Empirical Research on Innovation Activities in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Slovak Republic

Small and medium enterprises are forced to make innovations, because they are under permanent pressure of competitors at the market. From this point of view the ability to compete in innovations plays very important role as a factor of their competitiveness. Through the last year (2013) we have conducted at our faculty the empirical research in SMS´s sector in Slovakia oriented on evaluation of innovation activities in SME in the SR as well as on identifying main barriers to develop innovation activities. The results of the above mentioned research are presented in the article.