Arkadiusz Świadek

University of Zielona Góra | UZ · Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Streszczenie: Przedmiotem rozważań w artykule jest kwestia wpływu własności przedsiębiorstw na aktywność innowacyjną przemysłu zlokalizowanego w Polsce. Autor stara się odpowiedzieć na trzy zasadnicze pytania: po pierwsze, czy podmioty o odmiennej strukturze kapitału w zróżnicowany sposób realizują działalność innowacyjną, po drugie, jeżeli tak, to...

Wpływ wielkości przedsiębiorstw na innowacyjność systemu przemysłowego w Polsce Streszczenie: Przedmiotem artykułu jest kwestia wpływu poszczególnych klas wielkości przedsiębiorstw na aktywność polskiego systemu przemysłowego. Autor stara się odpowie‑ dzieć na trzy zasadnicze pytania: po pierwsze, czy podmioty różnej wielkości odmiennie realizują d...

Endogenous potential of innovation development at regional level – Świętokrzyskie case At the moment endogenous growth theory has become increasingly popular in the world of science, particularly in developed countries. This article aims to show, for Świętokrzyskie case, the needs and sense of applying this theory in the Polish regions.

From the viewpoint of various western theoretical concepts on agglomeration economy discussed at this paper, we can notice the difficulties in their direct implementation in Polish conditions. A low level of technological development in industry and potential of knowledge resources at regional agglomerations’ disposal do not support innovation acti...

The major objective of the paper is to show research results that was made in industrial enterprises of Western Pomerania region. The main objective of the research was an attempt to find the variable determinants that have an impact on the relationships among enterprises on their innovative performance. The research was conducted within regional i...

There is a necessity to combine the development of the European Union with a model of a sustainable economy, which is important to stimulate eco-innovation. The government of each member state is obliged to create support mechanisms that will encourage entrepreneurs to implement pro-environmental solutions. This requires the identification of deter...

Research background: There are two main directions for the research of the national innovation system (NIS): the international comparison of macro data from national statistic offices or specific micro research restricted mostly to analysing selected issues. There is a lack of empirical studies regarding the national innovation system as a whole ba...

Studies on the determinants of low-carbon innovations in developed countries already exist. We test here the institutional environment in Poland (science–government–enterprise) as supporters of the technological change in industry towards a low-carbon economy. We will examine as well whether conclusions for well-developed countries are relevant for...

Research background: Innovative economy and the business environment are important factors in the socio-economic development of a country. In a knowledge-based society, economic processes (especially innovation activity) require a specific stimulus. This stimulus can be provided by business support organization, which have been present in the Polis...

Research background: Contemporary research on industry concentrates on the relations between enterprises and their environment. Research on industrial structures conducted throughout the world, including Poland, are not extensive and limited due to the confidentiality of statistics. K. Pavitt (1984) was the first researcher who evaluated the relati...

Research background: In the literature, there is a discussion on the importance of the spatial distance from the user in the context innovation activity. However, most of this kind of studies concentrate on exporting enterprises and compare them to domestic ones. Exporting activity is very important for catching-up countries, because of technology...

W literaturze przedmiotu istnieją dwa przeciwstawne podejścia do problemu bliskości i jej związków z działalnością innowacyjną. Pierwsze z nich, geograficzne a drugie relacyjne. Autorzy dyskutują tam o istotności obu z nich i wzajemnych związkach między nimi, aby pokazać, która bardziej sprzyja innowacjom w przedsiębiorstwach. Polska jest krajem sł...

Od wielu lat wiemy, że innowacje odpowiadają za rozwój gospodarczy, choć ilościowych studiów badawczych z tego zakresu jest cały czas relatywnie niewiele. W krajach rozwiniętych większość nowych technologii powstaje dzięki wewnętrznym wysiłkom badawczo-rozwojowym. W krajach je goniących, takich jak Polska, dominuje transfer technologii, a struktura...

BARRIERS OF THE INNOVATION ACTIVITY IN THE MAZOVIAN MANUFACTORY SECTOR IN 2012-14 The determinants can stimulate or dissimulate the innovation activity in enterprises. The obstacles should naturally restraining such a phenomenon, but what when there is a positive interaction between them? Many accomplished researches all over the world show us, tha...

