1. FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF INNOVATION ACTIVITY OF ENTERPRISES.
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KOKOT-STĘPIEŃ, Patrycja
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INNOVATIONS in business ,SMALL business ,REPAYMENTS ,PEARSON correlation (Statistics) ,SERVICE industries - Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to assess the innovative activity of enterprises in Poland with a particular focus on the sources of funding of projects implemented by industrial and service enterprises, as well as to examine the relationship between the respective forms of funding and the level of innovative activity of small, medium and large business units. Design/methodology/approach: The first part of the article includes a critical analysis of the literature on the financial determinants of the innovative activity of business units. The empirical analysis was based on statistics published by the Central Statistical Office of Poland (CSO), which were used to assess the level and structure and dynamic of the respective sources of funding for innovative activities of enterprises in Poland in 2013-2022. The Pearson correlation coefficient was used for examining the relationship between the scale of innovative activity of enterprises and the sources of their funding. Findings: The primary source of funding for the innovative activities of enterprises in Poland was their own funds, the level of which had the greatest impact on undertaking activity in this area. In SMEs, especially small enterprises, funds obtained from abroad were also important, and the shortage of own financial resources necessary to cover expenses later reimbursed by EU grants was supplemented by bank loans, access to which made it possible to increase the scale of ongoing projects. Large companies with financial credibility and assets to secure loan repayment, made their innovation activity highly dependent on the ability to raise capital from financial institutions, and in addition they were willing to use alternative forms of funding. Originality/value: The analysis includes not only the scale and sources of funding of innovative activity of enterprises in Poland, but also the relationship between the level of expenditure on innovations and the use of various forms of funding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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