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Małgorzata Markowska INPUT AND OUTPUT INNOVATION TYPE IN CZECH, POLISH
AND SLOVAK REGIONS AT THE BACKGROUND OF THE EUROPEAN SPACE
regions for which innovation aggregate measure value INPUT type was better than the
median, while for OUTPUT type innovation the measure value was lower than the median
set for analyzed regions, there is listed just one Czech region of Praha. The other Czech
regions (7 regions), Slovak ones (3 regions) and all Polish ones (with the capital region of
Mazowieckie) were included to the fourth class, due to the values of innovation aggregate
measure INPUT and OUTPUT type lower than the median.
The results of the European regional space classification at NUTS 2 level show that the
degree of advancement regarding innovation processes in Polish, Slovak and Czech
regions is very low. The capital regions of Bratislavský kraj and Praha occupy an
honorable place among European regions with regard to INPUT and OUTPUT
innovation type illustrated by only 6 attributes, which open the opportunity for them to
exert an effective influence on other regions. The presence, in the fourth classification
group, the regions representing EU countries of the, so called, old EU 15 proves that the
task of creating innovation is not an easy one and requires not just financial resources,
but also social openness and readiness for changes which bring about impulses for
development. Innovation strategies of Polish, Czech and Slovak regions should, in their
strategic goals, be focused on defining task directed towards constructing human
resources capital which will meet the challenges of the Lisbon Strategy and will
mitigate the distance from highly developed regions.
Conclusions
The conducted research, having applied positional classification, allowed for assigning
EU NUTS 2 level regions to classes representing different levels of INPUT and
OUTPUT innovation type, as well as the evaluation of the position represented by
Czech, Polish and Slovak regions, at the background of the European regional space.
Unfortunately the research results point to the fact that apart from the Czech capital
region of Praha and the Slovak one of Bratislavský kraj, the other Czech and Slovak
regions, and also all Polish ones are characterized by relatively low both “outlays” and
“effects of innovation processes.
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