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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Western Balkans in the EU Innovation Scoreboard
The recently published European Innovation Scoreboard 2020 provides a comprehensive and comparative analysis of innovation performance in EU countries, other European countries, and regional neighbors...
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New report on funding landscape for women-driven businesses published
On 29 June 2020, a new report on “Funding women entrepreneurs: How to empower growth” was published. The report was prepared jointly by the EIB and European Commission and provides a market overview...
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NTP Science and Technology Park – Montenegro's biggest investment in Innovation
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Events
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Teaching data skills to enterpreneurs
As part of its ongoing commitment to the digitalization of the economy, the EU states that “data-driven business models are the engine of Europe’s growth, industrial transformation, and job creation...
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ReMaT workshop: Research Management Training for early career researchers
This ReMaT workshop is designed for early-stage researchers, particularly PhD candidates from the 2nd year onwards. The idea of European networking is very much embedded in the concept, and we encourage...
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ISPIM Inovation Conference VIRTUAL 2020
Join The Premier Virtual Innovation Conference!
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Organisations
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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
CCIT employes 43 employees. It is one of few organizations in Albania having a special department – the Centre for Business Research and Training (ACBRT), dedicated to the development projects and trainings...
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The Istrian Development Agency (IDA) Ltd. was founded by the Istrian Region and its 9 towns on December 14th 1999 as an operational body entrusted with the implementation of development programmes in ...
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Calls
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Calls for Expert: SME Instrument
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STARTUP3 Business and Growth Programme aims to build an ecosystem where cluster SMEs, technology SMEs, market-oriented researchers, deep tech ventures, individual innovators/researchers with innovative...
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Danube Energy+: Open Call for Young Innovators
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Documents
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The entrepreneurial employee in public and private sector – What, Why, How
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The COVID-19 pandemic hit the six Western Balkans1(WB6) amidst a reacceleration of economic activity and promising economic outlook for 2020 (EC, 2020). With the rapid spreading of the coronavirus in ...
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European Court of Auditors publishes report on SME Instrument
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Links
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Albanian National Startup and Innovation Program
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Western Balkans 6 Chamber Investment Forum (WB6 CIF)
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Innovation Cloud is a free online Idea management software created by Intranea Solutions LTD that enables you to collect ideas 24/7, cross-functional collaboration and gives your top managers to efficiently...
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Projects
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For the European deep-tech start-up scene to grow sustainably and achieve its potential impact, access to real market problems and test beds is required. It is our vision to build smart spaces ecosystem...
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The 7 regional maritime territories focused by BLUE_BOOST PJT (Zadar county; Marche, F.V.G. and Apulia regions; Western Greece and Central Macedonia regions; coastal areas of Durres, Vlora, Saranda and...
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