Technology Gap and Competition of Low Tech Economy

Abstract

In the present article a review is made of definitions and theories of technology gap. An attempt is made to analyze it from the point of view of its significance for the economy of the country of low technology competition, with special attention paid to Polish economy and companies functioning in such an economy. The problem of technological gap has been presented in the light of Polish and foreign research. Moreover, in the article an attempt has been made to evaluate the significance of the gap for the competition position of low tech economy. Attention has been drawn to the fact that technology gap should not be perceived as a negative phenomenon but it should be used to improve the competitiveness of those branches of industry that give the greatest added value to the economy of the country in the situation in which many of them are threatened with de-industrialization caused by changes in the world trade.