The Social dimension of the diffusion of innovation and knowledge as factors of change and development of the economy

Abstract

The author of the article presents the issue of diffusion of innovation and knowledge as a source of change and economic development. Characteristics and analyses of the phenomenon of diffusion focus on its socio-cultural and economic dimensions. In the first part of the study, referring to the literature on the subject, the complexity and multifaceted nature of the theoretical approaches to the diffusion of innovation process was shown. Next, the phenomenon of diffusion of innovation as an important mechanism of social and cultural changes was characterized. The theoretical framework has been analyzed in such a way as to analyze the conditions, dynamics and effectiveness of the spread of innovation and knowledge as instruments of entrepreneurship and economic development. The synthetic conclusion of the theoretical analyses and characteristics of the subject matter is a sketchy model of the emergence and diffusion of innovation and knowledge, which can be useful from the point of view of Polish modernization changes and the acceleration of economic development, socially and territorially balanced.