Experts for thematic capitalisation on the innovation capacity of SMES Year 1 Eurico Neves †inova-Portugal
He is one of the most experienced European experts in research exploitation and innovation policy, both at the regional and national level
SÃ verine Ouvry is an expert in innovation. Her background as a researcher in the United states, where
She joined inno as a consultant in economic development and policy evaluation http://www. inno-group. com
The programme therefore asked 12 teams of experts covering 12 different fields of policy to analyse the
of only 1 employee) to large companies employing several hundred people and with a turnover of millions of Euros †basically only excluding multinational companies or large
employees and an annual turnover below â 10 Million, and medium-sized companies as those with fewer than 250 employees and an annual turnover below 50 million.
The same recommendation defines micro-companies as those with fewer than 10 employees and a turnover below â 2 million
In this report, and as the assessment is on behalf of and for regional policymakers (the programme partners) and for the final beneficiaries (SMES), we have followed the
the Knowledge for Growth Expert Group advising the then Commissioner for Research, Janez Potoä nik
•Improve the capacities of employees in SMES for RTD and innovation management through training and the support of experts
•Weaknesses in networking •Lack of internal research capabilities •Insufficient marketing of innovation
than 250 employees in which †access to finance†was ranked the second most pressing problem
providers or private consultants), in a small-scale approach targeted to the needs of individual companies.
o I-CREO, brings an expert within each SMES€ network to seek new business opportunities
through the hiring of innovation experts in order to seek, propose and bring new business opportunities to fruition, including in export markets.
experts for each of the main industrial sectors of the Valencia Region. The function of the
provided via the network of IVEX delegations abroad and in Spain and experts in international
experience with graduate employees. It is limited not to technological fields but also includes marketing website and e-commerce development and product design
o Accompanied monitoring/evaluation of project by an external consultant Innovation Assistant is now a key tool in the regional innovation system and has been
on a pool of one hundred advisers technological or generalist) to visit SMES, identify needs and support them
and Parenthood (ERIK ACTION), coaching activities through external experts, such as in Innovation Stockholm (INNOHUBS) and Tameside Business Family (MINI-EUROPE) or
counselling, advising and mentoring resource staffed by local experts from the academia and business environment, available for private individuals as well as businessmen and other entrepreneurs
can be provided via the network of IVEX delegations abroad and in Spain and experts in international
through the hiring of innovation experts in order to seek, propose and bring new business opportunities to fruition, including in export markets
recommendations were evaluated then by regional experts for their •Financial burden •Organizational efforts •Expected effects in increasing regional innovativeness
consultants). ) This reduces the distance between regional players and final beneficiaries (SMES and produces tangible results quickly
Growth Expert Group advising the then Commissioner for Research, Janez Potoä nik. 2009 Link •SME opportunities for EU-US collaboration in Horizon 2020.
national experts who authored the case studies. Dominique Guellec, Head of the Country Studies and Outlook Division, provided overall guidance and support for the project
Group (Patries Boekholt) and the comments received by experts, including Dominique Foray, Philip Mccann, Raquel Ortega, Claire Nauwelaers, Alessandro Rosiello and Michele Mastroeni and Dimitrios
results of an expert advisory group to the EU. Tasked with finding an alternative to public policies that
employees, number of newly established enterprises, Gross domestic product, and export data per economic sector For countries, sufficiently detailed, internationally comparable economic data is available from OECD (www. oecd
agribusiness practitioners, scientists and the GRDC€ s Executive Managers, with a possibility for other industry experts
international experts and stakeholders to identify emerging issues and trends, Systemic Foresight Methodology). ) Fostering a structural transition from policymaking to cycles of policy
2 See also (EC 2011) Final Report on High Level Expert Group on Key Enabling Technologies.
9 For example, Universities can provide private and public authorities both with strategic advice and experts to work
the GRDC€ s Executive Managers, with provision for other industry experts to participate as appropriate
promotion in Gwangju, the average annual growth rate of production, number of employees and companies are 19.2%,9. 6%and 5. 0%respectively.
number of employees has jumped also to 8 270 at 377 companies in 2010 Regional and national policies that have been decisive for prioritisation of domains
small firms (e g. less than 200 employees) in comparison to other industrial areas. Data from the
18 300 employees •Advices and services: Lower Austria implemented programmes (â€oesoft measuresâ€) providing services to support R&d&i activities of SMES.
