small and medium sized enterprises (SMES) that wish to sell biometric technologies ABC4TRUST Attribute-based Credentials for Trust
The ICT innovation voucher aims to support micro-enterprises and SMES to use digital technologies to innovate and increase
Micro-enterprises and SMES benefitting from a voucher can exchange the latter against ICT services, including
and Enterprise Ireland, BT and Microsoft for the provision of physical and electronic facilities to support the activities of
Enterprise Ireland to establish a healthcare technology cluster. The government should also ensure that the public procurement process encourages
enterprises such as airlines, insurance and banking, the transformation needed cannot take place without significant investment in ICT and the co-requisite business process
Enterprise-wide collaboration software Overview The Secretaria Municipal de Saã de de Belo Horizonte (SMSA-BH), reorganised its
Enterprise Ireland to establish a healthcare technology cluster. The government should also ensure that the public procurement process encourages R&d
IT for Healthcare, Market Trends, Nov 2008, Enterprise Ireland Euro Health Consumer Index 2009 Report, Arne Bjã rnberg, Ph d.,Beatriz Cebolla Garrofã
For instance, various enterprises designed platforms which allow users to set their privacy and access control policies
Small and medium enterprises (SMES) have been considered one of the †driving forces†of modern economies due to their multifaceted contributions in terms of technological
potential to spur growth of individual enterprises at the micro level and aggregate industries and economies at the macro level
which covered 648 micro enterprises on a sample basis and 1358 small scale enterprises on a census basis across all industries
in the manufacturing sector (Bala Subrahmanya et al. 2001. The study found that 258 about 40 per cent) micro enterprises and 716 (about 53 per cent) small scale enterprises
had undertaken technological innovations primarily due to external factors such as competition, technological change, customer requirements, and internal factor of self
rural districts had the highest proportions of small scale industry (SSI) enterprises engaged in R&d and innovations.
equipments & parts (37) industries had the highest proportions of SSI enterprises engaged in R&d and innovations (Bala Subrahmanya et al. 2001.
enterprises each in the three sectors, we did an item analysis for the questions excluding
structure of the SMES was skewed more towards micro and small enterprises than towards medium sized enterprises
Given this, it would be appropriate to know how many of the SMES in the three sectors
Enterprises we derived the output deflator for 2005/6. Using this output deflator, we 10 converted the value of the 2005/6 sales at current prices into value at constant (2001/2
the market base of an enterprise and grow. Given this, it would be difficult to say whether
whether the former has any influence on enterprise growth. To ascertain the influence, we have carried out a regression analysis with the
for the rest (since the investment limit for an enterprise to be considered small was Rs. 1
largely confined to winning of awards from large enterprise customers and financial institutions Innovative SMES registered higher growth relative to non-innovative SMES in terms of
†Technological Innovations in Small Enterprises: A Comparative Perspective of Bangalore (India) and Northeast England (UK) â€.
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. Geneva: World Intellectual Property Organization 14 Chaminade, C, . and J. Vang (2006).
†The Changing State of British Enterprise Growth, Innovation and Competitive Advantage in Small and Medium Sized Firmsâ€
An Assessment of Enterprises in Industrial South Walesâ€. Paper presented at the 41st European Regional Association Meeting, 29 Augustâ€
†Technology, Innovation and Enterprise †the European Experienceâ€. Paper presented at the Workshop of the ICSB 41st World Conference, 17†19 june, Stockholm
and Medium Enterprises (2007). Annual Report 2006/07. New Delhi: Government of India National Knowledge Commission (NKC)( 2007.
†The State of British Enterprise: Growth, Innovation and Competitive Advantage in Small and Medium-Sized Firmsâ€.
