Entrepreneurial state and innovation economy
The European Union has opened a debate on how to stimulate the European economy. In the meantime, preparations are under way for negotiations over the European climate and energy policy. In both cases,...
View ArticleAbout a dog and an innovation-friendly vision
Last Monday, I took part in the Rzeczpospolita daily newspaper’s economic debate entitled ‘The end of the free market? Origins of the crisis’. Three questions were sent to the participants by the host:...
View ArticleWhy Poland lacks innovation and how to change it
Being a hot topic of discussion, innovations seem to be everywhere. But when we try to take a closer look, they are like Winnie-the-Pooh’s best friend: ‘the more he looked inside the more Piglet wasn’t...
View ArticlePower of latent demand
An innovation is a newly-invented product (service or technology) which has been successful on the market. When the first tablet came out, I was sceptical. How could it be better than a laptop...
View ArticleHow to spend public money on innovation?
Government institutions have a considerable role to play in creating breakthrough innovations. However, as experience demonstrates, not all forms of the state’s involvement in promoting innovation give...
View ArticleRe-industrialising Europe
Recently, I have attended a debate on the re-industrialisation of Europe. Frankly, my response was simple. It was a question, really. What is this debate about? Europe has as much industry as it can...
View ArticleStrategic scenarios – mind over numbers
Any strategy refers to specific external factors. In the case of oil companies, macroeconomic variables can include crude oil prices, product margins and the price of the US dollar. As changes in these...
View ArticleEuropean Energy Union
The union grows through crises – this phrase yields some 20 million search results about the European Union, even without clarifying what kind of union is meant, while searches related to the growth...
View ArticleRun, Forrest! Run!
It would seem that profit and growth are two sides of the same coin, which is a company’s continued presence on the market. As R&D spending is financed from profit, the higher the profit, the...
View ArticleCrowdsourcing
As a little boy I came up with an idea of how to become a millionaire. It was enough to persuade a million people to give me one dollar for some good cause. For them it would be a small expense and for...
View ArticleCompass for development
If we asked Polish citizens to put in one word what they expect of the government, I have no doubt that ‘change’ would be the prevailing answer. Wanting change is not something unique to Poles and has...
View ArticleFrom modernisation to innovation
Innovation can be looked at from various points of view: of end users, whose life is made easier by innovations, of businesses that profit from selling their innovations, of businesses that modernise...
View ArticleInnovation is the concern of entire economy, not only businesses
Innovation is an alternative model of economic growth that relies on leveraging knowledge and experience, science and business to create a new reality, rather than merely copy or improve old designs....
View ArticleWhy should we invest in innovation?
We are creating the independent potential of our economy, covering the complete value chain – from concept development and R&D up to the final product reaching global markets. By investing in...
View ArticleHow are new power generation technologies developed?
Empirical knowledge of innovations can be gained from the IT sector, which abounds in new ideas and innovations. Looking at how quickly tablets and smartphones became commonplace in our daily lives, it...
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