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Analysis of Factors Giving the Opportunity for Implementation of Innovations on the Example of Manufacturing Enterprises in the Silesian Province

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  • Henryk Wojtaszek

    (Faculty of Management and Command, War Studies University, 00-910 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Ireneusz Miciuła

    (Faculty of Economics, Finance and Management, University of Szczecin, 70-453 Szczecin, Poland)

Abstract

This paper analyzes the actions that improve innovativeness in production enterprises in the Silesian province. Innovation is one of the elements that allows to achieve a competitive advantage. It is justified to research various factors that are important in improving innovativeness. The research includes selected production enterprises in the Silesian province, adopting the descriptive statistics measures and statistic tests: random sample test, chi-square independence test and the non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test based on a survey questionnaire. Some of the most important factors determining the possibilities of innovation by manufacturing companies were detected contacts with other enterprises, R&D centers and counseling institutions, competitive position of the company, and creating appropriate incentive systems.

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  • Henryk Wojtaszek & Ireneusz Miciuła, 2019. "Analysis of Factors Giving the Opportunity for Implementation of Innovations on the Example of Manufacturing Enterprises in the Silesian Province," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(20), pages 1-28, October.
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