%In Lower Austria especially small companies(>9 employees) were engaged largely in innovation activities. Still below average are innovation activities in the service sector.
means of communication with experts and STI implementers and via ex-post evaluations Coordination activities to support S3
power, experts, agents responsible for the process, etc. are not suitable to take on these roles Bottlenecks and threats for the innovation ecosystem that hamper entrepreneurial discovery
Each start-up has its own consultant, who  OECD 2013 115 can connect the new entrepreneurs with growing network of mentors and coaches either
market for world class experts became global, only global ambitions can lead to sustainable success that makes a region attractive
experts and citizens. At the moment all regional policy strategic documents are being updated to be in line with the superior the Development Strategy of the Maå opolska Region 2011-2020.
government experts to prepare RIS 2013-2020 (the group has been supported by national government experts). ) The working group has organised many meetings dedicated to specific issues of RIS 2013-2020
such as: SWOT analysis, the areas of specialisation in line with RIS 3 Guide, monitoring and evaluation
Economic Council (representation of high-level regional experts from business), Joint Commission of INNOVATION-DRIVEN GROWTH IN REGIONS:
statistics (e g. number of establishments or number of employees per TL2 region), which are available for a
The identified topics can then validated by experts and further analysed using bibliometric methods such as indicators of publication activity and citation impact and (international) collaboration of the main
Claire Nauwelaers, independent consultant, Belgium Smart policies need smart governance. The governance question lies at the heart of the OECD-TIP
Independent expert assessments are frequent too, and regions indulge more than countries in international benchmarking practices.
%Foresight Peer reviews Expert assessments SWOT analyses International benchmarking Regions'use of assessment methods not at all seldom regularly
%Foresight Peer reviews Expert assessments SWOT analyses International benchmarking Countries'use of assessment methods not at all seldom regularly
with external experts. The results are used as the basis for the strategic choices†•â€oeoften hard data give surprising results
entrepreneurs able to spot â€oeweak signalsâ€, external experts, the involvement of users (to avoid falling into
and participative or rather driven by experts •Do you have an evaluation system for your regional growth
resources or would you have to involve external experts •Who is addressing innovation policy in your region (i e. the EU, your national government, the
Claire Nauwelaers, independent consultant, Belgium Introduction The OECD-TIP enquiry on smart specialisation governance Goal of the governance enquiry within the TIP project
employees (informal employment. According to Terziovski (2010) Small and Medium enterprises (SMES) in the manufacturing sector make a significant contribution to economic
of employees, financial position or annual turnover. However in Zimbabwe, according to Small and Medium Enterprises Institute, SMES are defined as a registered enterprise with employment
employees and an annual turnover in sales of a maximum of 830,000 U s. dollars 2. 2 SMES€ sustainable Development
constantly experience shortages in capital to employee skills to improve production capacity which makes it necessary to continuously improve their production strategies with customized
(1988) for instance, suggested that the smallest firms (20 employees) had the benefit of individualism, the larger firms (50 employees) had the benefit of more resources and systems
while the intermediate group (20-49 employees) lacked the best of either world. Ettlie and
Rubenstein (1987) in support stated that for radical innovations they required additional funds for technical work, capital investment for plant and equipment, marketing and promotions.
