Innovation management in Polish enterprises

• Authors: SZKUTNIK Jerzy , PIŚNIAK Monika
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The modern enterprise operates in a turbulent, demanding and unstable environment. Technical and technological progress as well as socioeconomic development create new opportunities but, at the same time, they force enterprises to continuously increase the quantity and quality of the products and services offered. Enterprises, wanting to meet the expectations and requirements of the market, are forced to look for and introduce innovative, risky and expensive solutions. The focus of enterprises on innovative solutions in the area of management is conditioned by an accurate diagnosis of the current situation and also by accurate determination of the direction of future activities. This article aims to show how Polish enterprises demonstrated innovation in 2013–2016 and what kind of innovations were introduced. The second goal of the article is to answer the question of whether it is worthwhile developing innovations in organizations and whether they are an important element of the company’s development.

Keywords

EN

management; decision-making; innovation

• Publisher: Politechnika Wrocławska. Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wrocławskiej
• Journal: Operations Research and Decisions
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 71-82

Contributors

author

SZKUTNIK Jerzy

• Czestochowa University of Technology, ul. Dąbrowskiego 69, 42-201 Częstochowa, Poland

author

PIŚNIAK Monika

• Czestochowa University of Technology, ul. Dąbrowskiego 69, 42-201 Częstochowa, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.5277/ord180405