Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/219630 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
Institute of Economic Research Working Papers No. 14/2015
Publisher: 
Institute of Economic Research (IER), Toruń
Abstract: 
The article tackles the question of the ever growing importance of soft factors of production in the process of competitive advantage for contemporary enterprises. This condition has resulted of turbulent environment characterized by increasing competition, generalized uncertainty and information asymmetry. Based on the above assumption during 2013-2014 a research project was carried out on the role of intangible resources in the process of gaining advantage over competitors in high-tech companies from Greater Poland. The study was complete for the given population and was conducted using the CATI method. On the basis of responses to the questions in the survey, one can conclude that these companies implement modern management paradigm and its activities are based largely on soft resources which are impossible to be copied and on skills in the form of human capital, propensity for learning and the social capital of employees. The findings of the project can serve as a valuable clue for those companies which at the moment do not represent a prospective approach to achieving entrepreneurial categories in practice.
Subjects: 
soft assets
competitive advantage
high-tech sector
innovations
SME's
JEL: 
O31
O32
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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