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ISSN: 2450-7733     eISSN: 2300-4096    OAI    DOI: 10.18276/sip.2017.48/3-22
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Issue archive / nr 48/3 2017
Relacje między innowacyjnością i konkurencyjnością w małych innowacyjnych firmach
(The relationship between business innovation and competitiveness in innovative small companies)

Authors: Edward Stawasz
Uniwersytet Łódzki
Keywords: small companies competitiveness business innovation
Data publikacji całości:2017
Page range:12 (269-280)
Klasyfikacja JEL: M21 O30
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Abstract

The paper discusses the issue of the relationship between business innovation and competitiveness in small innovative companies in Poland. It presents determinants and selected characteristics of their business activity (its scale as well as the surveyed entrepreneurs’ experience and management knowledge). The study of 400 small Polish companies does not support the hypothesis of the existence of a significant relationship between innovation of small companies and their competitive position (among the surveyed companies, such a relationship was recorded in only 53% of the sample).
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