MANAGEMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF STRATEGY EUROPE 2020

The aim of the article is to evaluate the current situation of research and development management in the view of the fulfillment of the strategy of Europe 2020 by Poland and Slovakia and, based on the results of analysis, to predict the expected development of the indicator by 2020 and assesses the reaching their national targets in monitored area. Regression analysis is used to estimate the trends feature for predicting the expected development of the indicator expressing the share of expenditure on R&D of GDP in 2020. To describe and evaluate the development of monitored indicator during the 11 or 22 years period, we are using trend comparison. Based on the stated results it is possible to determine the predicted values of the indicator in the future and then evaluate whether that country will manage to achieve its set target by 2020.