Knowledge Differentiation as Basis of Innovative Activity

This study focuses on the analysis of microdata (enterprise level) as the principal instrument to reveal facts and hypotheses describing the innovation activities depending on a quantity of new products made by the company and structure of costs for different kinds of knowledge. The idea locates about strategies generation of various types of knowledge (operational, structural, functional) considerably differ. During the research the following hypothesis was tested: There is a correlation between the structure of costs for different types of knowledge and the quantity of new products made by the company. Research project consisted of three stages. Firstly, authors formed the stratified random sampling by way of stratification of the parent population (102 enterprises, from six industries). The second step, to identify the pattern of increase knowledge process. The third stage included a series of structured interviews with representatives of leading organizations in the field of the innovative process. As a result of conducted research: There is an interrelation between the new products manufactured by the company and the structure of costs for different types of knowledge. The authors prove that efficient, innovative business development, particularly in the difficult economic condition, stresses the importance of organizing optimal cost structure for different types of knowledge.