Paper presented in the ISPIM Conference, Porto 2005. Describes a EU innovation project dealing with best practices in SME to foster innovative capabilities
training of Professor Kent Millington (2)HTPBELARUS
This document provides an overview of a presentation on teaching and encouraging entrepreneurship and innovation at Belarus universities. It discusses topics like innovation, opportunity recognition, managing innovation, and developing new businesses. It also covers entrepreneurship risks and rewards, the art and science of building value, identifying opportunities, and considerations for entrepreneurs like innovation and opportunity identification. Finally, it discusses encouraging entrepreneurship through showing young people how to participate, connecting them with experienced entrepreneurs, and providing access to resources through education, technologies, capital, and incentives.
Here are the key customer segments identified in the document:
- Young people 25-34 are dominant participants in entrepreneurship.
- Existing companies and their customers. New technologies may disrupt existing companies or enable them to better serve existing customers.
- Entrepreneurs seeking to develop new technologies and ideas into viable businesses. The document provides information to help entrepreneurs with opportunity recognition, technology assessment, developing business models, and presenting ideas.
This document provides an overview of a business strategy course for entrepreneurs. The course aims to teach students how to apply management theories in entrepreneurship through analyzing contemporary issues. Key topics include business administration, opportunity analysis, problem-solving, decision-making, and case studies. The objectives are to develop understanding of relevant theories, solve problems effectively, make sound business decisions, and gain experience applying theories in practice. Student performance will be evaluated based on social media interactions, individual reports, group projects, presentations, and a final exam.
Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) were established in the 1930s in response to the Dust Bowl. SWCDs operate at the local level under state law to promote soil, water, and natural resource conservation. They provide various services including education programs, watershed planning, agricultural cost share programs, erosion control inspections, and more. Kane-DuPage SWCD partners with other agencies and municipalities to deliver conservation programs and services.
This document provides a summary of the soil erosion and sediment control (SESC) plan for a 227-acre parcel in north central Kane County, Illinois that was developed from agricultural use into a 291-home residential subdivision over six units. The key aspects of the SESC plan included perimeter silt fence, five detention basins, stabilized construction entrances, inlet protection, check dams, and requirements for phasing of construction and stabilization. The plan was developed in coordination with the local soil and water conservation district and city to meet county and NPDES permit requirements.
Paper presented in the ISPIM Conference, Porto 2005. Describes a EU innovation project dealing with best practices in SME to foster innovative capabilities
training of Professor Kent Millington (2)HTPBELARUS
This document provides an overview of a presentation on teaching and encouraging entrepreneurship and innovation at Belarus universities. It discusses topics like innovation, opportunity recognition, managing innovation, and developing new businesses. It also covers entrepreneurship risks and rewards, the art and science of building value, identifying opportunities, and considerations for entrepreneurs like innovation and opportunity identification. Finally, it discusses encouraging entrepreneurship through showing young people how to participate, connecting them with experienced entrepreneurs, and providing access to resources through education, technologies, capital, and incentives.
Here are the key customer segments identified in the document:
- Young people 25-34 are dominant participants in entrepreneurship.
- Existing companies and their customers. New technologies may disrupt existing companies or enable them to better serve existing customers.
- Entrepreneurs seeking to develop new technologies and ideas into viable businesses. The document provides information to help entrepreneurs with opportunity recognition, technology assessment, developing business models, and presenting ideas.
This document provides an overview of a business strategy course for entrepreneurs. The course aims to teach students how to apply management theories in entrepreneurship through analyzing contemporary issues. Key topics include business administration, opportunity analysis, problem-solving, decision-making, and case studies. The objectives are to develop understanding of relevant theories, solve problems effectively, make sound business decisions, and gain experience applying theories in practice. Student performance will be evaluated based on social media interactions, individual reports, group projects, presentations, and a final exam.
Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) were established in the 1930s in response to the Dust Bowl. SWCDs operate at the local level under state law to promote soil, water, and natural resource conservation. They provide various services including education programs, watershed planning, agricultural cost share programs, erosion control inspections, and more. Kane-DuPage SWCD partners with other agencies and municipalities to deliver conservation programs and services.
This document provides a summary of the soil erosion and sediment control (SESC) plan for a 227-acre parcel in north central Kane County, Illinois that was developed from agricultural use into a 291-home residential subdivision over six units. The key aspects of the SESC plan included perimeter silt fence, five detention basins, stabilized construction entrances, inlet protection, check dams, and requirements for phasing of construction and stabilization. The plan was developed in coordination with the local soil and water conservation district and city to meet county and NPDES permit requirements.
