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Abstract

Research background
Innovations are of great interest to scientists, practitioners, and decision-makers as a key instrument for achieving sustainable development, the existing literature indicates theoretical and methodological gaps in this area.


Purpose
The main objective of this article is to examine whether innovation positively impacts sustainable development in enterprises in the SME sector.


Research methodology
the study was conducted among enterprises from the SME sector in Poland. In the field of research, the electronic questionnaire technique (Google Forms) was used. Partial square inclusion equation (PLS) structural modeling was used to analyze the data.


Results
The ability of enterprises to achieve the desired result, create and improve products and services, high-quality products, and quick processes of transforming an idea into a product/service affect the development of enterprises towards sustainable development.


Novelty
Compared to previous studies, this article contains significant novelties. First, the measure of innovation and sustainable development was analyzed. Secondly, the contribution of innovation to sustainable development is shown. The article is a contribution to further research, as it formulates selective conclusions from empirical research.

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Agricultural holdings run by individual farmers, known as family farms, have long dominated the Polish agriculture. The purpose of the article was to characterize selected socio-demographic features of the agricultural population and the factor of transformations within family farms. In years 2010-2016, a decline in the number of family farms in Poland and individuals working there was observed, which was a continuation of the trend initiated in the period of economic transformation. The decrease in the number of family farms was accompanied by changes consisting of the improvement in the level of education, but also aging of those managing the farms, and the departure of family members from performing non-agricultural activities. On the one hand, these phenomena demonstrated the professionalization and specialization of some family farms, but they also demonstrated the increasing diversification of the economic activity of people in small entities that constitute the majority of the farms in Poland. The presented results were based on the CSO data and literature on the subject. The study used a comparative method and a statistical data analysis.

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