Co-operation between Polish enterprises within the scope of innovation-focused activities in 2017-2019

Objective: the authors’ main objective was to analyse, on the basis of other publications on the subject, the merits, the stages and the reasons for which enterprises establish innovation-driven relationships, as well as to present the results of an empirical study showing the condition and scope of co-operation between Polish enterprises within the scope of innovation-related activities in the years 2017-2019. Project/methodology/approach: The results of the empirical study presented in the paper have been taken from a statistical analysis by the Central Statistical Office titled: “Innovative activities of enterprises in the years 2017-2019”, GUS (Central Statistical Office), Warsaw-Szczecin 2020. The study covering industrial and service enterprises was carried out in the years 2017-2019, and its results were published in 2020. The study applied the methodology developed by Eurostat and OECD described in the Oslo Manual (Oslo Manual, 2008). Findings: the paper and its summary discuss the main findings from the and the results of the empirical study conducted. Originality/value: the paper presents the latest data published by the Central Statistical Office, which are the results of studies innovation-focused activities of Polish enterprises as part of innovation-driven co-operation (relationships). The paper is addressed chiefly to industrial and service enterprises.