The main objective of the article is to analyse the current state of the innovation activity among the Russian enterprises. The empirical evidence shows only 13% of the sample indicated that innovation is the first priority for the firm. We propose that the Russian Government designs innovation...

The present paper briefly characterizes main problems and trends in innovation activity of Slovak enterprises during 1990s. It is based on three questionnaire surveys (1990, 1996, 1998) in the sample of large and medium sized, mainly manufacturing companies. Even the last survey shows that...