Study title

Innovations in European companies.Topics: percentage of the company’s turnover coming from new or renewed products or services introduced in the last two years; investment in innovation activities in the last two years; innovative activities of the company in the last two years: development of new products, development of new production processes, development of organisational changes; most important ways to access advanced technologies: acquisition of advanced machinery and equipment, cooperation with suppliers or customers, conducting in-house research and development, cooperation with universities or R&D specialists, purchasing of licences; assessment of the innovation performance of own company compared to main competitors; most important factors for innovation for own company; most important unsatisfied needs; necessity to improve staff’s competencies and qualifications with regard to: basic skills of workforce leaving primary school, apprenticeship and training of technical staff, apprenticeship and training of commercial staff, university education of staff, motivation of staff at all levels to acquire new competencies; most appropriate training provision: within the company, by public sector education and training institutions, by semi-public institutions; average number of working days dedicated to education and training per employee during last year; prioritized business activities with regard to the innovation of management in the next two years; preferred advisory body with regard to the introduction of new approaches to management: suppliers or customers, research institutions, private external consultants, public or semi-public advisory centres; role of own company with regard to cooperation with other companies: own company requests cooperation, other firms request cooperation with own company, both; expected usefulness of cooperation with regard to launching new products or services; existing cooperation with other firms; participation of own...