scholarly journals Ustawa o niektórych formach wspierania działalności innowacyjnej - narzędziem aktywizacji gospodarczej

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 233-237
Author(s):  
Wanda Klepacka ◽  
Ilona Pietucha
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Technological Transformation ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Corporate Innovation ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Public Resources ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Polish Economy ◽  
Innovation Processes ◽  
Stimulation Of

Development of Knowledge-Based Economy (KBE) depends on numerous factors and the most important is the cultural and organizational/technological transformation of the economy. The key factor in creating KBE in Poland is the stimulation of corporate innovation. One of the actions aimed for enhancing innovation in Polish economy is the enactment of regulations that facilite the development of small and medium-sized businesses.  On July 29th, 2005, Polish Sejm passed the Act on Certain Forms of Support for Innovative Activities (Dz.U. Nr 179, poz. 1484). Its main goals are: first, to stimulate economic competitiveness and innovation by raising expenditures of private sector on research and development, and second, to increase the effectiveness of managing public resources allotted for research and development. The Act is designed to encourage entrepreneurs to coparticipate in stimulating innovation processes in Polish economy by taking part in funding and realization of scientific research.

Innovative Techniques and Strategies of Skill Building for Human Resource Development in SMEs, India

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arti Awasthi
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Skill Development ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Skill Building ◽  
And Training

India has gradually evolved as knowledge based economy due to the abundance of capable, flexible and qualified human capital. With the constantly rising influence of globalization, India has immense opportunities to establish its distinctive position in the world. However, there is a need to further develop and empower the human capital to ensure the nations global competitiveness. Despite the empathetic stress laid on education and training in this country, there is still a shortage of skilled manpower to address the mounting needs and demands of the economy. Skill building can be viewed as an instrument to improve the effectiveness and contribution of labor to the overall production. It is as an important ingredient to push the production possibility frontier outward and to take growth rate of the economy to a higher trajectory. This paper focuses on skill development in Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs) which contribute nearly 8 percent of the country's GDP, 45 percent of the manufacturing output and 40 percent of the exports. They provide the largest share of employment after agriculture. They are the nurseries for entrepreneurship and innovation. SMEs have been established in almost all-major sectors in the Indian industry. The main assets for any firm, especially small and medium sized enterprises are their human capital. This is even more important in the knowledge based economy, where intangible factors and services are of growing importance. The rapid obsolescence of knowledge is a key factor of the knowledge economy. However, we also know that for a small business it is very difficult to engage staff in education and training in order to update and upgrade their skills within continuous learning approach. Therefore there is a need to innovate new techniques and strategies of skill development to develop human capital in SME's.

Higher Education Institutions as Viable Systems

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Dejana Zlatanović ◽  
Verica Babić ◽  
Jelena Nikolić
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Viable Systems ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Viable System ◽  
Sustainable Economic Growth

In a knowledge-based economy, higher education institutions (HEIs) are a key factor in fostering innovation and play a central role in sustainable economic growth and development. Growing complexity of HEIs and their environments requires systemic, i.e. cybernetic approach to innovation. The chapter highlights the importance of introducing a cybernetic framework for innovativeness of higher education institutions by their examination in conceptual framework of organizational cybernetics (OC). The purpose is to demonstrate how viable system model (VSM) as a key methodological tool of OC can help understanding the viability and innovativeness of HEIs. In addition, higher education institutions are investigated in a conceptual framework of VSM through the case of the public higher education institution (HEI) in Serbia. The main contribution of the chapter is related to practical implications of presented framework including the strengths and weaknesses of a VSM application.

scholarly journals Knowledge Economy Indicators and Their Impact on the Sustainable Competitiveness of the EU Countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 4172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Širá ◽  
Roman Vavrek ◽  
Ivana Kravčáková Vozárová ◽  
Rastislav Kotulič
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Topsis Method ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Multi Criteria Evaluation ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Knowledge Economies ◽  
The Eu

In today’s turbulent world influenced by globalization, knowledge is becoming a key factor in the market. Every economy, if it wants to be successful and competitive, must pay more attention to knowledge and its creation, transfer, and preservation. In this respect, it is a key element in ensuring a country’s sustainable position in a competitive environment. Based on this, we set out the main idea of the article as follows: increased emphasis on the factors of a knowledge-based economy affects the growth of the country’s competitiveness, which contributes to its better sustainability. To verify the idea, we used a multi-criteria evaluation of countries by the TOPSIS method and a subsequent regression model. We examined developments in the EU countries over a period of 11 years in selected indicators typical for the knowledge economies, in the area of competitiveness. Finally, we examined the sustainability of EU countries. Based on the findings of these methods, we identified the leading country—Sweden—in the field of knowledge economy, competitiveness, and sustainability.

