1. INNOVATIVENESS IN AN URBAN CONTEXT. MEASURES, APPROACHES, PLACE OF POLISH CENTRES.
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CZAKON, Piotr
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WEB search engines ,LITERATURE reviews ,WEB browsers - Abstract
Purpose: The main aim of the article is to highlight the importance of city located sources of innovativeness. The literature review was done to describe the measures, approaches and indicators which are the most often present in elaborations dealing with the issue of innovativeness in an urban context. What is more, the article made it possible to recount the place of polish centres mentioned in those rankings. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on the terminological foundations constituted by the terms of: change, difference and development. Much as they are all essential to the economy, none of them could be realized without another crucial factor which is innovativeness. The term introduced hereinbefore has been described in many publications, for instance those written by Joseph Schumpeter, Peter Drucker, Oskar Lange and John K. Galbraith – just to mention the most classical ones. What may be seen as surprising, innovative potential is often measured on the regional level but rarely on the municipal level. In order to fill in this gap, shed some more light on the problem, a literature review was conducted. Findings: Whereas innovativeness on the national and regional level is often measured, there is only a few studies tackling the title phenomenon on the city level. What is more, available rankings are relatively often published by the private sector institutions, which sometimes may be seen as a quality questioning their objectiveness. Research limitations/implications: The review of data and sources included in the article is limited to the rankings which are relatively popular and the most often proposed by the search engines of web browsers. It is highly recommended that further research studies include and examine a wider selection of rankings – even those not widely recognized. Practical implications: The paper highlights the need for establishing comprehensive scientific city innovation rankings. The majority of currently available rankings is established by the business sector and use a varied and incoherent list of indicators. It is therefore recommended for the scientific sector to try and develop a more universal, widely recognized and highly objective ranking. Originality/value: The paper summarizes data which are scattered throughout different sources of information. What is more, according to this summary it tries and recounts the place of Polish centers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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