ABSTRACT
Innovation is an inherent feature of progress and modernity which largely contributes to the economic development and serves as its most important driving force. Companies that operate on the market of today’s world, which is developing dynamically, in order to survive, must be characterized by innovation.
An enterprise that aims to achieve market success should strive to implement innovation and thus be counted as being innovative. The purpose of this article is to specify determinants of innovation and assess whether the companies of the Podkarpackie region in Poland are of an innovative character. To accomplish this objective a research has been carried out among the entrepreneurs belonging to the SME sector operating in the above mentioned region. The goal of the research was to analyze the level of innovation of these enterprises.
