Analiza przestrzenna innowacyjności polskich regionów

Abstract

Innovation, to promotion and implementation of which more and more importance is attached in the European Union, is a factor which strongly affects the development of companies, regions and whole economies and constitutes the source of their competitive advantage. It means the capa- bility to search and implement modern technologies and new products, but it may also concern new organizational solutions and marketing techniques. The level of regions’ innovation depends on its inhabitants and on the companies operating there. Region itself is a base that can create favourable conditions for the development of innovations. The aim of the paper is to analyse the spatial differentiation of innovation of Polish regions. The regions will be classified and grouped into homogenous subsets upon the level of their innovation. In the research taxonomic and multi- criteria analysis methods will be applied.