Innovations
Vol. 9 (2021), Issue 2, pg(s) 57-59

INNOVATION POLICY AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT

Innovations and corporate social responsibility in bulgarian SMEs – status and prospects

  • 1 University of Library Studies and Information Technnologies, Sofia, Bulgria

Abstract

In today’s business environment, companies need to take responsibility for their actions and their impact on stakeholders. The company-society relationship must be reciprocal.In this report, we consider implementing innovations in SMEs doing business in Bulgaria, the performance of CSR in practice and whether there is an understanding of the relationship between them. The theory is illustrated by data from an empirical study of 300 companies by the report’s author.

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