Influence of innovation sales on enterprise growth Dependent variable: GVA growth Variables Coefficients Kg 0. 30 (4. 39
enterprises. Given these problems along with the changes in the marketplace and the proliferation of proprietary ICT tools, the transition to interoperability
recruitment became a preeminent concern for the HIE enterprise, if it was to be viable.
can create a significant barrier to the entire enterprise of regional/national integration. Until the least advanced participants, be they hospitals or
common set of guidelines to measure ICT usage in enterprises and in households and is adopted today widely by national statistics offices
of a call from DG Enterprise and Industry within the PRO INNO Europeâ initiative. The purpose
Enterprise Ireland (IE), FFG (AU), NL Agency NL), Tekes (FI), Technology Strategy Board (UK and VINNOVA (SE.
programmes for young innovative enterprises VIGO-programme in connection with NIY -programme For the stimulation of demand of innovation
finnish programme Young Innovative Enterprises on the other. Through an increased use of ICT -systems, governments can address both high
to not only DG Enterprise and Industry, but also DG Research and DG Regio 2. 1 Purpose of Synthesis report
Enterprise and Industry within the PRO INNO Europeâ initiative. PRO INNO aims at innovation policy analysis and cooperation in Europe, with a
result, DG Enterprise and Industry launched a call to mobilise those innovation agencies and innovation service providers that are strongest
Enterprise Ireland (IE), FFG (AU), NL Agency NL), Tekes (FI), Technology Strategy Board UK) and VINNOVA (SE.
Innovative Enterprise-programme and The french Venture capital Guarantee programme •Do not replace market actors, but try to foster
example is the Enterprise One scheme run by SPRING Singapore that gathers support on a web
and medium sized enterprises and most promising sectors. We will consult with industry and researchers on a plan to focus the Government†s $9. 2
require productivity improvements to be discussed in enterprise agreement negotiations •The Government will task the Productivity Commission to review Australia†s workplace
and accelerate the growth prospects of our high-potential small and medium sized enterprises and most promising sectors.
help small and medium enterprises increase exports; and â€'boosting Export Market Development Grants by $50 million
enterprises seeking to enter global value chains •The Government will consult with industry and researchers on a plan to focus the
and other imposts on Australian enterprises work against these advantages. For example in its †Opportunity at Risk†report, the Minerals Council of Australia (2012) noted that in
and medium enterprises •to improve our workplace relations system, the Government is amending the Fair Work
where productive, self-reliant enterprises can flourish. Government also has a role to address gaps and deficiencies in markets where they lead to significant social, environmental and
tax compliance costs of around $18 billion for the Australian small and medium enterprise business sector in 2011-12 (Lignier et al, 2014.
the training needs of small to medium enterprises not readily met by the national training system.
prioritise assistance to small and medium enterprises (SMES TPO00007 An action plan for a stronger Australia
purposes only if it is covered by an enterprise agreement, or it has been invited. Further the Bill ensures the Fair Work Commission can properly deal with excessive right of entry
enterprise agreements to restrict the use of IFAS. This means that employees covered by an enterprise agreement may be denied the opportunity for more suitable workplace
arrangements even if their employer agrees. The Bill provides workers with fair flexibility by ensuring IFAS can be made in relation to a minimum of five key conditions
Work laws enable industrial action in support of claims for a new enterprise agreement before bargaining has commenced.
