The aim of the presented paper is to identify the significance of selected determinants of the competitiveness of small, innovative enterprises operating in international markets that use business advice. The achievement of this goal required identifying the determinants of the competitiveness of small companies (characteristics of managers, characteristics of enterprises) as well as examining the motives, areas and effects of using business advice. The issue of business knowledge absorptive capacity as a determinant of the competitiveness of small enterprises and the effectiveness of using external business knowledge was also presented. The second part of the paper presents the results of empirical research conducted using the CATI technique on a sample of 67 small, innovative Polish enterprises operating in international markets and simultaneously benefiting from business advice. The conducted research confirmed the hypothesis of a significant, moderating influence of business advice on the system of competitiveness determinants of enterprises. The hypothesis concerning a positive relationship between business advice and enterprises’ capacity for absorbing business knowledge, and indirectly their competitiveness, was also confirmed. Improving the competitiveness of enterprises requires using business advice and enhancing their business knowledge absorptive capacity.

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塑造在国际市场中运营的小型创新公司的竞争力的因素，尤其侧重于业务建议

本文的目的是确定使用商业建议在国际市场上经营的小型创新企业的竞争力的决定因素的重要性。要实现这一目标，就必须确定决定小公司竞争力的决定因素（管理者的特征，企业的特征），并研究使用商业建议的动机，领域和效果。还提出了业务知识吸收能力问题，该问题决定了小企业的竞争力以及使用外部业务知识的有效性。本文的第二部分介绍了使用CATI技术对67个小样本进行实证研究的结果，创新的波兰企业在国际市场上运作，并同时从商业建议中受益。进行的研究证实了以下假设：商业建议对企业竞争力决定因素体系具有重大而适度的影响。还证实了有关商业建议与企业吸收商业知识的能力之间存在正向关系并间接地与它们的竞争力之间的关系的假说。要提高企业的竞争力，就需要使用业务建议并增强其业务知识的吸收能力。还证实了有关商业建议与企业吸收商业知识的能力之间存在正向关系并间接地与它们的竞争力之间的关系的假说。要提高企业的竞争力，就需要使用业务建议并增强其业务知识的吸收能力。还证实了有关商业建议与企业吸收商业知识的能力之间存在正向关系并间接地与它们的竞争力之间的关系的假说。要提高企业的竞争力，就需要使用业务建议并增强其业务知识的吸收能力。