The primary objective of this study is to determine the impact of firm size on the innovation activity on the example of integrating still and parallel the developing country. In contrast to existing innovation policies in more integrated countries in EU, we argue that a key to accelerating development, absorption, and diffusion of new technologies...

Innovation systems have become the subject matter of theoretical and empirical research over the last 20-25 years. This approach focuses on the determinants of development and diffusion of process and product innovations. Its essence is the relationship between internal and external players in the country as the findings from the research have reve...

There is a common discussion in subject’s literature whether hard factors (physical space) or soft ones (inter-organizational relationships) more determine the innovation activity in the sector. The main objective of the study was an attempt to find directions, strengths and differences in the influence of spatial and vertical proximity and horizon...

The literature review reveals diverging views on the influence of economic cycles on the innovation activity of companies. This article is a voice in this discussion. It provides, empirically verified arguments, allowing one to support or reject the accepted research hypotheses. These assume that: (1) The expectations with respect to income dynamic...

The subject of this paper is the question of assessing the impact of structural industrial diversification of companies in terms of their innovative activities in Poland. The authors attempt to answer three basic questions: Firstly, is the domestic aggregation sufficient for diversifying innovation in Polish industry? Secondly, do companies in vari...

Polska naley do krajów doganiajcych z luk technologiczn szacowan na kilkadziesit lat. Wedug danych GUS wprzedsibiorstwach przemysowych zarysowuje si tendencja do przewagi wdroe nowych procesów technologicznych nad produktami, co wiadczy ospe-cyfice preferencji krajowych podmiotów. Jednoczenie jest to kierunek odmienny, do tego, co obserwujemy wbard...

The food industry is one of the traditional areas of management, the so-called low-tech. For this reason, technological and spatial proximity may be the key to create new solutions in the Polish food industry. The main objective of the study was an attempt to seek infl uence of relationships with suppliers on innovation activities of enterprises in...

Industrial structures in the “catching up” type of countries usually are not too competitive in nature, and mainly they differ in the low share of hightechnology products in the international trade. The aim of the conducted studies was an attempt to search for directions, as well as the power of impact of different phases of the business cycle on t...

Industrial structures in the “catching up” type of countries usually are not too competitive in nature, and mainly they differ in the low share of high-technology products in the international trade. The aim of the conducted studies was an attempt to search for directions, as well as the power of impact of different phases of the business cycle on...

In developing countries, the main mechanism for acquisition of new technologies, is the purchase of ready-made solutions in the form of investments in machines and technical devices, computer software or investment in new buildings connected with the initiation of the production of innovation products. This is a passive transfer of technologies, in...

Industrial chains (supply chain) and innovative activity in Mazowieckie industrial system Summary The main purpose of this article is to present the problem of influence the intensity of the search for binding in the supply chains of companies and their innovative activity within Mazowieckie regional industrial system. Consequently, set the bounda...

Space and relations with suppliers and customers are significant determinants of innovativeness in industry not only in Poland, but also in much more developed countries. In industrial systems at their early phases of development, high tech solutions are usually owned by a relatively small number of enterprises, usually foreign ones. It affects the...

Aims: Spatial proximity with competitive enterprises is a factor influencing the acceleration of the technological progress in industrial systems in the most developed countries, but is it like that also in Poland? The main objective of the conducted studies was the identification of the effect of distance from the nearest competitor on the innovat...

Industrial systems in countries with a large scale of technological gap are characterized by low level of competitiveness, manifested, among others, by the low sells of high-tech products in international trade. So we are looking for the factors determining the innovation activity of companies. In the theory the parallel discussion continues whethe...

Spatial proximity to competitors is an important factor in the acceleration of technological change in industrial systems in most developed countries, but is also in Poland? The main objective of the study was to identify the impact of distance from the nearest competitor on the innovative activity of chosen one regional industrial system in Poland...

