Investment and innovation priorities of meat factories in the Podkarpacie Province
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Management - Year 2012, Vol 11, Issue 1
Abstract
The transformation of the Polish economy has changed the situation of companies dramatically and the opening of borders to foreign entities and products has caused fundamental changes on both domestic and foreign markets. Innovativeness of the European Union member states is one of the most important factors which will be determining the competitiveness of economy and companies of the agribusiness sector in the forthcoming years. In the last two decades the level of competition between the functioning companies of the meat industry has increased significantly and globalization of the market has changed the rules of its functioning. The article provides verification of investment and innovation priorities of meat factories in the Podkarpacie Province within the last three years. It exemplifies their local implementation and making use of them in the balanced development of the region. It has been stated that the most important strategic priorities of companies are the improvement of profitability and the quality of products, the increase in competitiveness, widening the range of products, adapting production methods to the requirements of the European Union and environmental protection, reducing production costs and the increase of market share. In order to improve the competitiveness it was judged necessary to create the rules of functioning for the regional system of innovation.
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Krzysztof Firlej, Anetta Makarska
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