Presentación de Roxane Feller, Directora de Asuntos Económicos de FoodDrinkEurope, sobre los trabajos desarrollados en los últimos años en el ámbito de las relaciones comerciales en la cadena agroalimentaria en el marco del Seminario "Las relaciones comerciales en la cadena agroalimentaria: buscando soluciones en España y la UE" de FIAB y Cajamar. 8 de marzo de 2012
OECD: 3rd Meeting of the OECD Food Chain Analysis NetworkFIAB
This document provides the draft agenda for the Third Meeting of the OECD Food Chain Analysis Network focused on mobilizing the food chain for health. The two-day meeting will bring together stakeholders from governments, organizations, private sector, and NGOs to discuss crafting new approaches and partnerships to improve nutrition through the food chain. Panel sessions will address aligning agro-food policies with health goals, public and private initiatives for healthy foods, impacts of food environment on consumer choices, and economic impacts of healthy diets. The goal is to explore actions across the food chain to improve nutrition outcomes and health.
This document discusses technologies for improving the cold chain through new materials. It focuses on the CSIC group's work in the Frisbee project on encapsulating phase change materials (PCMs) at the micro, submicro, and nano scale in polymeric matrices. The goals are to generate innovative solutions for heat management materials in refrigeration equipment and food packaging to better protect foods along the cold chain. PCMs can absorb or release a large amount of heat during phase transitions, and encapsulating them allows adding this functionality to equipment walls and packaging to increase their thermal inertia.
Este documento describe las características de la línea de financiación de proyectos de I+D empresariales de ACCIÓ para 2014, incluyendo objetivos, beneficiarios elegibles, tipos de proyectos financiables, gastos subvencionables, intensidad de la financiación y plazos. Se financiarán proyectos de I+D individuales o consorciados a nivel local y transnacional, con énfasis en proyectos que utilicen tecnologías facilitadoras estratégicas y generen impacto e innovación en Cataluña.
This document provides a summary of health indicators in OECD countries. It begins with an introduction that describes the document as the 2013 edition of Health at a Glance, which presents recent comparable data on key health indicators across 34 OECD countries. The data is drawn from contributions of national health agencies and aims to monitor health status, determinants, health workforce, health care activities, and quality of care.
20130911 Talleres H2020 Zaragoza PT en H2020. Federico MoraisFIAB
El documento describe los nuevos retos del espacio europeo de investigación, incluyendo los partenariados público-privados (PPP) y la Plataforma Tecnológica Europea "Food for Life". La Comisión Europea renovó el reconocimiento de "Food for Life" bajo las nuevas reglas de la estrategia ETP 2020. Los PPP pueden transformarse en empresas conjuntas de tecnología e impulsar el crecimiento y empleo a través de la investigación, educación e innovación.
Pérdida de diversidad en la microbiota y sus implicaciones funcionales_Franci...FIAB
La simbiosis entre las comunidades microbianas y el organismo hospedador es crítica para el desarrollo corporal normal y para la instrucción del sistema inmune. Aún se desconoce cuál es la composición normal de la microbiota intestinal humana, pero se proponen características idóneas como competencia funcional metabólica y trofista, biodiversidad que incluya microorganismos mutualistas y excluya patógenos, y ecología estable resistente al estrés.
European Quality Foods provides a style guide for their branding that focuses on appealing to customers' five senses. The guide outlines the company's logo, design language, and color palette. Typography is also specified, with Meta Serif font styles and examples given for regular, italic, bold, and black weights.
20141027 El reto de la toma de decisiones inteligente y en tiempo real en la ...FIAB
The document discusses challenges for companies in growing their customer base, retaining customers, and increasing value from each customer. It covers how supply chain management (SCM) can help by integrating key business processes. SCM strategies should fit a company's overall strategy and account for uncertainties in demand, supply, and processes. Efficient supply chains focus on cost reductions while responsive supply chains emphasize flexibility. Risk-hedging and agile supply chains aim to mitigate risks of disruptions through approaches like inventory pooling and multiple suppliers.
1. The EU food and drink industry output index increased in Q1 2013 compared to the previous quarter, while prices of raw materials like cocoa, coffee and sugar decreased.
2. Retail trade volumes for food, drinks and tobacco increased in the EU in March 2013 compared to February, but decreased compared to the previous year.
3. Overall, the EU economy saw little growth in Q1 2013, with industrial production and private consumption slightly up compared to Q4 2012 but down compared to Q1 2012.
20141105 Seminario Información al Consumidor - CDFIAB
The document discusses recent developments related to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, including:
1) New questions and answers on the application of the regulation and upcoming publications on nutrition and general labelling.
2) Adaptation of the definition of engineered nanomaterials to include a new threshold and exemptions.
3) Mandatory origin labelling for certain meats and reports on extending these requirements to other foods.
4) National measures on providing allergen information for non-prepacked foods and debates around harmonizing these rules.