and business during enterprise bargaining and only in support of claims that are not manifestly
for an enterprise agreement Boosting the workforce participation of parents The Government aims to boost women†s workforce participation to help increase Australia†s
For example, small and medium enterprises face challenges in obtaining useful information about overseas markets and about the detailed
and medium enterprises, accelerating industry growth and job creation. Much of this information is akin to a public good,
where its use by one enterprise does not preclude use by another. This could cause it to be undersupplied
000 for small and medium enterprises to engage university or science agency (e g. CSIRO) researchers on specific projects
enterprises that cannot be met readily by the existing national training system. The Fund will prioritise assistance to SMES to position themselves to take advantage of new technology
refocusing EFIC to increase its capacity to finance small and medium enterprises. It also boosted
which will help small and medium enterprises increase exports. EFIC provides finance and insurance solutions to assist Australian exporters
enterprises to develop the desired product characteristics. Specialist advice on intellectual property protection, marketing and exporting
and medium enterprises succeed in these markets. In addition, the Centre would work with regulators to improve the efficiency of
ups and other small enterprises develop. CAMAC (2014) recommended an alternative regulatory framework be developed which could boost competitiveness and innovation
SME Small and Medium Enterprise STEM Science, technology, engineering and mathematics VET Vocational education and Training
plight of the small and medium enterprise business sector. Australian Tax Forum, 29 (2 217-247
the government will establish favourable conditions for competitive enterprises throughout norway and develop a society where we provide for our needs while
We must make a concerted effort. enterprises in the private and the public sectors must take upon themselves the responsibility for innovation. the
part of enterprises day-to-day efforts to develop better products for their customers and generate greater value for their owners. no undertakings today escape the
demand to make continuous improvements. the authorities must provide enterprises with more possibilities to be innovative,
now we will establish strategy councils for small and medium-sized enterprises and environmental technology
the government will establish better conditions for small and medium-sized enterprises We want more women,
to innovation at their workplaces and to start their own enterprises the quality of the education system must be strengthened
enterprises and industrial environments throughout norway. our enterprises are themselves responsible for utilising the potential that exists in the market, and many
authorities are responsible to create conditions that improve the enterprises potential to be innovative Creative human beings that share their knowledge and experience, and apply their
it is becoming increasingly important for norwegian enterprises to be aware of how to protect their innovations, for example, through patents, trademarks and design rights
enterprises shall grow And develop, And thereby grasp the great Possibilities Available to them in the globalised world
in 2004, norwegian small and medium-sized enterprises employed 57 percent of the norwegian workforce and constituted 54 percent of total sales. altogether 99 percent of
all norwegian enterprises are small-size. in many ways, these enterprises constitute the backbone of norwegian industry, thereby contributing to innovation, wealth creation
and jobs throughout norway. it is therefore important to examine the conditions of small and medium-sized enterprises
the government wants to see more people being given the opportunity to become entrepreneurs and starting their own businesses. that is why the government will
access to capital is essential for newly established enterprises. the government wants to see effective public sector measures in the capital market conducive to the implementation
Develop an overall industrial strategy for small and medium-sized enterprises elucidate the need for new measures to support female entrepreneurs,
enterprises shall grow And develop, And thereby grasp the great Possibilities Available to them in the globalised world
-nationally leading enterprises in their sectors. there is a considerable potential for industrial development in the high north
initiatives at companies, universities, colleges, health enterprises and institutes ensure that today†s and tomorrow†s undertakings are equipped better for the future
enterprises and institutes participate in international research collaboration and are important entryways for knowledge and technology developed in different countries
because small and medium sized enterprises (SMES) are failing to exploit the benefits of technology.
ï encourage creation and growth of innovative enterprises ï improve key interfaces in the innovation system
Innobarometer is an opinion poll conducted among enterprises to gather their appreciation of innova -tion challenges (see http://europa. eu. int/comm/enterprise/innovation/index. htm
Although EU and national policies have identified innovation in SMES as a cornerstone of future eco
http://www. ost. gov. uk/enterprise/dtiwhite/foreword. html) from 2000 outlines the UK Government's pro
-nesses in the South East England region, especially through their network of Enterprise Hubs and
Enterprise Gateways Office for Science & Technology: This website www. ost. gov. uk/science links. htm provides good links
http://europa. eu. int/comm/enterprise/innovation/./It states â€oeup to now, DG Enterprise's actions for
innovation policy have been financed from two of the specific programmes of the 6th Framework Pro -gramme for Research and development (SP 1: 11,5 millions, SP 2: 348 millions for 2003-2006) and its
-gramme for Enterprises (starting in 2006) †For the UK details relate to the White paper on innovation,
www. ost. gov. uk/enterprise/dtiwhite /The HM Treasury website sets out the UK ten-year investment framework for science and innovation
based enterprises, research centres, institutes) from their available technology ï To improve the productivity of the technological factors
and Medium Enterprises, Warwick Business school, University of Warwick, United kingdom 1997 ï Brown, David, Innovation Management Tools:
the enterprise is able to formulate and implement the strategy leading to its business aims
determinants of success for an enterprise or an organization. On the contrary, in the Knowledge So -ciety, the company†s future and success are determined henceforth by their ability to turn to their ad
step, but effective IP management means more than just protecting an enterprise's inventions, trade -marks, designs, or copyright.
