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Figure1.ValuesofSummaryInnovationIndexforselectedcountriesin2012.
Source:Theauthor’sowncompilationbasedonInnovationUnionScoreboard2013report,http://
ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/innovation/files/ius-2013_en.pdf
SIIvaluesareresultsoftheanalysisofmorethantwentyindicatorscharac-
terisingthediverseaspectsofinnovation.Valuesofselectedindicatorsmak-
ingupSIIreaffirmimbalancesbetweenPolandandEU-27average.Themost
innovativeEUstatesexhibitacertainsetofsharedstrengthswithregardto
nationalresearchandinnovationsystems,includingthekeyroleofinnovative
entrepreneurshipandhighereducation.Economicsectorsofallinnovation
leadersdisplayveryhighindicatorsofresearchanddevelopmentspending
andtheyareleadingpatentapplicants.Well-developeduniversitysectorand
closelinksbetweenindustryandsciencearepresentinthesecountries.The
analysisofSIIcomponentsforPolandpointstobothopportunitiesforandre-
strictionsoninnovationofthePolisheconomyincomparisonwiththeinnovation
oftheCommunity.Theprevailingnumbersoftherestrictionshavetobenoted,
though[Wolak-Tuzimek,2012].Humanresourcesareundoubtedlythestrong-
estpointofthePolisheconomyintheareaofinnovation.Poland’svalueofthis
indicatorisclosetotheEUaverage,yetitmustbepointedoutthatPolandhad
exhibitedhighervaluesoftheindicatorintheearliereditionsofthereportthan
theEUhad.ArangeofsignalsadverseforPolandcanbeperceivedasfaras
theremaininginnovationfactorsareconcerned.Poland’sperformanceisthe
weakestinrespectofresearchsystems,cooperationandentrepreneurship,
aswellasthenumbersofinnovativeenterprises,afunctionofPolishentrepre-
neurs’decliningenthusiasmforinnovation.SomewhatgreaterSIIvalueswere
notedinsuchareasasfinancingandsupportorcreationofintellectualvalue.
PolandisrelativelylittleshortoftheEUaveragewithregardtotheinvestment
expenditureofenterprises.Itcanbeconcluded,therefore,thatPolandhas
alongdistancetocoverinrelationtotheEuropeanaverage[Kosztowniak,
2008,p.81-87].
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