Small and medium sized entrepreneurship (SME) is often considered a contemporary phenomenon. Why have so many authors … dedicated their work to this field? The main reason is that SME influences society and contributes to the economic development …

The new paradigm of regional policy is based more on competitiveness, innovation and internal potential of regions than … on balancing regional disparities by public aid only. Innovation policies are being established and implemented at … national and regional levels covering relatively a broad range of public initiatives directed towards supporting the innovation …

propitious to the dissemination of knowledge and innovation. Innovation, in turn, generates difference, that strengthens the …

level of innovation and a relatively high share of employees in high-tech industries. …

This paper discusses firm-operational innovation processes against the background of conflict and cooperation relations … for an active role of work councils and other interest representations of employees in innovation processes. As a …

development focus on geographic proximity as a pioneering factor of innovation. However, “new” theories highlight the increased … of innovation-knowledge economy and the growing literature on network theory will be discussed. Firstly, the concepts of … industrial zones, innovative environment, clusters, regional innovation systems and learning regions which can be defined as …

The aim of the study is to analyze the actual demand of SMEs from the Baltic Sea region for innovation support. The … results of the conducted study can help formulate recommendations designed to increase innovation and competitiveness of SMEs … in the Baltic Sea Region in the future. Research activities of this study include: the evaluation of innovation level of …

innovation in business has been done …