Współpraca w ramach działalności innowacyjnej inicjatyw klastrowych w Polsce

This article focuses on clusters and the role they play in the innovation system in Poland. The first section examines theoretical background of the concept of clusters and cluster policy, which is emerging as an important element of governmental actions. Next, the author explores the role of clusters in innovativeness of the economy. From that perspective, cluster structures, understood as elements of innovation systems based on knowledge flows, create conditions that facilitate the development and transfer of technology, enabled by intense and constant co-operation between the creators and the beneficiaries of innovative solutions. Empirical part of the article examines the level of innovativeness of Polish clusters on the basis of data obtained from the surveys on innovation activity of industrial and service enterprises conducted by the Central Statistical Office.