VARIOUS ASPECTS OF INTELLIGENT COLLABORATIVE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Sabina Katalnikova ◽  
Leonids Novickis
Keyword(s):  
Intelligent Systems ◽  
Intelligent System ◽  
System Development ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
System Knowledge

In connection with the transition to a knowledge-based economy, at a time when a key factor in the development of society is the accumulated human knowledge and skills, as well as the availability of a wide range of users, intelligent systems are becoming very popular. Accordingly, the demand of the ergonomic and effective means of designing this class system is growing as well. The most time-consuming and most important stage of intelligent system development is the formation of the system knowledge base which ultimately determines the efficiency and quality of the entire intelligent system. Knowledge representation and processing models and methods as well as the intelligent system development techniques operating on the basis of these methods and models have a crucial role in relation to this. The article explores the different aspects of intelligent collaborative educational systems, describes the overall structure of an intelligent collaborative educational system and reflects the different steps of development the system.

scholarly journals Efficiency of the research and development activities of technical universities in Poland

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 258-274
Author(s):  
Irena Łącka ◽  
◽  
Łukasz Brzezicki ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Applied Research ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Production Factors ◽  
Transfer Of Technology ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Dea Method ◽  
Low Efficiency

In the 21st century knowledge-based economy, long-term economic growth and development depend on the ability to use the knowledge and technology so as to create product, process, organisational, marketing and even social innovations. The knowledge and technology, human resources and social capital (facilitating the transfer of technology from the world of science to the economy), comprise the most important production factors today. Research and development (R&D) activities are among the diverse determinants affecting the economy’s ability to innovate. They are carried out by public technical universities. One of the tasks that these entities face is to conduct basic, industrial (applied) research and development works. Their results can then be transferred to industrial and service enterprises as novel solutions. Research and development activities of universities are financed mainly from public sources, which suggests the need to assess the efficiency of this task. This can be done with the use of various methods, e.g. the non-parametric DEA method. The purpose of the paper is to measure the efficiency of research and development activities of public technical universities in Poland with the aid of the DEA method. The fourteen universities which in the years 2015–2017 reported to the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MNiSW) were included in the study. The efficiency of the universities in filing new patent solutions and being granted patents was analysed. The results acquired indicate very low and low efficiency of most Polish technical universities. This is due both to a small number of patent applications and a small number of patents granted. In the examined period, the group of most efficient technical universities in both aspects comprised 4 to 5 universities.

scholarly journals The Service Sector of a Knowledge-based Economy – a Comparative Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grażyna Węgrzyn
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
Study Objective ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
European Economies ◽  
The Eu

The study objective was identification of the service industries that determine the rate and lines of development of a knowledge-based economy. The analysis covered the EU member countries and the years of 2008-2012. This report consists of four sections. The first one provides the characteristics of a knowledgebased economy and describes the role of services sector in progressing towards this stage of development. The second section offers a classification of services that led to establishing the category of knowledge-based services. The industries classified as knowledge-based services contribute directly to the creation, processing and distribution of knowledge throughout an economy. The following part presents a division of the EU member economies into four groups, depending on their advancement towards the knowledge-based economy as defined by two indices: the Knowledge Economy Index (KEI) and the Knowledge Index (KI). The study concluded on empirical verification of the significance of knowledge-based services within individual European economies. In a knowledge-based economy, where knowledge is the key factor in gaining a competitive advantage, it is just the services related to knowledge acquisition, distribution and creation that drive the economic growth. The development level of service activities classified as knowledge-based services largely determines the economy’s performance in knowledge creation, distribution and use. This is so because these activities directly contribute to the economy’s competitive advantage based on knowledge.

scholarly journals Knowledge Management Processes as a Challenge of Knowledge-Based Economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 2/2021 (35) ◽  
pp. 32-45
Author(s):  
Filip Tużnik ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
National Centre ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Innovative Potential ◽  
Organizational Cooperation

The article concerns the idea of knowledge and its innovative potential in the knowledge-based economy. The processes related to the knowledge transfer and knowledge management are often considered as factors determining the success in innovativeness. Knowledge management is also an important issue in inter-organizational cooperation since it considerably helps in the development of new technological solutions. The article provides research results on knowledge management conducted among enterprises and scientific units involved in cooperation under R&D projects co-financed by the Polish Federation of Engineering Associations and the National Centre for Research and Development.

