Innowacyjność a rozwój społeczno-gospodarczy regionów w Polsce

Transformation leading to the knowledge-based economy results in the fact that de­velopmental processes are determined by undertaking knowledge-based and innovation-based activities and Polish economy rauks low among EU countries in terms of innovation and requires evolutionary changes in this scope. Innovation and socio-economic development are terms com­monly used today and intuitively understood, but their measurement is ambiguous. The aim of the article is to present the quantification of this research area as well as its statistical analysis using linear ordering methods on a regional basis in Poland