International Scientific Journals
of Scientific Technical Union of Mechanical Engineering "Industry 4.0"

In the article the essence and content of the reform of The National system of intellectual property. Investigated the current state and problems of development of the intellectual property system, identifies the main factors: economic, social and political that prevent its development, and the prospects of its development.

Contemporary industrial development of industrial products defines a new attitude towards their innovative obsolescence, which is of major importance to physical obsolescence. The purpose of this article is to clarify the essence and establish the impact of innovation obsolescence on the socio-economic and social outcomes of this activity. Assessing the impact of this activity on the scale and timing of manufactured industrial products is of the utmost importance for the timely removal of the negative effects of the innovation impact. It arises under the impact of new innovative solutions with more advanced, more productive and better techno-economic indicators than those introduced before.

There are six known and generally accepted generations of innovation models. Innovation models transform from simple, linear models, to integrated and networking models that are dynamic and interactive. Each generation of innovation models is presented in this paper with their characteristics as well as drawbacks. The main goal of this paper is to show the transformation path of innovation models and create a framework for a new innovation model on a company level, that could be used by companies to increase their innovative activity and performance. Innovation models define the innovation process and its phases. The framework for the new innovation model includes feedback that was lacking in the first and the second generation of innovation models, but is included in the other generations. It also includes integrated and networking activities which are a characteristic of the third and fourth generation of innovation models. Another component of the model is the usage of information and communications technology (ICT) to facilitate the process of innovation, which is one of the characteristic of the fifth generation of innovation models. It uses a process approach and is based on the open innovation model, which is the signature model from the sixth generation of innovation models and best represents the complex system and characteristic of innovation. The model is supposed to help companies generate innovative ideas and select them through a predetermined process with four main components that act as control points. The purpose of this model is to create a continuous culture for innovation and to set up official procedures. These will help companies to accomplish their innovative ideas and activities.

The aim of this paper is to show the importance of patent protection in small and medium-sized enterprises and to identify the major challenges for intellectual property management faced by this group of companies. The study provides a literature review on patent activity in small and medium-sized enterprises. On this basis, it can be concluded that small firms may be disadvantaged by their size in the use of patent protection. Consequently, most companies prefer informal appropriation mechanisms, such as secrecy, lead time advantage or complexity of product design. The reasons for the relatively low patent activity of small and medium-sized enterprises is the lack of sufficient funds and knowledge on the management, as well as the limited capacity of exercising their intellectual property. The article also identifies the most promising directions of further research and articulates a number of recommendations both for managers as well as for policy makers.

The process of creating innovative entrepreneurship is conditioned largely by endogenous factors of organizations and their ability to implement innovative solutions into business practice. This paper presents innovative interactive ICT-solutions offered by technology companies belonging to the SMEs sector. Considerations have been focused on the innovative devices (holographic pyramids, multimedia tables, and fog screens) and services dedicated to the needs of individual customers in the B2B area.

Introduction of training in entrepreneurship, innovation and project management is one of the most discussed topics in the field of education as a whole. Particular attention is paid to this education in the field of higher education and is one of the priority objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy.

According to the European Commission study, carried out in the Member States of the EU and 15 other countries in the period 2015-2015 students received training in entrepreneurship and innovation be implemented most successfully. They are the best paid in the labor market, employment is almost maximum, the more likely they are to start their own business and their companies are the most innovative and creative.

This article presents the experience in entrepreneurship education, innovation and project management of the students from the UMG "St. Ivan Rilski”, Sofia.

An essential point in this education is the acquisition of knowledge and skills that link higher education with the requirements of the business and the labor market.

The main issues considered in this paper are: spatial spread of innovations during a healthcare reform; social results of disproportions in healthcare development and their impact on human capital; capabilities of spatial redistribution of innovations.

In the contemporary knowledge-based economy human factor is one of the core competitive advantages of high-tech enterprises. Crucial to the development and commercialisation of innovations is the development of competencies of the human resources.
Substantial part of the high-tech enterprises are challenged to define precisely what are the most important competencies they need to evaluate and to reward, as well as to foster and develop further in their personnel in order to improves their performance. The aim of the paper is to suggest and analyze the role of an appraisal and performance management model. The model is aimed at helping managers evaluate effectiveness and efficiency of the personnel performance. Further, it can be used as a tool that will aid the decision making process concerning appraisal and reward, training and development, and last but not least the career growth.

The research focuses on university-industry technology transfer, which is becoming increasingly important. The research analyses factors affecting the certain case of university-industry cooperation. The factors are tested by adapting the Kano methodology, often used for determining consumer needs and quality assurance purposes. The research results show that although in most cases the respondents’ opinion on the importance of certain factors is not homogenous; nonetheless it indicates that the greatest importance should be paid to the factor defining the students’ abilities to absorb the skills. In the meantime, the accuracy of the stated outcomes can be considered as the most successful factor in this case. The research results may not be generalized due to the limitations in the tested aspects as well as the fact that it analyses a certain case study, but it can be used for complementary purposes in the context with other case studies.

The paper summarizes studies pertaining to an innovative method of polymeric chips and sawdust boards production. RD boards are manufactured from post-production waste in the form of chips. The chips are heated and pressed under small pressure in metal forms. The product is characterized with good sound and thermal insulation, small mass, and low manufacturing cost. As a consequence, it can be applied in several types of products as a filler.

Economic-mathematical models have been developed and proposed to determine the amount of funds required in early stages of a new product design. This will allow reducing the volume of operations in the pre-production stage and will help structurally optimize the innovative product lifecycle.

Many theoretical concepts of studying innovation strategies concentrate on selected aspects and determinants of this phenomenon and dissemble cohesive and wider perspective. In result there is lack of comprehensive researches concerning innovation policies, especially covering long term, repetitive studies based on the same methodology. The main purpose of this article is to assess innovation strategies applied in Polish medium and large industrial enterprises based on three dimensional innovation activity model – innovation cube. Those dimensions are: place of creating, continuity of activity and way of innovation utilization. In result of imposition above criteria these model presents eight different variations of innovation policies. The most common innovation policy utilized in Polish industrial enterprises is individual innovator. This means that innovations were created in continuous manner, based on own resources and for own use. The test sample covered years 2007-2009 and 2012-2014. Surveys were conducted on group of medium and large Polish enterprises belonging to low-, medium- and high-tech industries. Each phase of research was based on the same methodology. From first stage 80 responses were obtained and from the second one 92.