%0 Journal Article
%T Generating systems of innovation in small and medium-sized tourism enterprises
%A Gancarczyk, Jacek
%J International Journal of Contemporary Management
%V 2013
%N Issue 12(1)
%P 86-95

%@ 2449-8920
%D 2013
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/international-journal-of-contemporary-management/article/systemy-generowania-innowacji-a-male-i-srednie-przedsiebiorstwa-turystyczne
%X The aim of this article is to present the innovations and various systems that generate innovation and which influence the situation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the tourism industry from the context of globalization and the emerging threats crisis. The paper presents selected generated innovation systems as a cluster, a regional network of innovative, regional innovation systems which show characteristics of small and medium-sized tourism enterprises and their innovative activity. Each innovation system has external constraints determined by the following four forms: National Innovation System, Regional Innovation System, Sectoral Innovation System, Technological Innovation System. Generating innovations through these systems builds on expertise, institutional density, effects, and various networking configurations. Generated innovation systems cannot be based on undirected offers. It is not possible to adapt the normal tools for supporting innovations, because companies from different industries have different needs and expectations. In order for innovation activities expectations and needs to be specific, support should be addressed to the core and the most competitive industries in the region.