<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Cooperation in the field of innovation activities means active participation in joint projects with other companies and business environment institutions. Some of these institutions are involved in cooperation with entrepreneurs to a very limited extent, which makes the help ineffective.The aim of this article is to define the impact of this kind of cooperation in in the context of innovation development in the Podlasie region. According to the author of this article, the research problem is the low level of cooperation between companies and institutions of the business environment. There are not many publications regarding the identification of the degree of readiness to cooperate by companies in the regional context.The article uses the method of critical analysis of literature and statistical analysis of data. The results show the degree of interest in taking up cooperation between entities. Aiming to improve the level of cooperation, a more proactive and specific approach of the business environment institutions is recommended.</abstract>

Cooperation in the field of innovation activities means active participation in joint projects with other companies and business environment institutions. Some of these institutions are involved in cooperation with entrepreneurs to a very limited extent, which makes the help ineffective.The aim of this article is to define the impact of this kind of cooperation in in the context of innovation development in the Podlasie region. According to the author of this article, the research problem is the low level of cooperation between companies and institutions of the business environment. There are not many publications regarding the identification of the degree of readiness to cooperate by companies in the regional context.The article uses the method of critical analysis of literature and statistical analysis of data. The results show the degree of interest in taking up cooperation between entities. Aiming to improve the level of cooperation, a more proactive and specific approach of the business environment institutions is recommended.

Conditions of cooperation between enterprises and business environment institutions using the Podlasie region as an example

Bialystok University of Technology, Faculty of Management, Department of Organisation and Management,

Engineering Management in Production and Services

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Cooperation in the field of innovation activities means active participation in joint projects with other companies and business environment institutions. Some...

Conditions of cooperation between enterprises and business environment institutions using the Podlasie region as an example

Published Online: Jan 27, 2017

Page range: 18 - 27

Received: Feb 15, 2016

Accepted: Nov 25, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/emj-2016-0029

Keywords
cooperation, business environment institutions, innovation, entrepreneurship

© 2016 Andrzej Daniluk, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Conditions of cooperation between enterprises and business environment institutions using the Podlasie region as an example

Published Online: Jan 27, 2017

Page range: 18 - 27

Received: Feb 15, 2016

Accepted: Nov 25, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/emj-2016-0029

Keywordscooperation, business environment institutions, innovation, entrepreneurship

© 2016 Andrzej Daniluk, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
cooperation, business environment institutions, innovation, entrepreneurship