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Human resources play a prominent role in the analysis of the development and competitiveness of the SME sector, therefore the discussion of the human resources is inevitable during the general characterisation of the sector. The development of and application of the appropriate organisational culture, motivation, competence are fundamental competitiveness factors of the success of SMEs. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs can be adapted to the SMEs. The role of the state is necessary for the success of SMEs. The European Union continues to give special emphasis to the SME sector in the future, as one of the key business sectors influencing the economic success of a nation.

Small and medium-sized enterprises play an important role in the economy, creates, because a significant part of GDP, provides employment to many millions of people. One of the main barriers to the development of these enterprises, not only in Poland but also in EU countries, is the scarcity of equity and the difficulty in obtaining external sources of financing. It is not just about lack of funds to finance current operations, but also, and perhaps above all, lack of investment in fixed assets. This paper aims to present available sources of financing of fixed assets for enterprises from the SME sector and the assessment of their use by these companies.

"Green investments" are understood as investments in renewable energy, the effect of which is to protect the environment. They are becoming increasingly popular in Poland. It is related to the objectives that the European Union has set for 2020 in areas such as environmental protection and comprehensively promoted the ecological way of life. On financial market there are more and more instruments through which it is possible to finance "green investments". The aim of the article is to assess the method of financing investment in renewable energy based on the results of surveys conducted among small and medium-sized enterprises from the lubelskie province in 2014-2016.The results of the survey indicate, that entrepreneurs have difficulty making decisions about investments in renewable energy source, and to a large extent the level of investment plans depends on available sources of financing.

The aim of this article is to present the results of the research conducted by the authors that focus on the search for the impact of sales coverage of small and micro-enterprises, as representatives of the SME sector, upon the innovative activity within the West Pomeranian regional innovation system. The indirect object of this research is to indicate the boundary conditions in the model structure of the regional network of innovation. The research focused on 544 small and micro entities from the Western Pomerania that responded to a questionnaire. This research has used logit modelling (probability theory), for it is an effective research tool for many statistic data with the dependent variable of a qualitative nature. The results confirmed the relationship between sales coverage in small and micro-entities, and their innovation activities in Polish regions such as the Western Pomerania.

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