VÝSKUM AKO FAKTOR INOVAČNÉHO ROZVOJA

The aim of this paper is to analyse the development of innovations and research as the factors of building knowledge-based economy in the Slovak Republic. The phenomena of the technological progress are examined on data on exports in the EU countries and in the SR according to technological demands, the structure of innovating enterprises share by technological level, mutual dependence between innovations (measured by number of EPO patents) and economic performance (measured by means of GDP/capita). In this connection also the contributions of total factor productivity, capital, labour force, foreign direct investment and GERD on the GDP growth rate are analysed. The author identifies the basic deficiencies in research and innovations in Slovakia together with a proposal on how to overcome them.