Innovation within the Moravskoslezský Region – Small and Medium Sized Enterprises

Abstract

The paper focuses on innovation in the Moravian-Silesian Region in the sector of small and medium enterprises. The article presents the results of research which has dealt with innovations in the sector of small and medium-sized enterprises, in particular with types of innovations which have been implemented in this sector. Furthermore, it evaluates the impacts of their implementation on selected areas and how the size of a company influences the effects of implemented innovations within the selected areas. The greatest influences from the point of view of the effect of implemented innovation have been discovered in criteria focused on the observation of the market and a less significant influence in a criterion focused on social sector.

Keywords

• Innovation
• competitivness
• knowledge economy
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