Influence of technological development on encouraging innovativeness of domestic industrial enterprises

Abstract

Technology and technological development are the key factors of contemporary socio-economic development, and the application of the latest technological achievements is the developed countries' most powerful means of competitiveness. Intensive technological changes produce an influence on increasing the dynamics of the business conditions, making them uncertain, unpredictable and discontinued, while forcing business entities to adapt constantly. In this paper, the influence of technological development on the enhancement of innovativeness of domestic industrial enterprises is studied, given the fact that today, as well, industry is the branch of economy which the prosperity of the majority of the developed countries rests on. Study on the subject is divided into four parts. In the first part, the mutual dependency of technological and economic development is examined, with special attention to the strategic aspects of technological development. The second part of the paper is dedicated to observing innovativeness as the basis for technological development. The analysis of certain indicators of innovativeness in domestic enterprises is presented in the third part, whereas in the last part, analysis of the data obtained by conducting research into the influence of technological development on encouraging innovativeness of domestic industrial enterprises was carried out by investigating the role of graduate engineers in this process. The aim of this paper is to indicate the significance and complexity of the influence of technological development on contemporary business conditions, and also to conduct an analysis of the influence of technological development on encouraging innovativeness in domestic industrial enterprises. The ultimate goal of the paper is to define certain measures that are to be taken so as to improve the existing, highly unfavorable, situation in this field.

Tehnologija i tehnološki razvoj predstavljaju ključne faktore savremenog društveno-ekonomskog razvoja, a primena najnovijih tehnoloških dostignuća čini najmoćnije sredstvo konkurentnosti razvijenih zemalja. Intenzivne tehnološke promene utiču na povećanje dinamičnosti uslova poslovanja, čineći ih neizvesnim, nepredvidivim i diskontinuiranim, i primoravajući privredne subjekte da im se stalno prilagođavaju. U ovom radu proučava se uticaj tehnološkog razvoja na pospešivanje inovativnosti domaćih industrijskih preduzeća, budući da je industrija i danas privredna grana na kojoj počiva prosperitet većine razvijenih zemalja. Proučavanje predmetne problematike podeljeno je na četiri dela. U prvom delu rada proučava se međusobna uslovljenost tehnološkog i privrednog razvoja, sa posebnim osvrtom na nužnost strategijskog pristupa u ovoj oblasti. Drugi deo rada posvećen je proučavanju inovativnosti kao osnove tehnološkog razvoja. Analiza određenih pokazatelja inovativnosti domaćih privrednih subjekata izneta je u trećem delu rada, dok je u poslednjem delu rada izvršena analiza podataka dobijenih istraživanjem uticaja tehnološkog razvoja na podsticanje inovativnosti domaćih industrijskih preduzeća, kroz proučavanje uloge diplomiranih inženjera u ovom procesu. Cilj rada je da se ukaže na značaj i kompleksnost uticaja tehnološkog razvoja na savremene uslove poslovanja, kao i da se na osnovu podataka dobijenih sprovedenim istraživanjem izvrši analiza uticaja tehnološkog razvoja na podsticanje inovativnosti u domaćim industrijskim preduzećima. Krajnji cilj rada jeste da se definišu određene mere koje bi trebalo preduzeti kako bi se postojeća, veoma nepovoljna, situacija u ovoj oblasti poboljšala.