The impact of the services provided depends on the type of service provided. The KAM services related to funded project proposals have a direct and measurable impact, which is described in each project proposal funded by the EU. All of them, the best projects among the best ones, describe new markets access, consolidation of current markets, increase of turnover, maintenance of jobs and creation of new jobs. The EIC Accelerator and SME Instrument projects, by its own nature, show an exponential grow potential that should allow them to create new jobs and have high rates of turnover increase. In this contractual period, we have also provided KAM services to some Seal of Excellence projects, according to the requests of EISMEA. These projects, although have not obtained direct funding from the EU, have been considered so good that have also received coaching services in order to get closer to the market.
The EIMC services' impact cannot be quantified so easily. The improvement of the innovation management capacities of the SMEs is an action that will have an impact in the mid- long-term. The companies report improvements in the innovation culture, allocation of resources to innovation activities, development of innovation strategies, improvement in the innovative ideas management, implementation of management tools, integration of the innovation in the business concept, etc. These activities will have an impact in the companies and will help them growth and internationalise.