portfolio of IP must be viewed as a collection of key assets that add significant value to the enterprise
In addition, enterprises, which search systematically for conflicting IP rights of others prior to seeking IP protection, are able to avoid unnec
and enterprise worldwide by rewarding the owners of trademarks with recognition and financial profit. Trademark protection also hinders the efforts of unfair
and enterprise to produce and market goods and services in the fairest possible conditions, thereby facilitating international trade
-sonably accessible to small and medium-sized enterprises as well as to individual artists and crafts -men, in both industrialized and developing countries
For most small and medium-sized enterprises (SMES), marketing products or services is a major chal
is involved your enterprise in the creation, recording, publication, dissemination, distribution or retailing of artistic, musical or literary works?
New Patented Fabric is Key to Enterprise Success †Grindi Srl The story of Grindi Srl. is closely related to the development of the Suberisâ
Sooner or later, many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMES) operate in more than one market selling their products
Enterprise S is a young start-up company from Luxembourg. Its activities are focused on the software and the Internet business.
The owner of Enterprises S. learnt about intellectual property issues by attending seminars and con
Large enterprises that have significant financial resources often pursue a strategy of procuring and maintaining a large quantity of patents.
Enterprises willing to extract full value from their know-how and creativity should take adequate steps to develop an IP strategy for their business
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMES) represent over 90%of enterprises in most countries worldwide.
The company gives support to enterprises in activities such as project conception (including realisation of prototypes), overall project management,
The competence of enterprises to market new products and/or services, to keep their processes up
nevertheless there are many SME enterprises that do not focus enough on these areas. Often they are lacking basic building blocks of Human resources Management
enterprise culture Modern teaching and learning methods "Innosupport: Supporting Innovation in SMES "-10.1.0. Introduction page 209 of 271
are great challenges for innovation strategies of the enterprises which in turn lead to complex qualification requirements of the employees
Lacking qualification can turn out to be a bottleneck in the innovation process in an enterprise
when enterprises design and carry out their innovation, mainly from the technological aspect, without preparing their human resources in a suitable way
prerequisite for an enterprise to actively carry out its process of changes, and thus remain at the
The human resource becomes a decisive factor in the innovation ability of enterprises 10.1.3. How: Systematic training management training concept
By means of some examples from real life (SMES only) we wish to show which measures enterprises
the enterprise and the employee from this training measure are made clear before the event After attending the seminar a follow-up interview takes place where the participants jointly find out how
If required, the company Winkelbauer (engineering enterprise with 46 employees) organises events under the title â€oeedp:
The Gosch Consulting company (Consulting enterprise with 30 employees) has compiled a database with the title â€oemarket place of experienceâ€oe.
