Descripción del proyecto
Una ayuda para que las pymes adopten tecnologías digitales
La iniciativa 4Manufacturing es un nuevo enfoque revolucionario desarrollado en asociación con la industria para ayudar a los fabricantes, en particular a las pymes, a comprender y adoptar las tecnologías digitales. Ya hay 230 pymes en el Reino Unido que lo han puesto en práctica para mejorar la productividad, la competitividad y el crecimiento. El proyecto RCT4MANU, financiado con fondos europeos, propone el uso del método de ensayo de control aleatorizado (ECA) para evaluar el impacto de las tecnologías digitales sobre las pymes. Gracias a él, las pymes obtendrán pruebas mucho más rigurosas sobre el valor de 4Manufacturing, este programa de experimentación de la agencia de innovación. Aún más, los socios del proyecto aspiran a demostrar el valor de los ECA como una poderosa herramienta de evaluación para la puesta en práctica de futuras políticas.
Objetivo
This proposal outlines a programme of innovation agency experimentation supported by randomised control trials (RCTs). It focuses on the example of an innovation support initiative the partners have developed & piloted called “4Manufacturing®”. This initiative aims to support the very current topic of “industrie 4.0”: in particular it tackles the “diffusion” & adoption of industrial digitisation technologies (IDTs) by manufacturing SMEs. 4Manufacturing® appears to be highly promising based on 230 SME engagements and great appetite from regional stakeholders. It is innovative in the way that it provides a means of supporting the deployment of innovation in a manner that is structured (eg. utilising quantitative measures of adoption (attainment levels) around 22 themes). Thereby 4Manufacturing® appears to offer the potential for scale-up and enhanced return on the investment of public monies in this topic. Through this programme, and RCTs in particular, the agencies involved intend to build much more rigorous evidence for the value of this approach, and refine our understanding regarding how to refine & scale the initiative up.
The findings will also facilitate the deployment of the same approach in other thematic areas, and/or particular sectors, and other geographies (eg. across the EU).
More broadly still, the partners hope, through the programme, to learn how they can be more effective in experimenting the way they deliver innovation support, demonstrating the value of RCTs as a powerful tool for future policy implementation and evaluation. A key part of the programme is the dissemination (utilising the partners’ strong connections and experience disseminating across Europe) of the learnings across the EU to enable other innovation agencies likewise to experiment, using an evidence-based approach, and ultimately deliver more effective innovation support with improved returns on public investment.
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Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoriaConvocatoria de subcontratación
H2020-INNOSUP-2018-06-two-stage
Régimen de financiación
CSA - Coordination and support actionCoordinador
SN2 1FL Swindon
Reino Unido