The Impact of the action in terms of the service packages delivered can be generally described as follows:
- for the service package on “Key account management” for the beneficiaries of the SME instrument a general positive impact can be describes, taking into account the fact that the during the SGA3, PROSME consortium delivered 2 KAM services for the second successful Phase 1 SME Instrument project/company in RO3 region.
The companies are both active in the ITC business field, with special interests and applications as follows: the first company, chronologically develops a software solution for precision farming based on a real-time land monitoring system, adaptable to all types of crops, scalable for different agricultural areas and accessible for all types of farms, being a low-cost solution; the second is a blockchain technology application offering patients and medical doctors an immutable log of healthcare records with a view to ensure better health outcomes and lower costs.
- for the service package on “Enhancing SME innovation management capacity” a general positive impact may be described, directly for the competitiveness and specific managerial and consulting knowledge of the actors involved, client companies as well as PROSME consultant, and indirectly for the RO3 SMEs, as potential beneficiaries of EEN PROSME services. In order to achieve these results the following activities were carried-out: innovation management assessment and bench marking exercises followed by action plans development and implementation with a view to improve innovation activities and innovation management performance of the client SME.
Moreover, after analyzing the plotted data, we can concluded that the sample size (29 subjects) is too small in order to compute indicators with statistical significance but the simple plot of data might be a starting point for further investigation.