and the compatibility of the enterprise. However, whereas big companies have their own de -partments for preparing their employees for future requirements, professional human re
-sources development is looked often vainly for in medium-sized and small enterprises. In this paper you will learn where cooperation makes sense for an SME,
have, what an enterprise striving for a joint staff development unit has to do, and what the ex
-ager of the enterprise through successive layers of management to the individual worker who touches
Enterprise Resource Planning Software System Better stock man -agement Better warehouse management Larger product rota
sized Enterprises (SMES. The project is working with four main audiences, across the built environment, focusing on Contractors, Specialist Subcontractors, Consultants, and Local Au
-ing TNAS for start-up businesses, rural businesses and social enterprises www. sircon. co. uk/sirius-software/your focus. asp
-panied by a worldwide globalisation of industry and puts special demands on enterprises in competi
solved, especially for small and medium enterprises Thus successful innovation networks allow the individual network partner to gain access to re
In this connection, ability for innovation is an important property for the development of enterprises in
ï †legally independent enterprises pool their business relations as far as their innovations po -tentials are concerned
ï †stable relations are formed between enterprises and other players (training and research in -stitutions, political players, etc,
The following illustration shows an overview-from the point of view of an individual enterprise †and
About 30 enterprises have united under the umbrella name of ICON (after several stages of analysis and pre-selection processes
enterprise "Innosupport: Supporting Innovation in SMES "-11. Innovation networks page 236 of 271 11.6.1. 1st Step:
Enterprises from the field of plant production (focussing in SMES formed the ICON network Step 1:
There are strategic links possible between the enterprises ï Cultural prerequisites Enterprises accepts other enterprise cultures
ï Fundamental prerequisites Enterprises want to reach joint goals "Innosupport: Supporting Innovation in SMES "-11. Innovation networks
page 237 of 271 11.6.2. 2nd Step: Strategy development 2nd Step: Strategy development An essential building block for a strategy development in a network is the know-how and the compe
-tences existing in the individual enterprises. Within the framework of a development of a network
while to define individual strategic business units as a basis for further enterprise planning Step 2:
in the enterprises "Innosupport: Supporting Innovation in SMES "-11. Innovation networks page 238 of 271
Representatives of the individual enterprises so-called Change Agents-jointly work in inter-enterprise innovation teams on the concrete parts of the strategy of the network,
introduce changes in the individual enterprises The frame for innovative ideas is formed by the bundling up of the competences and the knowledge
present in the enterprises supplemented by the cooperation with more enterprises, customers and external know-how carriers
ï Inter-enterprise innovation teams for product market finding ï Bundling of competences/know how available in the enterprises
ï Integration of further enterprises/customers/external know-how carriers ï Introduction of changes in the individual enterprises
"Innosupport: Supporting Innovation in SMES "-11. Innovation networks page 239 of 271 11.6.4. 4th Step:
Strategy implementation 4th Step: Strategy implementation Innovative yields of the joint work of the innovation teams,
intensification of the idea of linking in the sense of inter-enterprise project management, a bundling of
-enterprise project management, inter-organisational knowledge base "Innosupport: Supporting Innovation in SMES "-11. Innovation networks page 241 of 271
-how build up in the network and in the individual enterprises Step 6: Further development by
Increase the know how/technology intensity of the network and the enterprises "Innosupport: Supporting Innovation in SMES
ï Small and medium enterprises gain strategic spaces by o The improvement of their own innovation behaviour
and cooperation on an enterprise level the positioning of a country/region as a whole is of outstanding
and carried by enterprises, universities and research institutions other than universities as well as by central regional players
ï Marked sense of innovation in the enterprises ï Efficient research institutions of international format inside and outside universities
of an enterprise is its competitiveness. What factors are those that may guarantee the required com
enterprise is a success and things are running smoothly, we should not stop at this point.
-ing to successful development of the enterprise and expanding the staff†s horizons and enriching their
Increased KNOWLEDGE and AWARENESS will give the enterprise ï Development ï Progress ï Competitiveness ï A stable market position
small and medium-sized enterprises (SMES) are no more immune to the challenges that the globalization brings about.
R&d, Research & development, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME This Paper should be referred to as following
2. 2 Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMES...5 2. 3 Connecting SMES to Innovation...
Even small and medium-sized enterprises (SMES) are no more immune to the challenges that the globalization brings about.
2. 2 Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMES The term â€oesmall and medium-sized enterprises†(SMES) consists of two components:
An enterprise, as defined by the European commission (EC) in Article 1 of its recommendation on â€oedefinition
SMES which represented 99%of all enterprises in the enlarged European union of 25 countries while providing around 75 million jobs (EC, 2003b.
