SELECTED ASPECTS OF INNOVATION CAPITAL MANAGEMENT IN SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES FROM THE OPOLSKIE VOIVODESHIP (Wybrane aspekty zarzadzania kapitalem innowacji w sektorze malych i srednich przedsiebiorstw na przykladzie wojewodztwa opolskiego)

The article presents some aspects of innovation capital management from the perspective of research on the state of innovation and awareness of pro-innovation in the sector of small and medium enterprises of the Opolskie voivodeship. The research was conducted due to the need of a Regional Innovation Strategy for the Opolskie voivodeship. The evaluation of selected aspects of innovation capital was made by comparing the results obtained in 2007 on behalf of the Academic Business Incubator of the Technology University of Opole, and in 2009 at the request of Opole Centre for Economic Development. Both of the studies were performed with a comparable research sample.