Title: The main trends of innovation capacity influence on environmental situation: the case of Ukraine and Poland

Authors: Anna Chernoivanova; Kazimierz Wackowski

Addresses: Department of Management and Business, Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics 9-a Nauky Ave, СР 61100, Kharkiv, Ukraine ' Management Information Systems Department, Warsaw University of Technology, Polytechnic Sq. 1. СР 00-661, Warsaw, Poland

Abstract: This study explores the interrelations between environmental quality (atmospheric emissions) and the level of innovations in Ukraine and Poland. An in-depth analysis of the environmental conditions and atmospheric emissions shows that changes of environmental indicators are related to the development of innovation. The volume of polluting emissions is determined for both countries considering the achieved level of innovations. Within a paper, the category of innovation is quantified using: the number of innovation workers, the share of expenditures on research-and-development (R&D) in the GDP; the share of expenditures on R&D in the total cost, the educational level and the GDP growth pattern.

Keywords: innovations; environmental situation; innovation work indicators; innovation activities; Ukraine; Poland.

DOI: 10.1504/IJETM.2018.100585

International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, 2018 Vol.21 No.5/6, pp.396 - 406

Received: 25 Aug 2018
Accepted: 09 Jan 2019
Published online: 04 Jul 2019 *

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