TY - JOUR TI - The influence of distance from the participants in the supply chain to collaborate innovative industrial enterprises of the Polish eastern in 2010–2012 AU - Tomaszewski, Marek TI - The influence of distance from the participants in the supply chain to collaborate innovative industrial enterprises of the Polish eastern in 2010–2012 AB - The cooperation of industrial enterprises influences the improvement of competitive position of enterprises. The main objective of the study is to attempt to determine the impact of distance and the relationship between the participants in the supply chain on innovative cooperation between industrial companies from the Polish east in 2010–2012. The second objective of this article is to compare conditions influencing on the innovation cooperation between industrial enterprises from Poland eastern and western. The empirical data, based on which the computations were performed and then interpreted the results obtained from industrial enterprises using a survey questionnaire. The survey questionnaire was sent to industrial companies from the four province: Warmińsko-Mazurskie, Podlaskie, Lubelskie and Podkarpackie. The analysis is static and covers the years 2010–2012. VL - 2016 IS - Issue 3 (35) PY - 2016 SN - 1896-0200 C1 - 2084-3968 SP - 195 EP - 208 DO - 10.4467/20843968ZP.17.016.5518 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zarzadzanie-publiczne/article/odleglosc-od-uczestnikow-sieci-dostaw-a-wspolpraca-innowacyjna-przedsiebiorstw-przemyslowych-wnioski-dla-administracji-publicznej KW - collaborate innovative KW - Polish eastern KW - distance KW - industrial enterprises KW - public administration