2Innovation management in SMEs in CEE countries
Łukasz Skowron, Joanna Dzieńdziora, Małgorzata Smolarek, Leszek Zelek, Dawid Żebrak
Introduction
Innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is influenced by a variety of factors, the most important being external environments within which they operate. These factors can be considered on different levels of subjective and relational activities that result in multidimensional interactions between the company and its environment at various levels. SMEs quite often use innovation to improve their competitive position. However, these innovations are rarely classified as pioneering in nature. They tend to be imitations, which are based on innovations developed ...
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