Firms’ innovation activities as an adaptive attribute of firms’ resilience to economic shocks: evidence from Polish NUTS-2 regions

• Autorzy: Zygmunt Aleksandra

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DOI

10.29119/1641-3466.2024.198.39

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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Purpose: The aim of this article is to examine how Polish regions at the NUTS-2 level differ in terms of firms’ innovation activities as an adaptive attribute of firms’ resilience to economic shocks. Design/methodology/approach: The research applied a comparative analysis, zero unitarization method and a multivariate analysis. These methods made it possible to divide Polish NUTS-2 regions into four groups according to the level of variables related to firms’ innovation activities. For the research, data from Local Bank Data, Statistics Poland, were used with special attention to data on firms’ internal potential for innovation processes. The study covers the period from 2018 to 2022 when Polish firms were operating under severe conditions. Findings: The results show that despite the economic shocks that occurred during the period analysed, the highest diversity among Polish NUTS-2 regions in the variables considered can be found almost between the very same regions. The results also highlight that the majority of Polish NUTS-2 regions, despite the severe conditions, have a very high, high or average level of variables related to innovation activities of firms. Research limitations/implications: This study has paid particular attention to the variables related to firms’ innovation activities in the context of firms’ internal potential for innovation processes, such as: firms’ own funds for innovation activities, internal R&D expenditures in the business sector, internal R&D personnel in the business sector, patent applications of firms filed at the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland. In order to better understand the relationship between firms’ innovativeness and firms’ resilience, future research could consider other drivers of firms’ innovation activities. There is also a need to look more closely at how firms’ and regional competitiveness interact to make firms more resilient. Practical implications: The findings point to the need to further improve the innovation potential of firms in order to make them more resilient to economic shocks. The research also suggests that public institutions should continue to create conditions that encourage firms to innovate. Originality/value: This article contributes to the existing discussion on firms’ innovation activities and firms’ resilience. In this respect, the research provides evidence on the differences between Polish regions at the NUTS-2 level differ in terms of firms’ innovation activities as the adaptive attribute of firms’ resilience to economic shocks.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

innovation activities of firms; firms’ resilience; NUTS-2 regions in Poland

PL

działalność innowacyjna firm; odporność firm; regiony NUTS-2 w Polsce

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Śląskiej
• Czasopismo: Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: z. 198
• Strony: 697--711
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 27 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Zygmunt Aleksandra

• Opole University of Technology

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5879-56840

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr POPUL/SP/0154/2024/02 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki II" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki (2025).