Typologia miast ze względu na potencjał innowacyjny

The article is an attempt of a detailed analysis of the innovation potential for 65 cities with county rights in the years 2000, 2004, and 2008. For this purpose, the variables were gathered from over twenty six different sources. On the basis of principal components analysis, an analysis of the innovative potential structure was carried out. The typology uses two principal components, reflecting the basic division in the structure of the innovative potential of the analyzed cities. In the results four types are presented, assigned to cities surveyed in different years.