This paper investigates the differences in innovation behaviour, i.e. differences in innovation sources and innovation … effects, among manufacturing firms in three NMS: the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. It is based on a survey of firms … into account: innovation inputs in enterprises, cooperation among firms in R&D activities, the benefits of cooperation with …

This paper investigates the barriers to innovation perceived by Polish manufacturing firms. It refers to the … heterogeneity of innovation active firms. We introduce a taxonomy of innovative firms based on the frequency with which they … introduce commercialised innovations using data from both CIS4 (for 2002-2004) and CIS5 (2004-2006). Two groups of innovation …

This paper uses obstacles to innovation to investigate the heterogeneity of Polish innovating firms. Based on the … distinguishes between two groups of innovating firms: those which introduced innovation in both periods covered by both CIS (called … persistent innovators) and those which introduced innovation either in CIS4 or CIS5 (occasional innovators). Two steps analysis …