Selected aspects of innovative companies within the clusters of the Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship

Authors

  • Ewa Kraska Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego Wydział Zarządzania i Administracji Instytut Ekonomii i Administracji
  • Janusz Kot

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24917/20833296.11.19

Keywords:

clusters, cooperation, innovativeness of enterprises, scientific environment

Abstract

The main objective of this article is to present various aspects involved in boosting innovation withincompanies located in clusters. Some factors taken into account are network links with various partners,the types of innovations implemented, and their sources, with an emphasis on cooperation withinthe scientific community. At the beginning of the article theoretical issues are discussed, relating tothe concept of clusters in the context of improving the innovativeness of enterprises. The empiricalportion of this article presents the level of innovation of the Swietokrzyskie region and resultsof companies located in clusters within the Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship. The basic research methodemployed was direct interviewing conducted by specialised interviewers. The study was carried outon enterprises located in clusters within the Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship. Study results demonstratedthat the cooperation of enterprises with entities, both economic and scientific, becomes increasinglyimportant and is reflected increasingly in the activities of companies located in the clusters examinedhere. One of the main sources of innovation in the researched enterprises is cooperation with otherentities and the wider scientific community.

Author Biographies

Ewa Kraska, Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego Wydział Zarządzania i Administracji Instytut Ekonomii i Administracji

Ewa Kraska, is scientific and research interests focus on the issues connected with clusters formationand functioning (among others determinants of clusters formations, creation of networklinks in economy), local and regional development, entrepreneurship and forms of supportingit, institution of the business environment.She is a junior lecturer at the Institute of Economy and Administration of the Jan Kochanowski

Janusz Kot

Janusz Kot, PhD, professor, Kielce University of Technology, Faculty of Management and ComputerModelling, Department of Management and Marketing. Area of research interest: Regionaland local management, policy of regional and local development, competitivenessand innovativeness of regions, strategies of regional and local development, strategicmanagement in economic and teritorial enteties, regional and local economy, clustersand networking in regional and local economy.

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Published

2015-09-17

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Kraska, E., & Kot, J. (2015). Selected aspects of innovative companies within the clusters of the Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship. Entrepreneurship – Education, 11, 261–273. https://doi.org/10.24917/20833296.11.19

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Vol. 11 (2015): The role of entrepreneurship in the socio-economic development of spatial systems

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