At individual level, the capacity included employee empowerment and engagement, trust, training, job rotation, and the extent and range of
At individual level, the capacity included employee empowerment and engagement, trust, training, job rotation, and the extent and range of individual networks
policy makers and transport experts www. eltis. org to boost the development and wide-scale application
knowledge-intensive consultants) plays an important role in this respect. Recent research shows that these services play a crucial role in innovation processes
And, finally, business administration experts and organisational sociologists discuss the question of how to interpret the far more open business strategies demanded by the network
experts and laymen producers and the users of knowledge; different (scientific disciplines; policy and science R. Smits/Technological Forecasting & Social Change 69 (2002) 861†883878
30.5%of firms with a number of employees ranging from 20 to 49, were considered as innovators and 93
%of those with more than 2000 employees were engaged in this process (SESSI, 1996. These results do not
-pany is based on the quality of their employees and on their commitments to networks of innovators.
more than 500 employees benefited from the financial aid 740 F. Bougrain, B. Haudeville/Research Policy 31 (2002) 735†747
Size and status of firms Employees Regional group Subsidiary of group Totala Sectors 1†9 10†19 20†49 50†99 100†250 251†499
1†9 employees â'0. 9152â (â'1. 938) â'1. 2468â â (â'2. 536) â'1. 1226â â (â'2. 936
10†19 employees 0. 240 (0. 487) 0. 216 (0. 415) †SME (20†49 employees) 0. 1231 (0. 296) â'0. 2114 (â'0. 485) â€
SME (50†99 employees) 0. 9406â (2. 002) 0. 7647 (1. 551) 0. 8808â (2. 304
SME (100†250 employees) â'0. 1773 (â'0. 395) â'0. 3186 (â'0. 667) â€
SME (251†499 employees) â'0. 4788 (â'0. 763) â'0. 9574 (â'1. 473) â'0. 7976 (â
'1. 388 Regional group 0. 9187 (1. 457) 0. 9871 (1. 484) 1. 1564â (2. 090
only for very small enterprises (less than 10 employees. For extensive results on the relation between firm size and innovation
to employees for SMES with less than 10 employ -ees. We thought that these figures would not have
Size (number of employees) â'0. 00018 (0. 861 Executives(%)â'1. 3198 (â'0. 431
%of executives to employees Success Success rate Failures Failure rate Number of projects From 0 to 5 9 42.9 12 57.1 21
a According to the Ï 2-test, there is no direct link between the result of a project and the percentages of executives to employees
of executives to employees. Following three elements may explain why collaborative relationships are not more successful when the percentage of executives to
employees is larger •This category is heterogeneous. Research and pro -duction managers are often at the heart of the
employees working there are more able to understand information flowing through industrial networks These results are in conformity with the assertion of
251 and 499 employees were all independent The other categories concern large enterprises and subsidiaries.
than 500 employees whose headquarters is located in the Centre region and subsidiaries of company whose
group employment exceeds 500 employees and is lo -cated outside the Centre region By holding concurrently two criteria, the size of the
employ over half of all private sector employees. They make up 97.3 percent of all exports
per employee than large firms. These small businesses make up approximately 29.6 million businesses with 6 million of these
with employees. Thus, it can be seen that small business and SMES are a critical factor in the economic fabric of nations and
Generally however, â€oesmall†is considered to be fewer than 100 employees, and medium-sized is under 500 employees (Headd
& Saade, 2008 A. Innovation Early research has examined the important role of innovation within entrepreneurship (Schumpeter, 1947.
Frequently used measures of performance criteria include profitability, ROI, number of employees, revenues. Each measure has strengths and weaknesses (Brush and Wanderwerf, 1992;
All businesses are under 50 employees, with a majority in both samples of fewer than 10 employees.
Most businesses are relatively young. Only 9 of them are over 20 years old in the
TABLE 2 FIRM CHARACTERISTICS †SIZE (NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES Characteristic Range Australian Businesses %n=201
Number of Employees Less than 10 From 10 to 20 From 21 to 50 More than 50
owners/managers, SME employees and the economies in which the SME operates. High levels of innovation can facilitate firm
number of trusted actors such as financiers, business consultants and marketing associations Flatten et al 2011 Absorptive capacity is determined by entrepreneurship and firm-level attributes.
comprising 27 firms, 3 experts, 11 major players of the local innovation system and one global buyer.
chamber only has 5 employees, servicing thousands of firms in Yogyakarta province Business associations are criticized also widely.