Bonn1, SMES accounted for 99.7%of all enterprises in year 2005 and provided employment to 70.9%of all employed persons in 2006 (Ifm, 2007b.
portal†data, show that the high percentage of SMES amongst all enterprises continues to remain high.
miniscule 0. 33%of all enterprises. Of 3, 215,238 enterprises active on the aforementioned date an overwhelming 3, 204,519 were SMES (with less than 250 employees.
2 These data exemplarily demonstrate the key-role which SMES play in Germany†s economy.
Notwithstanding their large share in all enterprises and the overall employment generated SMES in Germany continue to remain week on the revenue front
enterprises in Germany in 2005 went into SMES€ account (Ifm, 2007b At the same time, the increasing globalization is bringing in more competition in the home
micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, Annex Title I †DEFINITION OF MICRO SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION€
European commission (2003/361/EC EC (2003b: The new SME definition: User guide and Model declaration, Publications
in the information technology field, there are growing competitive pressures for enterprises of all sizes to respond quickly to the very latest developments affecting their sectors.
enterprises What are the policy obstacles to innovation by SMES 4. The OECD recently conducted a survey of SME and other representative business
enterprises 14. The availability to enterprises of relevant information (technical, commercial, etc. is essential to successful innovation.
SMES often have problems in finding information. What should governments be doing to support information programmes
Inadequate access to technological know-how •Foster links between enterprises and research centres and laboratories
larger enterprises. However, this misconception has been negated by Kaufmann and Todtling (2002) who highlight that
especially for small and medium enterprises III. METHODOLOGY For the present study, sample consisted of SMES belonging
medium enterprises. Paper presented at the 20th International Business Information management Conference (IBIMA. International Business Information management Association, pp. 794-809
Small and medium enterprises SMES) competing in the global business environment A case of Malaysia.
enterprise performance. Strategic management journal, 28 (13), 1319-1350 Mathematical Methods in Engineering and Economics
Enterprises. Innovation management capacity is the internal ability of companies to manage innovation processes from the generation of the idea to its profitability on the market
to the Enterprise Europe Network 3, a key player in improving SMES'access to funding opportunities
COSME (EU Programme for the Competitiveness of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 4 Enterprise Europe Network 3
The Eurostars programme 5 Official Eurostars communication 8 The SME instrument 1 Source URL: http://ec. europa. eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/h2020-section/innovation-smes
/4 http://ec. europa. eu/enterprise/initiatives/cosme/index en. htm 5 http://www. eurostars-eureka. eu
7. Innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises Revised This Work Programme was adopted on 10 december 2013.
Enterprise Europe Network...27 2-Adapting and maintaining the innovation management assessment tools to support †Enhancing
capacity of industry depends not only on large enterprises with market power but crucially on ambitious entrepreneurs and small enterprises aiming for radical innovations and fast growth
Horizon 2020 and the Competiveness and SME programme (COSME) will be the major instruments to provide direct support and a favourable environment for growth of SMES.
