Naslov
Innovation activities in Croatia by regions

Autori
Kovač, Ivan

Izvornik
International Journal of Management Cases (1741-6264) 13 (2011), 2; 22-32

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Croatia; innovation activities; marketing

Sažetak
The objective of this paper is to investigate whether there are regional differences in innovative achievements level of innovation activities of enterprises in three regions in the Republic of Croatia at NUTS II level. We are setting up a hypothesis that enterprises in various NUTS II regions differ according to the level of innovativeness. The purpose of this paper is to analyse basic indicators of innovativeness of enterprises by Croatian NUTS II regions in order to enable better understanding of innovativeness characteristics of enterprises by region, to be used for further analyses and for making strategic decisions on regional development. The paper will try to establish whether there are regional differences regarding the structure of introduced innovations by enterprise size, whether there are regional differences between enterprises regarding results, i.e. regarding the effect of introduced innovations, measured by the share in total turnover coming from new products, as well as by objectives in introduction of product and process innovations. The analysis is based on the results of the survey on innovation activities of enterprises in the period from 2006 to 2008 carried out by the Croatian Bureau of Statistics.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

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