LSE=more than 100 employees MSE=10-99 employees SSE=1-9 employees Turnover=average past 5 years
Price segment product ranges from low, medium, high to top end Number of employees=average last 5 years
Source: data collection IHS Working Paper 27.2013. Innovation in SMES. The case of home accessories in Yogyakarta, Indonesia 42
Annex 2: List of respondents of the qualitative study Director, Dekor Asia, Yogyakarta Director, HS Silver
Mark Kwami, Director MKWAMI Design Services, consultant of CBI Nurhadi, production manager, Harpa Green, Yogyakarta
consultants and business advisors in the private sector. Thirdly, high costs, not just for acquiring and
themselves, but also their business advisers, whether they be private sector consultants, or employees of chambers of commerce and industry or investors and
employees of financial institutions who are more likely to be listened to by the entrepreneur and managers/owners of SMES.
In addition, promotion activities on IP have generally proved to be more effective when included in other activities seeking to
of compulsory expert arbitration as a solution to the excessive costs of patent litigation (ETAN, 1999.
researchers, SMES and business consultants to have a good understanding of the IP system in order to
experts and take into account the advice of all stakeholders †considering the existing standards when appropriate
achievements to hundreds of IT and traffic experts in and around Amsterdam at the end of March 2010.
>set up an Expert Group on Urban ITS as a collaboration platform to promote ITS initiatives in the area of
The Expert Group on Urban ITS was established and met for the first time on 8 december 2010, consisting of 25 members
>>Expert Group on Urban ITS in the European>>Expert Group on Urban ITS in the European>>Expert Group on Urban ITS in the European
-ments of visitors, employees, participants and VIPS, within the framework of general event logistics. Applications will
ï§Medium and large enterprises (more than 50 employees) accounted for almost three -quarters of BERD in 2011
ï§Small firms with less than 50 employees accounted for 69 per cent of all R&d active
Figure 8 shows BERD by size of firm, with medium/large firms with 50+employees holding the
less than 50 employees) increased from 24 per cent in 2003 to 27 per cent in 2011.
Figure 10 shows that over 19,000 employees or 14,000 on a full time equivalent (FTE) basis
increase) since 2009 and by 7, 034 employees over the decade Figure 11: Total researchers (headcount and FTES), 2003-2011
less than 50 employees) increased by 41 per cent since 2003, from 757 firms to 1, 109 firms in
Medium/large R&d performing firms (more than 50 employees) increased by 48 per cent since 2003 to 499 firms in 2011
particularly because labor market regulation can limit the number of employees a firm chooses to have. 134 France,
with 50 or more employees, and this provides an incentive for firms to stay under the 50
decisions when experts may not be at hand. Available evidence suggests outcomes do not suffer. For instance, nurses†performance in
Therefore, we have looked also at the number of employees per sector (NACE code categories) and
Independent Expert Group on R&d and Innovation Asheim, B.,Boschma, R, . and Cooke, P. 2007).
experts and uninteresting to other readers $0 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $600 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
-rated by most experts (see Section 5. 3. 4 78 Note, incidentally, that contrary what many of us have assumed,
Our special thanks go to the seven experts who were interviewed for the elaboration of the recommendations for policy actions:
in depth expert interviews) and evaluations (thematic analyses, internal discussion, DG EAC Thematic Working group on ICT and Education
Seven semi-structured interviews with European experts and practitioners were conducted to further develop the initial set of policy recommendations for mainstreaming ICT-ELI with sustained
experts; teachers; trainers; technology providers and developers; researchers. The method of sampling used was a purposive, non-probability sampling,
people beyond the classroom walls-such as peers, experts and parents-giving the sense of being a
with education experts and practitioners and a number of case reports of ongoing ICT-ELI in Europe
Breakdowns according to the background of experts Table 19: Content and curricula policy recommendations according to the background
of ehealth experts and the support of numerous colleagues at the World health organization headquarters, regional, and country offices.