SERVICES INNOVATION: COMING OF AGE IN THE KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY

2000 ◽  
Vol 04 (04) ◽  
pp. 371-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
IAN MILES
Keyword(s):  
Coming Of Age ◽  
Innovation Studies ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Separate Area ◽  
Integrated Approaches ◽  
Mature Field ◽  
Services Innovation ◽  
Innovation Processes ◽  
Area Of Study

This collection of essays demonstrates that research on services innovation is now a vibrant and mature field within innovation studies. Examining the development of this field, and the contributions of these essays in particular, we argue that the time is right for a "marriage" between the study of services innovation and mainstream innovation studies. While there is a great deal to be learned from the study of services innovation, treating this as a separate area of study runs the risk that important lessons for the study of innovation within manufacturing and other sectors may be lost. These essays point the way toward more integrated approaches, which are particularly suitable for studying innovation processes in the knowledge-based economy.

scholarly journals INNOVATIVE SME IN SERBIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 1557-1562
Author(s):  
Gabrijela Lilić ◽  
Dragana Jovanović Kuprešanin
Keyword(s):  
Driving Force ◽  
Central Place ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Flexible Part ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Competitive Economy

Turbulent environment, crisis, globalization, rapid technical and technological progress, constant changes require new creative ideas from SME, new knowledge and constant innovation. SME should learn to live with constant changes. Knowledge is the driving force of any innovative venture.Isak Adizes points out: "On one occasion, I asked Ferdinand Porsche (the son of a founder of a car company) if he had two choices ahead of you: to lose all your people or to lose all your machines from which to give up before? He answered the machine! Why? What is easier to replace machines or people? Well machines of course. People have become the most valuable assets of SME because they have knowledge .. The recovery, development and competitiveness of SME depends on the ability and speed of using new knowledge and technologies (innovation capabilities). According to the European Commission, the creation, use and commercialization of new knowledge and technologies are essential for achieving competitiveness. The knowledge base encourages the development of innovations. Innovations as the most important source of change occupy a central place in the knowledge economy. Innovative SME are those who have implemented a one innovation. According to the OECD, a knowledge-based economy is an economy based on the creation, use and dissemination of knowledge and information. The innovative SME are the driving force for knowledge-based economy, they are the most efficient, most dynamic and flexible part of the economy and contribute to increasing the overall competitiveness of the Serbian economy. The paper presents the concept of innovative SME, development conditions and limitations. The importance that innovative SME have for the development of the SME sector in Serbia, as well as the creation of a competitive economy. The importance of the knowledge and innovation relation in innovative SME is also shown, as a key factor in the change and development of the economy as a whole.We given guidelines for improvement and further development of innovative SME in Serbia.

Beyond Customer Knowledge Management

2000 ◽  
pp. 258-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohanbir Sawhney ◽  
Emanuela Prandelli
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Strategic Alliances ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Customer Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Customer Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Innovation Processes

In the knowledge-based economy, the value of products and services largely depends on the knowledge intangibles they embed (Drucker, 1993). The success of firms is increasingly becoming linked to the intellectual capital they are able to accumulate and re-invest in their markets (Davenport & Prusak, 1998; Nahapiet & Ghoshal, 1998; Sullivan, 1998). In this age of knowledge-based business, it is incumbent upon firms to pay increasing attention to the development of customer knowledge (Balasubramanian et al., 1998; Sawhney & Kotler, 1999). However, researchers in marketing have generally assumed that knowledge creation happens only within the firm’s boundaries or, at the most, within the strategic alliances among firms. We argue that in the knowledge economy we need to move beyond this perspective of the firm as the knowledge creator that learns about customers and creates value for them, to a perspective of the firm as a co-creator of knowledge that learns and creates value with its customers. As already argued only in service marketing literature, customers are a vital source of knowledge and hence competitive advantage. The cooperation with them gives firms the opportunity to renew the source of their competitive advantage constantly. This is significant in a business landscape where unique and lasting competitive advantages are increasingly rare. Through co-operation with their customers, firms can better anticipate market changes (Anderson & Narus, 1991; Nonaka & Takeuchi, 1995), catalyze their innovation processes (von Hippel, 1982, 1986, 1994), and better respond to latent customer needs (Leonard & Rayport, 1997).

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