CUSTOMERS’ IMPACT ON INNOVATION ACTIVITY IN FOOD INDUSTRY IN POLAND Summary: Food industry is one of traditional areas of management, the so-called low-tech. For this reason, technological and spatial proximity may be a key to create new solutions in the Polish food industry. The main objective of the study was an attempt to seek influence of relat...

CYKL KONIUNKTURALNY A AKTYWNOŚĆ INNOWACYJNA PRZEDSIĘBIORSTW PRZEMYSŁOWYCH W POLSCE Streszczenie Artykuł zawiera analizę wpływu różnych faz cyklu koniunkturalnego na aktywność innowacyjną polskich przedsiębiorstw przemysłowych. Analiza jest oparta na rachunku prawdopodobieństwa (modelowanie probitowe) i wykonana na podstawie badań ankietowanych prze...

Evolutionary perspective of ownership of enterprises and innovative activity of the industrial system in Western Pomerania and Lower Silesia The aim of the study was to determine the significance of the use of probit modeling and the impact of enterprise’s ownership to innovation activity and to determine its effects, in particular investments in...

Spatial proximity with competitive enterprises is a factor influencing the acceleration of the technological progress in industrial systems in the most developed countries, but is it like that also in Poland? The main aim of the conducted studies was the evaluation of influence the localization the competitor, in context other countries’ experience...

Streszczenie Etap transformacji, który związany jest ze zmianami struktury wielkości podmiotów gospodarczych potrafi oddziaływać na procesy ekonomiczne oraz może wpływać stymu-lująco na działalność innowacyjną w przemyśle. Przeprowadzone badania potwierdzają hipotezę, że głównym przyczyną przyśpieszenia rozwoju ekonomicznego jest transfer technolog...

Th e business cycle is an important factor that can often aff ect the decisions to undertake or discontinuance of the innovation activity by the industrial enterprise, both in Poland, but also in more developed countries. Th e primary objective of the study is the attempt to search for directions, as well as the impact of economic conditions on the...

In transition countries the firms' size and equity property affect economic processes, including innovation activity in industry. Researche has shown that the key to accelerate economy development is technology transfer from foreign countries. Implementation of new solutions depends on medium and large organizations, rather than on the micro and sm...

The main objective of the study was an attempt to search for the conditions affect the nature of supply chains for enterprises innovative activity within the regional industrial systems, and consequently determine the frame conditions for the model of regional innovation networks, taking into account the specifi cities of Małopolskie region. The st...

Celem opublikowanej monografii jest wskazanie luk w regionalnym systemie innowacji przez pryzmat wybranych wielkości ekonomicznych charakteryzujących działalność innowacyjną województwa zachodniopomorskiego i w relacji do innych województw. Hipotezą badawczą tej pracy jest twierdzenie, że aktualnie funkcjonujący system innowacji w regionie Pomorza...

CHANGES IN SIZE AND OWNERSHIP OF ENTERPRISES ON INNOVATION ACTIVITY– EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH Summary: The transformation process in the countries which is associated with changes in the size structure of enterprises and capital ownership, affects the economic processes, and hence also the innovative activity in the industry. That is why the main obje...

INDUSTRIAL CHAINS AND THE INNOVATION ACTIVITY OF POLISH REGIONS – PERIPHERAL PROVINCES VS. LEADING PROVINCES Summary. The main objective of the study was the search for the conditions deciding about the innovative activity of the supply chains within the regional industrial systems in Poland. As a consequence, one had to determine the boundary cond...

Streszczenie Łańcuchy powiązań przemysłowych są uważane jako jedna z zasadniczych uwarunkowań aktywności innowacyjnej przedsiębiorstw, wykonywanej przez pryzmat instytucjonalnych pionowych powiązań kooperacyjnych. Dlatego też autorzy na łamach niniejszego artykułu podjęli zagadnienie znaczenia powiązań występujących między przedsiębiorstwami w łańc...

ENDOGENOUS AND EXOGENOUS DETERMINANTS OF INNOVATION AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL IN WESTERN POLAND SUMMARY Regional innovation systems have been the subject of theoretical and empirical studies for the last 20-25 years. This approach focuses on the endogenous and exogenous determinants of the development and diffusion of product and process innovations....