Sincere thanks are due to over 800 ehealth experts in 114 countries worldwide who assisted with the design, implementation,
most countries due to overall lack of clarity by policy-makers, health professionals, and consultants; the fact that there are no standardized and accepted definitions across the sector furthers the confusion.
Over 50 experts worldwide were involved in the process. Collaborative efforts extended to other WHO programmes as well as international organizations,
Their responsibilities included finding experts in all of the areas addressed by the survey, and organizing and hosting a full-day meeting where the survey
now consists of over 800 ehealth experts Limitations Member States were limited to one response per country;
effort was made to select the best national experts to complete the instrument; however, it is not possible
91.8%micro<10 employees 6. 9%small<50 employees 1. 1%medium<250 employees 0. 2%large>250 employees
6 7 8 9 2. Small Business and the EU The phrase Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMES) 1 is an intrinsic part of our
2011 vocabulary. Everybody knows it or has heard at least of it. But what exactly constitutes an SME?
Are you an SME? And why is this important to know? These questions will be answered in this chapter
If you are an enterprise with no more than 250 employees, an annual turnover below â 50 million or a balance sheet total below â 43 million,
meaning less than 10 employees. This group of busi -nesses is accountable for more than two thirds of the EU€ s workforce
91.8%micro<10 employees 6. 9%small<50 employees 1. 1%medium<250 employees 0. 2%large>250 employees
1. http://ec. europa. eu/enterprise/policies/sme/small-business-act/think-small-first /Source:
Eurostat-European Business: Facts & Figures, 2009 Apart from being the largest group of businesses,
micro-entities are also the most vulnerable kind of enterprise, notably in terms of size and resources. An obliga
a company of 200 employees, still constituting an SME, but can be detrimental to a micro business which often lacks staff
employees or to launch new products Public Procurement Public Procurement is the purchase of goods, work or services by a government or a public agency
The European commission issues calls for project proposals, experts and competitive calls on the FP7 website
All SMES with less than 250 employees in all 27 EU countries are eligible. The regions under both the
In this context, SME employees can develop their skills to match the continuous challenges stemming from evolving working environments
This is a portal comprising of more than 850 advisers providing information, advice and services such as job matching of job seekers and employers
Table 3. 1%Breakdown of Enterprises & Employees in the Midwest Region 21 Table 3. 2 Midwest Employment by Sector Q1 2012, based on FÃ S
>250 employees) account for less than 1%of the total active enterprises; however, they account for 20%of total employees
in enterprises. Large enterprises and foreign direct investment FDI) are both a significant economic contributor and employer
+%Breakdown of Enterprises & Employees 0 %20 %40 %60 %80 %100 %Enterprises Employees Table 3. 1%Breakdown of Enterprises & Employees in the Midwest Region
Source: CSO Business Demography 2011 & MWRA Analysis CSO figures from Q1 2012 indicate that industry was the largest employer in the Midwest Region
employing 16%of the total workforce, with a further 14%employed in the wholesale and retail
employee training and up-skilling space and information for businesses on the state supports and
The following consultants to ITU provided substantive inputs: Pantelis Koutroumpis Chapter 4) and Sriganesh Lokanathan (Chapter 5). Andrã Wills, Fernando Callorda and Shazna Zuhyle
and statistical experts to discuss ICT measurement. Today, the Partnership is recognized internationally as the authoritative
discussion in ITU, in consultation with experts Indicator definitions and the IDI methodology are discussed in the ITU Expert Group on
Telecommunication/ICT Indicators (EGTI) and the ITU Expert Group on ICT Household Indicators EGH)( Box 2. 1
The 2014 edition of the IDI reflects updates to indicator definitions and reference values agreed
statistical methodologies is carried out through its two expert groups: the Expert Group on Telecommunication/ICT Indicators
EGTI) and the Expert Group on ICT Household Indicators (EGH Created in 2009 and 2012, respectively, these two expert groups
revise and review ITU€ s supply-side and demand-side statistics and discuss methodological issues and new indicators.