instruments for technology and innovation based enterprises. The domains of major activities of the COSME programme are:
establish a solid high-potential innovation project aligned to the enterprise strategy and with a
Bottlenecks in the ability to increase profitability of the enterprise through innovation shall be detected and analysed during phase 1 and addressed during phase
phase 2. This service will be accessible via the Enterprise Europe Network and delivered by a
enterprises. Public support pays much less attention to the creation of favourable ecosystem for SME innovation in which public enterprises, SME intermediaries, direct and indirect
customers, end-users, suppliers and enterprises with complementary skills are encouraged to collaborate for radical innovation that may not yet be described
and formulated as project Emerging innovation trends help SMES overcome some of the size disadvantages they face
The Enterprise Europe Network present in all European regions and co-financed by them and the Member States is
for the collaboration and integration of different innovation actors, including large enterprises and especially SMES, across different sectors towards the implementation of a joint vision
http://ec. europa. eu/enterprise/policies/industrial-competitiveness/industrial-policy/intellectual-property -rights/index en. htm
regional consortia of the Enterprise Europe Network and system of National Contact Points for the different parts of Horizon 2020) and other relevant organisations
http://ec. europa. eu/enterprise/policies/industrial-competitiveness/industrial-policy/intellectual-property -rights/index en. htm
for Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SME) or individual inventors. Such enterprises or individuals frequently do not have the knowledge or human resources to effectively use and
manage IPR. Such entities would be able to better use their intellectual capital if: 1. they had
http://ec. europa. eu/enterprise/policies/industrial-competitiveness/industrial-policy/intellectual-property -rights/index en. htm
providers,(e g. the Enterprise Europe Network, private consultancy) and the different IPR Helpdesks. This measure should also contribute to improve
However, it becomes evident that only a small number of enterprises using the platform have
ï make such new services accessible for enterprises in sectors that are typically not yet benefitting from innovation support
are open and bring together already a critical mass of enterprises and innovation stakeholders Establishing such platforms will not be supported
the services of Enterprise Europe Network †is enhanced ï Resources in public innovation support are reoriented from information and brokerage
It will be delivered in cooperation with the Enterprise Europe Network which will initiate, broker and monitor the coach-SME relationship as well
either participating in the consortium or as third party enterprises mainly SMES. This topic allows for the provisions of financial support
the Enterprise Europe Network Lack of innovation management capacity is recognised as an important barrier to creating
The Enterprise Europe Network is a European-wide network of public, public-private and private providers of support services to SMES established for the period 2008-14 under the
The Enterprise Europe Network is a therefore a suitable structure to introduce services â€oeenhancing the innovation management capacity of
The services will be provided in the current Enterprise Europe Network in the year 2014 and as distinct element of the Enterprise Europe Network (2015-21.
To that end the action is broken down in two elements I. Service provision in 2014 In 2014, under the Enterprise Europe Network established for the period 2008-2014 2000
SMES across Europe shall receive a 7-day service package that includes an innovation management capacity assessment, a gap analysis and the provision of 5 days of targeted
the Enterprise Europe Network consortia. In each consortium, Network partners willing to HORIZON 2020 †WORK PROGRAMME 2014-2015
framework partnership agreement of the Enterprise Europe Network consortium Type of action: Grants to identified beneficiaries-Coordination and support actions
the coordinators of the 2008-14 Enterprise Europe network projects on behalf of the regional and national consortia.
amounts is provided on the Enterprise Europe Network website (http://een. ec. europa. eu Timeframe: First quarter of 2014
2015/16 will be the first phase of operation of a renewed Enterprise Europe Network. The legal base for the COSME programme foresees that the Enterprise Europe Network could be
used to deliver actions addressing SMES from other EU programmes under the condition that these programmes provide the necessary additional funding.
The Enterprise Europe Network for the period 2015-21 will be established through an open call for proposals to be published
operations of the Enterprise Europe Network under COSME. The eligible costs of the action are restricted to the staff costs of the qualified staff members and indirect costs at the standard
Specific grant under the framework partnership awarded to the Enterprise Europe Network following the 2014 call under COSME
-priced by the high daily rates paid by large enterprises for high-quality consulting. In order to address these market failures,
of Enterprise Europe Network) that work in regions with a weakly developed consulting base and no own assessment and consulting tools;
number of regions the initial introduction in the context of the Enterprise Europe Network of
innovation agents, tools to support the enterprise in identifying gaps and building-up internal capacities for reverse innovation and others.
Enterprise and industrial innovation opportunities, in terms of products, services and organisational innovation, and innovation processes are getting more diverse by the
Even in the enterprises themselves, in particular in SMES, the concept of innovation is focused often overly on product and technological innovation while strategic
Enterprises no longer want to exploit only knowledge developed at home in foreign markets, but seek to source new
enterprises innovate specifically for these markets building on local expertise and inventiveness. Seizing an opportunity in third countries can,
mainly driven by large enterprises and especially multinational firms, but not exclusively More and more young, fast-growing SMES are established with an international business
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