SIZE ENTERPRISES’ INFLUENCE FOR INNOVATION ACTIVITY IN REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM IN POMORSKIE REGION IN 2009-2011 Summary In transition countries, company’s size has a big impact on economy processes, including innovation activity in industry. The main objective of the study was to search for the impact of class size of enterprises on their innova...

The main objective of this study is to determine the influence of firm size on innovation activity of Polish industrial system. The secondary goal is to define boundary conditions for the model of national innovation networks which not only take into account the present level of development of Polish economy but they also can allow to create a set...

Przemysł spożywczy należy do tradycyjnych obszarów gospodarowania, czyli tak zwanych niskich technologii. Z tego powodu bliskość technologiczna i przestrzenna może być kluczem dla kreowania nowych rozwiązań w polskim przemyśle spożywczym. Głównym celem badania była próba poszukiwania wpływu powiązań z dostawcami na działalność innowacyjną przedsięb...

Celem artykułu jest prezentacja teoretycznych aspektów kapitału ludzkiego, wiedzy i kwalifikacji zawodowych oraz ich wpływu na aktywność innowacyjną w województwie zachodniopomorskim. Część metodyczna opiera się na materiale zebranym na podstawie ankiet przeprowadzonych w grupie 1175 przedsiębiorstw przemysłowych z województwa zachodniopomorskiego...

Streszczenie: Cel – Celem artykułu jest próba prezentacji specyfiki i ewolucji działalności B + R w województwie lubuskim oraz identyfikacja i ocena wpływu wybranych uwarunkowań na sferę badawczo-rozwojową w przedsiębiorstwach przemysłowych tam zlokalizowanych. Metodologia badania – Część metodyczna zbudowana została na podstawie materiału pierwotn...

Determinants and effects of innovation activitie in industry of the Western Pomerania region The aim of the study was to determine the significance of the use of probit modeling and the impact of sources and barriers to innovation activity and to determine its effects, in particular investments in innovations and implementation of new solutions. T...

Ownership of enterprises and the innovative activity of the industrial system in Western Pomerania region - an evolutionary perspective The aim of the study was to determine the significance of the use of probit modeling and the impact of enterprise’s ownership to innovation activity and to determine its effects, in particular investments in innov...

COMPETITOR LOCALIZATION AND INNOVATION ACTIVITY OF PERIPHERAL INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS IN POLAND Spatial proximity to competitors is an important factor in the acceleration of technological change in industrial systems in most developed countries, but is it also in Poland? The main objective of the study was to identify and evaluation the impact of dist...

Sources, obstacles and effects of innovation activities in the Lubuskie region in 2009-11 - probit modeling The aim of the study was to determine the significance of the use of probit modeling and the impact of sources and barriers to innovation activity and to determine its effects, in particular investments in innovation and implementation of ne...

Przemysł spożywczy należy według międzynarodowej klasyfikacji działalności produkcyjnej w krajach OECD do sektorów niskich technologii. Otrzymane wyniki badań potwierdziły, że istnieje pozytywna i istotna korelacja między koniunkturą gospodarczą a aktywnością innowacyjną przedsiębiorstw tego przemysłu. Co więcej zależność ta posiada cykliczny chara...

Industrial systems in countries with a significant technological gap is generally characterized by low competitiveness, manifested, among others, the low share of high technology products in international trade. The aim of the study was to determine the impact of the various phases of the directions of the economic cycle on the behavior of innovati...

The main objective of the study was an attempt to search for changing conditions affect the size classes of enterprises on regional innovative activity of industrial systems and, consequently, determine the boundary conditions for the model structure of regional innovation networks taking into account the specificity of Poland and its regions. The...

Competitor localization and innovation activity of industrial systems in Poland Spatial proximity to competitors is an important factor in the acceleration of technological change in industrial systems in most developed countries, but is also in Poland? The main objective of the study was to identify the impact of distance from the nearest competit...

At the moment endogenous growth theory has become increasingly popular in the world of science, particularly in developed countries. This article aims to show, for two regions case, the needs and sense of applying this theory in the polish regions. Due to the low level of economic development of many Polish regions, they are unable to growth in a c...

