Innovation in SMEs | Innovation Management
Small- and Medium- sized Enterprises (SMEs) that are EU-based or established in a country associated to Horizon 2020 (thus including SMEs from Western Balkan countries) are encouraged to participate across the whole Horizon 2020 programme. The objective of ‘Innovation in SMEs’ is to optimise the Research, Development & Innovation environment for SMEs, including through the establishment and facilitation of a range of support services, with the aim of strengthening the innovation capacity of SMEs and creating value on the market and/or into society, thus underpinning the Europe2020 strategy for smart, inclusive and sustainable growth. A range of actions contributes to building innovation management capacity for Small and Medium 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. It is a process that encompasses the whole range of decisions, activities and measures in order to facilitate the transfer of an idea into the business value. This process can be applied for all kind of ideas, whether it is about a product, process or a service. The focus of the Innovation Management is to provide the set of measures and tools which will facilitate the inventors to respond to the challenges in the whole innovation cycle and to turn their ideas into successful innovations on the market.
Innovation in SMEs | Innovation Management was in focus of the WBC-RTI.info newsletter in September/October 2016. Related article is available here. Please find below also a selection of the topic related articles.
News
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EU to set up new European Partnerships
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Events
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Webinar on Innovation procurement
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OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Outlook 2021 - Insights for EU policy debates
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Navigating through the Social Innovation Tournament application process
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Organisations
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Women in Tech® is an international organization with a double mission: to close the gender gap and to help women embrace technology. The organization focuses on 4 primary areas that are a call for...
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TAFTIE (The European Network of Innovation Agencies)
This is a group of 29 organisations from 28 European countries has established an intense collaboration in the field of the implementation of national technology Programmes. This is to the benefit of ...
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Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Tirana
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Calls
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This COSME call for proposals will support beneficiaries, who will act as Innovation Procurement Brokers, to develop and implement a sustainable method for facilitating public procurement of innovation...
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The Regional Challenge Fund (RCF) is announcing the 1st call for Expression of Interest to support investments in cooperative training projects which is open for applications from the six Western Balkans...
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CERIC Call for Proposals now OPEN
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Documents
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Digital Innovation Profile Montenegro
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The design and implementation of mission-oriented innovation policies
A new systemic policy approach to address societal challenges
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Commission Notice: Guidance on Innovation Procurement
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Links
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European network of competence centres for innovation procurement
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EC Website on Green Public Procurement (GPP).
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Innovation Procurement Toolkit
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Projects
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European countries face the formidable challenge of providing adequate, affordable and sustainable support to their ageing populations. Socially innovative approaches are required in order to manage the...
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