H2020-INNOSUP-2015-3/ ENHANCING SME INNOVATION CAPACITY BY PROVIDING BETTER INNOVATION SUPPORT/ SUB CALL OF: H2020-INNOSUP-2014-2015
Deadline: 29-04-2015
Location: EU Member States, OCT, and Associated Countries
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Description
Topic: INNOSUP-7-2015: Professionalization of open innovation management in SMEs
Specific challenge: Current research on open innovation has not taken into account the extent and creativity of SMEs in designing and implementing open innovation strategies. The lessons learned from open innovation come from large firms and are not readily transferable to the context of SMEs. While open innovation in large firms does not affect its strategic objectives, in the case of SMEs, it alters the strategic orientation of the company and requires a comprehensive overhaul of the firm's strategy. If implemented correctly, the benefits for an SME can be very important, for instance in the fields of technology transfer, capital raising, resource optimisation or networking (Vanhaverbeke et al., 2012). An urgent need exists, therefore, to study how collaboration and/or open innovation is managed and organised in SMEs.
Open innovation can be an important lever for growth for SMEs. It is important to investigate the size-related challenges and the required competencies and put them in an SME context and develop promising practices. Scattered local initiatives supporting open innovation in SMEs exist. Awareness of these initiatives should be expanded and the services supporting them professionalised.
At the same time financial and management reporting need to catch up with the logic of open innovation. For an entrepreneur comprehensive data and performance indicators would allow drawing conclusions whether open innovation is productive and should be continued or suspended...(link)
Eligibility
- The Member States of the European Union, including their overseas departmen
- The Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) linked to the Member States
- The Countries Associated to Horizon 2020
Budget
Total budget of this Call is €1,700,000
Deadline: 29 April 2015
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