pomorskie province. – the key constituents of the innovative potential of the researched companies inc-lude five types of resources representing the intangible resources group and the employment sphere. This fact proves the third conclusion on the significant role of immaterial resources in small and medium-sized enterprises.
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Dorota Grego-Planer
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