Key trends and problems of regional innovation systemsʼ development in Poland and Ukraine
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Date
2014-09
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University of Economics, Prague
Abstract
This article is devoted to comparative study of regional innovation development in Poland and Ukraine. Innovation
potential and performance of Ukrainian regions assessment is grounded on the regional innovation systems approach,
employing selected indicators of the EU regional innovation evaluation criteria. Key trends and problematic issues
of regional innovation development are captured through a number of methods: comparative analysis, calculating
variation of regional innovation capacity indicators within countries and their correlation versus per capita GDP of
regions in Poland and Ukraine. The overall low level of R&D and innovation expenditure, high variation of regional
innovation performance, insufÞ cient effects of innovations on the regional GDP dynamics as well as lack of feasible
policy instruments to support innovations constitute the main risks for the regional innovation systems considered.
Weak and patchy regional innovation performance in both countries fosters import dependent managerial practices
driven by foreign technology adoption.
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regional innovation system, innovation inputs, innovation outputs, variation of regional innovation performance, innovation drivers of regional economic growth
Citation
Fedirko O. Key trends and problems of regional innovation systemsʼ development in Poland and Ukraine [Electronic resource] / Fedirko O. // Central European Business Review. – Electronic text data. – 2014. – Vol. 3, № 3 (September). – P. 38–45. – Title from screen.