Innovation activity and industrial linkages in regional systems in Poland – evolutionary approach Abstract The main objective of the study was an attempt to search for the conditions affect the nature of supply chains for enterprises innovative activity within the regional industrial systems, and consequently determine the frame conditions for the...

The evolution of regional industrial systems in Poland from the perspective of company size The main objective of this study was to look how the size of enterprises impacts the regional innovative activity of industrial systems. The study was based on a questionnaire on a group of 2638 companies in four selected regions: lubuskie voivodeship, mazo...

Abstract. Innovative behavior of enterprises have changing nature over time depending on many external factors, including the phases of the business cycle. This effect is not sufficiently explained in the literature. In theory, there are contradictory concepts discussing these processes. An object of this article is to attempt to determine the rela...

BARRIERS OF INNOVATIVE ACTIVITY IN MALOPOLSKIE VOIVODESHIP IN 2008–2010 Abstract: The main objective of this paper is to identify the main factors, which are can be perceived as barriers to the implementation of new or improved products/technologies. This might affect on the regional industrial system and determine the boundary conditions to create...

The current innovation of companies is regarded as a complex process, due to this, it is necessary for local governments to stimulate company innovation potential so purpose orientated plans have been implemented to create institutions for business support. The aim of this article is to analyse the direction and strength of these institution’s impa...

THE IMPACT OF ENTERPRISES’ SIZE ON REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS – MAŁOPOLSKIE CASE Summary The main objective of the study was to look for the impacts of size classes of the companies in innovative activity of regional industrial system. The study was based in year 2008-2010 on a questionnaire on a group of 500 companies in małopolskie voivodeship....

The main objective of the study was an attempt to search for the conditions affect the intensity of supply chains for enterprises innovative activity within the regional industrial system, and consequently determine the directions for the model of regional system of innovation, taking into account the specificities of Lubuskie Region. The study was...

Endogenous or exogenous innovative development in companies on regional level? Case study - lubuskie voivoidship At the moment endogenous growth theory has become increasingly popular in the world of science, particularly in developed countries. This article aims to show, for lubuskie case, the needs and sense of applying this theory in the Polish...

Koniunktura gospodarcza jest istotnym czynnikiem wpływającym na decyzje o podejmowaniu działalności innowacyjnej przez przedsiębiorstwa nie tylko w Polsce, lecz również w bardziej rozwiniętych krajach. Zachodzi zatem potrzeba uwzględnienia aktualnych warunków rynkowych w programowaniu oddziaływania na procesy innowacyjne w kraju. (abstrakt oryginal...

Size and ownership structure of enterprises versus development of innovations in the regional industrial systems In transition economies, the size and ownership structure of enterprises determine their economic behaviour as well as their attitudes towards innovations. Many studies show that one of the key factors accelerating economic performance o...

CHANGES IN INNOVATION ACTIVITY IN REGIONAL INDUSTRY SYSTEMS – IN THE CONTEXT OF SIZE AND OWNERSHIP OF PRESENTED ENTERPRISES IN WEST POMERANIAN PROVINCE In transitions countries firms’ size and equity property flown on economy processes, including innovation activity in industry. Driven researches show that the key to accelerate economy development...

The influence of business support organisations on stimulation of business innovative activity on the example of Warmińsko-Masurskie Voivodeship The business innovative activity is seen as a complex and complicated process nowadays. For this reason, stimulation of business innovative potential by local governments is a must. Their purposeful and t...

Industry chains for the enterprises’ innovation activity in Polish regions in 2008-2010 SUMMARY The main objective of the study was an attempt to search for the conditions affect the nature of supply chains for enterprises innovative activity within the regional industrial systems, and consequently determine the frame conditions for the model of re...

Zidentyfikowane w pracy ramy koncepcyjne przyczyniły się do podjęcia analizy regionalnego systemu innowacji w województwie lubuskim. Podstawową hipotezą badawczą pracy stało się twierdzenie, że mechanizmy innowacyjne funkcjonujące w regionalnym systemie innowacji i w jego kontaktach z otoczeniem są silnie zdeterminowane wielopłaszczyznowym oddziały...

