Abstract
The research presented in this paper deals with issues related to the implementation of management and organizational innovations and their impact on the company’s competitiveness. The target group of the study are enterprises from the micro- small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) sector based in the Malopolska Voivodship, which in the years 2011-2014 were beneficiaries of the project “Transforming enterprises into intelligent organizations - advisory support for companies Malopolska Voivodship” implemented by The Rabka Region Development Foundation under the Operational Program Human Capital (POKL), Measure 8.1 - Development of employees and enterprises in the region, Sub-measure 8.1.1 - Supporting the development of professional qualifications and consulting for enterprises. The injection of knowledge from Mechanical engineering specialist and other specific areas of activity has a great impact in the development and modernization of the enterprises by introducing process, product, organizational or marketing innovations.
Highlights
When considering the issues of innovativeness, and especially the innovativeness of Small and Medium Enterprises in Poland, it can be seen that many innovative activities undertaken by these enterprises were in the form of product and process innovations and mainly related to the implemented of technological processes [1]
The subject of the study are enterprises from the micro- small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) sector based in the Malopolska Voivodship, which in the years 2011-2014 were beneficiaries of the project "Transforming enterprises into intelligent organizations advisory support for companies Malopolska Voivodship" implemented by The Rabka Region Development Foundation under the Operational Program Human Capital (POKL), Measure 8.1 - Development of employees and enterprises in the region, Sub-measure 8.1.1 - Supporting the development of professional qualifications and consulting for enterprises
In the period 2015-2016, 50 entities were surveyed whose representatives agreed to participate in the second part of the study consisting in participation in individual in-depth interviews combined with participant observation
Summary
When considering the issues of innovativeness, and especially the innovativeness of Small and Medium Enterprises in Poland, it can be seen that many innovative activities undertaken by these enterprises were in the form of product and process innovations and mainly related to the implemented of technological processes [1]. A detailed description of the issue of innovation is presented in the Oslo Manual, created by OECD and Eurostat, distinguishing four types of innovation These are: product, process, organizational and marketing innovations [11]
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