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Taking into account international innovation rankings, Poland is characterised by low innovative potential when compared not only to EU-27 countries but also to other world economies. The reasons for this situation are inter alia: low level of infrastructure development, including the information-communication one, not satisfying results of innovative activity, low level of connections between actors participating in innovation creation and diffusion, low innovative activity of small and medium-sized enterprises. Due to the economic crisis it is necessary to take intensive action in order to reinforce innovative potential of our country to rival the competition which is becoming more intensive, and at the same time it is necessary to review innovative policy performed so far.