The Effect of Cultural and Economic Conditionings on Innovativeness in Economics

The aim of the study is to identify factors conditioning the innovativeness of countries and regions, those well-developed and less developed ones as well. The analysis will be performed regarding different aspects for European and Asian countries and the United States of America. The analyses will be performed on the basis of the indices and data collected in Global Innovation Index 2012. The work will also present an analysis of the influence of corporate culture on innovativeness, as well as a study of innovativeness in Polish enterprises against the international perspective.