Rola łańcuchów przemysłowych w kształtowaniu aktywności innowacyjnej przedsiębiorstw średnio wysokiej i wysokiej techniki w Polsce

Abstract

The article presents the results of a study which aims to compare the effect of the number of industrial vertical linkages and participation in the supply chain on innovation activity of medium-high and high technology industries in Poland. The main research hypothesis is the assumption that innovation processes in the group of enterprises representing both MHT and HT industries together are strongly determined by the intensity and nature of the linkages and membership in the supply chain. The scope of the survey relates to innovation among medium-high and high-technology sectors, concerns innovation at the firm level and takes into account the diffusion to the “new to the company.” The survey covers 1,355 industrial enterprises including 374 companies representing high technology sector. The methodological part of the study uses probit modeling that enables to identify the probability of occurrence of innovation activity.

Keywords

• innovation
• supply chain
• industry
• ht
• mht