Innowacje a konkurencyjność przedsiębiorstw województwa śląskiego

This paper presents the problems of measurement of innovation and the competitiveness of companies whose solution determines examining the relationships between these two given constructs. It has been believed that innovation can provide a competitive advantage to the company, but the study of these compounds requires the selection of measures both innovation and competitiveness. This article presents some of the tools of measurement of both innovation and competitiveness, and empirical research carried out in enterprises of production - in Silesia region.