The level of utilization of innovative activities of transport businesses in the Slovak Republic

Authors

  • Viliam Lendel
    Affiliation

    Department of Management Theories, Faculty of Management Science and Informatics, Univerzitná 8215/1, University of Zilina, 010 26 Žilina, Slovak Republic

  • Michal Varmus
    Affiliation

    Department of Management Theories, Faculty of Management Science and Informatics, Univerzitná 8215/1, University of Zilina, 010 26 Žilina, Slovak Republic

https://doi.org/10.3311/PPso.7090

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to identify the primary difficulties of implementing innovative activities in Slovak transport businesses and to propose some recommendations for minimizing the occurrence of these problems, based on the analysis of literary sources and carried out research. This article summarizes results of the authors, who conducted research on a sample of 53 respondents in order to show the current situation in the Slovak transport business that use innovative activities. This article also contains recommendations for successful implementation of innovative activities in business. These recommendations should be a valuable tool for business managers in their attempts to implement innovative activities.

Keywords:

innovation, transport, innovative activities, business, research

Published Online

2013-12-20

How to Cite

Lendel, V., Varmus, M. (2013) “The level of utilization of innovative activities of transport businesses in the Slovak Republic”, Periodica Polytechnica Social and Management Sciences, 21(2), pp. 83–90. https://doi.org/10.3311/PPso.7090

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