groups, which are open to all ITU members and to experts in the field of ICT statistics and data collection, work through online
Interested experts are invited to join the EGTI and/or the EGH discussion forum to share experiences, contribute to the
employees and property income) from abroad. 38 It is the total domestic and foreign output by residents of a country and
3 This definition reflects the revisions agreed upon by the ITU Expert Group on ICT Household Indicators (EGH) at its meeting
for the IPB was agreed upon by the ITU Expert Group on Telecommunication/ICT Indicators EGTI) 1 and endorsed by the eighth World
was agreed upon by the ITU Expert Group on Telecommunication/ICT Indicators (EGTI) 9 in 2012, and revised in 2013 by EGTI in view of the
1 The Expert Group on Telecommunication/ICT Indicators (EGTI) was created in May 2009 with the mandate to revise the list
EGTI is open to all ITU members and experts in the field of ICT statistics and data collection.
11 These rules were presented to the Expert Group on Telecommunication/ICT Indicators (EGTI) in September 2012.
networks only. 4) As of 2012 it includes also FTTH. 5) Expert assessment, based on the data provided by 89.1%of operators
managing consultant at Capgemini Consulting and visiting scientist at MIT€ s Center for Digital Business
93%of employees feel that it is the right thing for the organization. But, a mere 36%of CEOS have shared such a vision
that frontline corporate employees believe they face a strategic imperative to successfully adopt emerging new technologies.
Employees know that technology matters: a full 78%of respondents said achieving digi -tal transformation will become critical to their
Almost half of employees think digital transfor -mation is upon us, and a third say it looms
But employee skepticism can also impede pace †even when leadership is on board to promote digital
†fully 93%of employees agreed that digital trans -formation was the right thing right now for their
to give employees incentives. Bonuses, raise structures, promotions and performance reviews are some of the tools that compa
Better incentives might help ease employee concerns about digital transformation. One sur -vey respondent noted that â€oeat the operational level
employee morale. †metric systems more than half of companies fail to set key performance indicators to gauge digital transformation â€
-ecutives and employees need clear rewards for making digital transformation a priority â€oethere are two wrong ways to approach (digital
significantly lower than in other countries with a total number of employees of 128.000 in the field of ITC
The goal for 2020 is to reach 250.000 employees for Romania. While in recent years the ICT sector has
by a combination of employer and employee contributions to the National Health insurance Fund (NHIF and of direct allocations from the state budget
In 2011,128, 000 employees were active in the ITC field, which stands for approximately 3%of the overall
Average number of employees (thousands individuals) 128,0 131,2 Turnover of enterprises (mil. lei) 40113,3 37254,2
42674 employees were conducting their activities in the R&d sector, roughly the same number registered
Employees in ICT In 2012,131. 200 of employees were active in the field of TIC, around 3%of the overall workforce.
The increased investments in broadband connections and infrastructure, as well as the investments in innovation of TIC products and services type e-commerce will have as direct implication the increase of
%ï The main segments of Internet users opposite to their occupational status are those of skilled/unskilled workers (20%),pupils/students (19%)and engineers, physicians, architects
employees Source: The Labour Inspection Purchasing a vehicle Registration of the vehicle 1. Obtaining a certificate of
the employer to the employees that are to be dismissed 3. The employment agencies support the newly unemployed in searching of
fault of the employee, he/she shall High In 2012 ï 3, 686 people suffered an
employee's compensation procedures are initiated 2011, the number of accidents has dropped by 8 %Source: The Ministry
Romanian Association of Consultants on Accessing European Funds Romanian Association for the Software and Electronics
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