Innovation Management Support for SMEs

Informacje na temat projektu

Innosupport

Identyfikator umowy o grant: 739557

DOI

10.3030/739557

Projekt został zamknięty

Data podpisania przez KE 26 Kwietnia 2017

Data rozpoczęcia 1 Stycznia 2017

Data zakończenia 31 Grudnia 2018

Finansowanie w ramach

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Koszt całkowity

€ 50 500,00

Wkład UE

€ 50 500,00

Koordynowany przez

IMG INNOVATIONS MANAGEMENT GMBH
Germany

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - Innosupport (Innovation Management Support for SMEs)

Okres sprawozdawczy: 2017-01-01 do 2018-12-31

Podsumowanie kontekstu i ogólnych celów projektu

The general objective of the described action is to contribute to smart growth in the European Union by increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of investments in research, development and innovation and by contributing to a better and more efficient connection of actors along the innovation chain.
To achieve the above mentioned objectives the proposed grant shall:
a) Identify bottlenecks to the creation of economic impact in companies benefitting from grants by Horizon2020's SME instrument and address these bottlenecks with the help of capable coaches. This service to beneficiaries of the SME instrument in the context of a giving project is called 'Key account management'.
b) Increase the efficiency and effectiveness of innovation processes in small and medium sized enterprises with significant innovation activities that could potentially become beneficiaries of European support to research and innovation but would not have effective access to consulting services for innovation management. This service, provided independently from a specific innovation project and focussing on a company's innovation management system, is called 'Enhancing the innovation management capacity of SMEs

Prace wykonane od początku projektu do końca okresu sprawozdawczego oraz najważniejsze dotychczasowe rezultaty

The described strategy in the FPA was successfully implemented by all partners.
The objective was to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of innovation processes in small and medium sized enterprises with significant innovation. This service, provided independently from a specific innovation project and focussing on a company's innovation management system.
In two out of three SME instrument phase 1 beneficiaries led to a successful coaching.
Cooperation agreements with regional stakeholders (ISB an IHK) and the scale up project under COSME helped to identify SME for the EIMC service. Although three companies are interested in an innovation audit. In all three cases only kick off meetings, explaining the methodology took take place but the IMProve audits did not start in the reporting period.

Innowacyjność oraz oczekiwany potencjalny wpływ (w tym dotychczasowe znaczenie społeczno-gospodarcze i szersze implikacje społeczne projektu)

There is a clear relation between the competitiveness of (national) economies and their expenditure in research, development and innovation (RDI). However, on the company level this relation is less obvious. In fact, a company's share of revenue re-invested in RDI is not a strong predictor of the company's growth performance. Growth champions within a sector tend to have significantly better 'innovation management' ideas, they are more efficient in translating the more promising ones into projects and they are more capable of filtering out ideas which do not generate great expectations.

Enhancing SME’s innovation management will first of all help SME in their innovation readiness. Companies consulted in the described way will better understand what is needed for proper management of innovation projects and how to foster new developments.