Abstract:

P. Drucker defined innovations as a tool of entrepreneurship (Drucker 1992) and J. Schumpeter (Schumpeter 1934) proved in his innovative theory of enterprise that innovations and innovative activities are more the results of entrepreneur attitudes then market balance effect. Being entrepreneur is a kind of state (but not a permanent stay) only while he actually implements 'new' and ‘creatively’ invents new combinations of factors of production (Glapiński 2012). Schumpeter’s theory issues that implementation of innovation, being an entrepreneur is a special function, the privilege of a fairly narrow group of people who have the appropriate qualities - "higher than normal advantages of mind and will". Regardless the entrepreneur’s personality, competences or generally understood ‘attitude’, it cannot be the only factor of effective innovation activity.