Local innovation systems in Poland - the beginning of the road

• Authors: Wojciech Dziemianowicz , Agnieszka Laskowska , Klaudia Peszat

Abstracts

EN

Local innovation systems (LIS) constitute a relatively new term as usually the discussion about the systemic approach to innovation has focused on the level of countries, and most of all - regions. In this article an attempt was made to assess Polish municipalities from the perspective of their potential for development of local innovative systems. The performed factor analysis allowed characterization of five types of institution networks which may impact creation and development of LIS. The study was completed with case studies in selected voivodeship cities as centres of the highest concentration of institutions usually building local innovation systems, three of which were capitals of the poorest regions in Poland.

Keywords

EN

Local innovation system; local development; innovation; institutions; less developed regions; regional innovation strategies

• Publisher: Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 60-67

Dates

published

2017

Contributors

author

Wojciech Dziemianowicz

• Department of Local Development and Policy, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland

author

Agnieszka Laskowska

• Department of Local Development and Policy, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland

author

Klaudia Peszat

• Department of Local Development and Policy, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/mgrsd-2017-0024

Biblioteka Nauki

2108251