Economic aspects of innovation in wood sector enterprises in Poland

Innovative activity is a key aspect in functioning of a company. Growth of competition resulting from market globalization, as well as a growing number of new customer expectations in the economic crisis force companies to look for new innovative solutions. However, deciding on innovation introduction needs to be economically justified from the perspective of the company. In the paper, economic aspects of innovative activity of companies functioning in the wood sector, compared to processing industry, have been presented.