Innovative companies and their competence in selected countries

The paper presents the results of empirical studies performed in order to identify organisational competencies of innovative enterprises in different countries. The study covered 476 innovative enterprises employing at least 10 people, located in five countries: Poland, USA, Thailand, Austria, and Ukraine, with the use of a specially developed questionnaire. Finally, the work presents some recommendations for managers, concerning the directions of changes that should be made in the approaches to development of organisational competencies.