<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><bold>Research background:</bold> Innovation activities, especially the implementation of new products and processes are desirable phenomena in economic development. For this reason, phenomena that contribute to the implementation of new solutions in enterprises should be identified. These include sources of innovation activity.<bold>Purpose:</bold> The main purpose of the article is to identify those sources of innovation activity that significantly affect product and process innovation.<bold>Research methodology:</bold> The research of the impact of sources of ideas and information for innovation on the implementation of product and process innovations was conducted in 2018 for the period 2015–2017 in the West Pomerania Province. The study was representative. It was attended by 270 entrepreneurs whose business profile corresponds to section C PKD (Polish Business Classification) – manufacturing. Logit modeling was used in the study.<bold>Results:</bold> As a result of the analyses it was noticed that in the region the implementation of process innovations was significantly influenced by foreign R&amp;D centres, suppliers (but only when entrepreneurs began to cooperate with them), as well as by conferences, fairs and exhibitions. In the case of product innovations, internal resources were included in this group.<bold>Novelty:</bold> In the analyzed region, no advanced econometric analysis of the impact of sources of innovative activity on product and process innovations that would be representative was carried out.</abstract>

Research background: Innovation activities, especially the implementation of new products and processes are desirable phenomena in economic development. For this reason, phenomena that contribute to the implementation of new solutions in enterprises should be identified. These include sources of innovation activity.Purpose: The main purpose of the article is to identify those sources of innovation activity that significantly affect product and process innovation.Research methodology: The research of the impact of sources of ideas and information for innovation on the implementation of product and process innovations was conducted in 2018 for the period 2015–2017 in the West Pomerania Province. The study was representative. It was attended by 270 entrepreneurs whose business profile corresponds to section C PKD (Polish Business Classification) – manufacturing. Logit modeling was used in the study.Results: As a result of the analyses it was noticed that in the region the implementation of process innovations was significantly influenced by foreign R&D centres, suppliers (but only when entrepreneurs began to cooperate with them), as well as by conferences, fairs and exhibitions. In the case of product innovations, internal resources were included in this group.Novelty: In the analyzed region, no advanced econometric analysis of the impact of sources of innovative activity on product and process innovations that would be representative was carried out.

Innovation Activity and its Sources in Industry in the West Pomerania Province

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Research background: Innovation activities, especially the implementation of new products and processes are desirable phenomena in economic development. For...

Innovation Activity and its Sources in Industry in the West Pomerania Province

Published Online: Jan 29, 2021

Page range: 168 - 182

Received: Dec 05, 2019

Accepted: Sep 15, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2020-0042

Keywords
innovation activity, product innovation, process innovation, sources of innovation, industry

© 2020 Jadwiga Gorączkowska, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Innovation Activity and its Sources in Industry in the West Pomerania Province

Published Online: Jan 29, 2021

Page range: 168 - 182

Received: Dec 05, 2019

Accepted: Sep 15, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2020-0042

Keywordsinnovation activity, product innovation, process innovation, sources of innovation, industry

© 2020 Jadwiga Gorączkowska, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
innovation activity, product innovation, process innovation, sources of innovation, industry