THE INNOVATION SYSTEM AS A PILLAR FOR A KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY – AN ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL DIVERSITY IN POLAND

Wioletta Wierzbicka ()
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Wioletta Wierzbicka: Department of Macroeconomics Faculty of Economics University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

OLSZTYN ECONOMIC JOURNAL, 2016, vol. 11, issue 4, 343-357

Abstract: The objective of the study was an evaluation of the regional diversity of the innovation system in Poland and changes which took place in this realm between 2009 and 2014. In the study, numerical taxonomy methods were used. A synthetic innovation index was built with the use of the non-model method.Theresults of analyses may be summarised as follows:regionaldisparitiesinthe levelof the innovationsystem inPolandhave slightlydecreased;however,theyarestillattheaveragelevel.This isconfirmedbythevalueofthevariabilityindex,whichdroppedfromthelevelof 31.6%in2009tothe levelof29.9%in2014.Regionalconvergenceintheareaoftheinnovationsystemwasaccompaniedby internal convergence and divergence processes occurring in parallel in provinces. Internal convergence processes were observed in 11 provinces, and internal divergence processes were observed in the remaining five provinces, yet in the case of three of them, i.e. Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Œwiêtokrzyskie and Warmiñsko-Mazurskie, such processes had a marginalising effect.

Keywords: knowledge-based economy; innovation system; synthetic innovation index; regional diversity; divergence; convergence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A1 E0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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