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<p>In the era of strong economic development, one of the elements of a company’s competitiveness is innovation. It determines the company’s development and its success. Appropriate management of innovations in a company determines specific activities in the areas - search, planning, implementation, diffusion and control. Innovations can be about products, processes, organization and marketing. There are many innovations in the financial sector that increase the quality and efficiency of work. This article presents the results of a study conducted using a survey among financial services companies and companies that use a number of financial and accounting innovations in their activities to improve their activities in this area. The research was carried out at the end of 2019 in 40 enterprises of the SME sector in the Śląskie Voivodeship. The results of the research were compared with the prevailing trends both in Poland and in the world, based on publicly available reports and messages. Thegoalof this article is to draw attention to the level of innovative activity in the financial and accounting area of enterprises from the SME sector, and to identify and analyze the elements of managing these innovations in the explored enterprises.</p>
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In the era of strong economic development, one of the elements of a company’s competitiveness is innovation. It determines the company’s development and its success. Appropriate management of innovations in a company determines specific activities in the areas - search, planning, implementation, diffusion and control. Innovations can be about products, processes, organization and marketing. There are many innovations in the financial sector that increase the quality and efficiency of work. This article presents the results of a study conducted using a survey among financial services companies and companies that use a number of financial and accounting innovations in their activities to improve their activities in this area. The research was carried out at the end of 2019 in 40 enterprises of the SME sector in the Śląskie Voivodeship. The results of the research were compared with the prevailing trends both in Poland and in the world, based on publicly available reports and messages. Thegoalof this article is to draw attention to the level of innovative activity in the financial and accounting area of enterprises from the SME sector, and to identify and analyze the elements of managing these innovations in the explored enterprises.

Innovation Management in the Area of Finances and Accounting in the SME Sector

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In the era of strong economic development, one of the elements of a company’s competitiveness is innovation. It determines the company’s development and its...

Innovation Management in the Area of Finances and Accounting in the SME Sector

Published Online: Jun 20, 2021

Page range: 280 - 288

Received: Dec 01, 2020

Accepted: Mar 24, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2021-0029

Keywords
innovations, enterprises from the SME sector, innovations in the area of finance and accounting, competitiveness

© 2021 Monika Kapler, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Innovation Management in the Area of Finances and Accounting in the SME Sector

Published Online: Jun 20, 2021

Page range: 280 - 288

Received: Dec 01, 2020

Accepted: Mar 24, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2021-0029

Keywordsinnovations, enterprises from the SME sector, innovations in the area of finance and accounting, competitiveness

© 2021 Monika Kapler, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
innovations, enterprises from the SME sector, innovations in the area of finance and accounting, competitiveness