The impact of enterprises’ size on regional innovation systems in wilekopolskie voivodeship in 2009-11 The main objective of this study was to look for the impact of size classes of the enterprises in regional innovative systems, and thus determine the boundary conditions for a model structure of regional innovation networks. The study was based on...

Abstract The impact of size firms on regional innovation systems in Poland - probiting modeling Keywords: innovation, system, size of firm, region, industry. The main objective of the study was an attempt to search for changing conditions affect the size classes of enterprises on regional innovative activity of industrial systems and, consequently,...

The impact of enterprises’ size on regional innovation systems in Western Pomerania region in 2009-11 The main objective of this article was to look for the impact of size classes of the enterprises in the regional innovative activity of industrial systems, and thus determine the conditions for a model of regional innovation networks. The study was...

Economic cycle and innovation activity of enterprises in polish regions Structure of industry in catching-up’ countries has generally not very modern (read competitive) nature, characterized by a low share of high technology products in international trade. With the increase of the economic level of the region an increasing number of models was obs...

Działalność innowacyjna regionalnego systemu przemysłowego zależy od struktury wielkości działających w nim przedsiębiorstw. Badania prowadzone w Polsce sugerują, że czynnik ten ma niejednorodne znaczenie zależne zgodnie z koncepcją ewolucyjną od poziomu rozwoju systemu przemysłowego. (abstrakt oryginalny)

Innovation Process Models With Emphasis on Open Innovation Model This article presents different models of innovation processes and focuses in particular on the open innovation. The empirical part is based on the findings on the innovation cooperation of enterprises in the EU and OECD (these data, among others, determine the open innovation). At th...

Innovation systems have become the subject matter of theoretical and empirical research over the last 15-20 years. This approach focuses on the determinants of development and diffusion of process and product innovations. Its essence is the relationship between internal and external players in the region as the findings from the research have revea...

Space, relations and type of customer are key determinants of innovativeness in industry not only in Poland but also in much more developed countries. This research study has proved that space, behaviour and type of customer are important for innovation activity in every regional industrial system, therefore these factors should be considered in in...

From the viewpoint of various western theoretical concepts on agglomeration economy discussed at this paper, we can notice the difficulties in their direct implementation in Polish conditions. A low level of technological development in industry and potential of knowledge resources at regional agglomerations’ disposal do not support innovation acti...

DETERMINANTS OF INNOVATION ACTIVITY IN INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM OF MALOPOLSKIE REGION – CHOSEN ASPECTS Innovativeness in each regional industry system is one of most important conditions to develop regional economy. The case of malopolskie shows some signifi cant and untradeable dependencies, which should be use to improve his strangeness. It seems like a...

Endogenous or exogenous of innovation development in enterprises at regional level – Zachodniopomorskie case. Summary At the moment endogenous growth theory has become increasingly popular in the world of science, par-ticularly in developed countries. This article aims to show, for Zachodniopomorskie case, the needs and sense of applying this theor...

Suppliers in the supply chain in formation of the Polish’ enterprises innovativeness Summary The learning process that is taking place following the interaction between organizations is facilitated by spatial proximity, which affects the intensification of collaboration between firms and other institutions. Such intensification creates an area (poo...

Innovativeness of Polish Regions - the role of customers in the supply chain Abstract: Spatial, relations and demand type are keys determinant of innovativeness in industry not only in Poland, but also in a much more developed countries. This research proved that a spatial, behavior and type of demand are important for innovation activity in every...

Ze względu na określone cechy procesu innowacyjnego bardzo istotną rolę w jego stymulowaniu spełnia czynnik publiczny, a na poziomie regionów samorządy, które powinny uczestniczyć we własnej polityce proinnowacyjnej, dostosowanej do lokalnych uwarunkowań. Rozwój każdego regionu będzie następował w sposób zrównoważony tylko wówczas, jeśli będą w nim...

This article presents different models of innovation processes and focuses in particular on the open innovation. The empirical part is based on the findings on the innovation cooperation of enterprises in the EU and OECD (these data, among others, determine the open innovation). At the end of the article there is a case study of Nokia which impleme...