Business functions approach to innovative and non-innovative business comparison in Latvia

• Authors: Sergejs Hilkevics , Dace Stefenberga
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

State system of innovative business support was created in Latvia during last years and the first conclusions about the efficiency of this system can be made at present time. To evaluate the efficiency of innovative business support system it is necessary to compare in some way innovative and non-innovative companies. The main task of this article is to provide the frame for innovative and non-innovative business comparison and describe on the base of this frame the main differences between innovative and non-innovative companies in Latvia at present time. The main result of investigation is the conclusion that at present time innovative business has certain advantages for development in Latvia, especially in regions, because the main weak point of innovative business - high risk - is oppressed by general business risk growing due to economic crisis

Keywords

EN

Innovative business, business functions, regional economic development.

• Publisher: Prague Development Center, Czech Republic
• Journal: Perspectives of Innovations, Economics and Business
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 14-16

Dates

published

2010-06-08

Contributors

author

Sergejs Hilkevics

• Faculty of Economic and Business Administration, Ventspils University College, Republic of Latvia

author

Dace Stefenberga

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Identifiers

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.15208/pieb.2010.35