Diversification of enterprise innovation activity level vs. gross domestic product level per capita in Polish region

Abstract

The research of innovation activities in Polish regions was carried out taking into account both the scale of expenditure incurred by enterprises (input indicators) and the achieved results in the form of e.g. income earned for selling innovation products (output indicators). The purpose of the study is to identify the diversification of innovation activity level, as well as the analysis and assessment of changes over time. The assessment also covered mutual relationships occurring between the level of inno vation activities and GDP per capita in Polish regions. The method of multivariate comparative analysis with particular emphasis on aggregate measures of development and econometric methods were applied in empirical studies. The research covered 16 Polish regions in the years 2006 and 2014.