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INNOVATIVE ACTIVITIES OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES WITH A FOCUS ON THE NEED AND USE OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Recently, we have been increasingly encountering terms such as turbulent environment, dynamic environment, unstable environment, and businesses must be prepared to respond flexibly to challenges arising from such an environment. The competitiveness of companies depends more and more on the rapid adaptation to ongoing changes. The sources of basic competitive advantages are efficiency, quality, innovation, full understanding, and sensitivity to customer requirements. The main driving force behind innovation is adequate research and development. Research and development represent one of the steps towards innovation and the innovative activity of companies. The aim of the paper is to evaluate the innovative activity of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Slovak Republic as the basis of the company's competitive advantage based on selected indicators. Subsequently, we will analyze and evaluate the use of human resources within the innovative activities of the company and in research and development in individual regions of the Slovak Republic.
Release: 2023/2 Pages: 69-77 JEL classification: O30, M20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52665/ser20230207
Keywords: innovation activity, employees, human resources, small and medium-sized enterprises
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Contacts:
Ing. Jana Sochuľáková, Ph.D.
Faculty of Social and Economic Relations
Alexander Dubček University in Trenčín
Študentská 3, 911 50 Trenčín
Slovak Republic
e-mail:jana.sochulakova@tnuni.sk
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