Innowacje w przedsiębiorstwach zajmujących się przetwarzaniem i konserwowaniem owoców i warzyw

The aim of the paper was to introduce the innovative activity of enterprises operating in fruit and vegetable processing and conserving sector, in the area of applying of technological and non-technological innovations. The paper shows different types of introduced innovations and it is focused on their combinations, quality and the aim of applying. The research shows that the number of enterprises introducing innovations raised together with the input increase on innovations. The enterprises, which incurred the lowest expenditures on innovative activity, predominantly introduced the organizational innovations. They strive first of all for shortening the response time to the needs of customers and suppliers. Moreover they tend to the improvement of capacity for the development of new products and processes. Process innovations predominated in other groups of enterprises. These innovations were usually introduced together with some change in organization (average level of the expenditures on innovations) or together with product innovations (high level of expenditures on innovations). The aim of innovative change in enterprises with average and above average expenditures on innovations was first of all the replacement of outdated products and processes, and the quality improvement of products and services. The enterprises with the highest expenditures were focused on the improvement of production elasticity and the increase of production capacity