<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article assesses the impact of final demand for domestic products on the innovative activity of Polish enterprises. The activity is analysed in terms of their involvement in research and development (R&amp;D) processes, which are considered crucial for an economy to be able to create a stock of knowledge. The main purpose of the analysis is to identify products that contribute to the largest increases in enterprises’ R&amp;D expenditures. To study the effect of final demand on enterprises’ R&amp;D activity, the input-output analysis method has been adopted. The presented analysis is part of author’s research on the intersectoral diffusion of knowledge in the Polish economy.</p></abstract>

The article assesses the impact of final demand for domestic products on the innovative activity of Polish enterprises. The activity is analysed in terms of their involvement in research and development (R&D) processes, which are considered crucial for an economy to be able to create a stock of knowledge. The main purpose of the analysis is to identify products that contribute to the largest increases in enterprises’ R&D expenditures. To study the effect of final demand on enterprises’ R&D activity, the input-output analysis method has been adopted. The presented analysis is part of author’s research on the intersectoral diffusion of knowledge in the Polish economy.

The Externalities of Enterprises’ Innovative Activity – An Input-Output Approach

University of Łódź, Department of Theory and Analysis of Economic Systems Rewolucji 1905 r. 41, 90-214 Łódź, Poland

Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia

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The article assesses the impact of final demand for domestic products on the innovative activity of Polish enterprises. The activity is analysed in terms of...

The Externalities of Enterprises’ Innovative Activity – An Input-Output Approach

Publicado en línea: 08 jul 2014

Páginas: 146 - 157

Recibido: 21 oct 2013

Aceptado: 22 dic 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2013-0023

Palabras clave
innovativeness of enterprises, R&D activity, input-output methods, innovation flow matrices

© 2013 University of Szczecin

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

The Externalities of Enterprises’ Innovative Activity – An Input-Output Approach

Publicado en línea: 08 jul 2014

Páginas: 146 - 157

Recibido: 21 oct 2013

Aceptado: 22 dic 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2013-0023

Palabras claveinnovativeness of enterprises, R&D activity, input-output methods, innovation flow matrices

© 2013 University of Szczecin

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

Palabras clave
innovativeness of enterprises, R&D activity, input-output methods, innovation flow matrices