ANIA - Relaciones comerciales en la cadena alimentaria en FranciaFIAB
Presentación realizada por Rachel Blumel, Directora del Departamento Legar en ANIA (Federación Francesa de Industrias Alimentarias) sobre las relaciones comerciales en la cadena agroalimentaria en Francia en el marco del Seminario "Las relaciones comerciales en la cadena agroalimentaria: buscando soluciones en España y la UE" de FIAB y Cajamar. 8 de marzo de 2012
Material for participants. IST Comenius-Grundtvig Course. Europe between Mythology, Modernity and Multiculturalism. Powered by Laboratorio del Cittadino Onlus.
FoodDrinkEurope: Data & Trends of the European Food and Drink IndustryFIAB
This document provides an overview of the European food and drink industry in 2011, covering its structure, trade, markets, consumption, and world trends. Some key points:
- The EU food and drink industry had a turnover of €956.2 billion in 2010, employing 4.1 million people, making it the largest manufacturing sector in the EU.
- In 2010, exports were €65.3 billion with imports of €55.5 billion, resulting in a trade balance of €9.8 billion. However, the EU's share of global food and drink exports has been shrinking.
- The industry is fragmented with 274,000 companies, many of which are small- and medium-sized enterprises.
This document discusses supporting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in advanced manufacturing. It defines SMEs and notes that they make up over 99% of businesses in Europe but face barriers to adopting advanced technologies. These include a lack of information, expertise, and resources. The document recommends providing SMEs with better access to research, financial support, and training. It also suggests that service companies can help SMEs overcome barriers by connecting them to universities and providing solutions through open innovation.
COLLABORATIVE PRACTICES ON ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION IN HIGH TECNOLOGY INDUSTRIES
Fernando Sousa, Ph.D.
President of Apgico (fernando.sousa@apgico.pt)
Ileana Monteiro, Ph.D.
Apgico; University of Algarve (imontei@ualg.pt)
WLICSMB 2010
Zhejiang Small&Medium Business Institute,
Hangzou , 24-26 October, 2010
Presentación de Roxane Feller, Directora de Asuntos Económicos de FoodDrinkEurope, sobre los trabajos desarrollados en los últimos años en el ámbito de las relaciones comerciales en la cadena agroalimentaria en el marco del Seminario "Las relaciones comerciales en la cadena agroalimentaria: buscando soluciones en España y la UE" de FIAB y Cajamar. 8 de marzo de 2012
OECD: 3rd Meeting of the OECD Food Chain Analysis NetworkFIAB
This document provides the draft agenda for the Third Meeting of the OECD Food Chain Analysis Network focused on mobilizing the food chain for health. The two-day meeting will bring together stakeholders from governments, organizations, private sector, and NGOs to discuss crafting new approaches and partnerships to improve nutrition through the food chain. Panel sessions will address aligning agro-food policies with health goals, public and private initiatives for healthy foods, impacts of food environment on consumer choices, and economic impacts of healthy diets. The goal is to explore actions across the food chain to improve nutrition outcomes and health.
This document discusses technologies for improving the cold chain through new materials. It focuses on the CSIC group's work in the Frisbee project on encapsulating phase change materials (PCMs) at the micro, submicro, and nano scale in polymeric matrices. The goals are to generate innovative solutions for heat management materials in refrigeration equipment and food packaging to better protect foods along the cold chain. PCMs can absorb or release a large amount of heat during phase transitions, and encapsulating them allows adding this functionality to equipment walls and packaging to increase their thermal inertia.
Este documento describe las características de la línea de financiación de proyectos de I+D empresariales de ACCIÓ para 2014, incluyendo objetivos, beneficiarios elegibles, tipos de proyectos financiables, gastos subvencionables, intensidad de la financiación y plazos. Se financiarán proyectos de I+D individuales o consorciados a nivel local y transnacional, con énfasis en proyectos que utilicen tecnologías facilitadoras estratégicas y generen impacto e innovación en Cataluña.
This document provides a summary of health indicators in OECD countries. It begins with an introduction that describes the document as the 2013 edition of Health at a Glance, which presents recent comparable data on key health indicators across 34 OECD countries. The data is drawn from contributions of national health agencies and aims to monitor health status, determinants, health workforce, health care activities, and quality of care.
20130911 Talleres H2020 Zaragoza PT en H2020. Federico MoraisFIAB
El documento describe los nuevos retos del espacio europeo de investigación, incluyendo los partenariados público-privados (PPP) y la Plataforma Tecnológica Europea "Food for Life". La Comisión Europea renovó el reconocimiento de "Food for Life" bajo las nuevas reglas de la estrategia ETP 2020. Los PPP pueden transformarse en empresas conjuntas de tecnología e impulsar el crecimiento y empleo a través de la investigación, educación e innovación.
Pérdida de diversidad en la microbiota y sus implicaciones funcionales_Franci...FIAB
La simbiosis entre las comunidades microbianas y el organismo hospedador es crítica para el desarrollo corporal normal y para la instrucción del sistema inmune. Aún se desconoce cuál es la composición normal de la microbiota intestinal humana, pero se proponen características idóneas como competencia funcional metabólica y trofista, biodiversidad que incluya microorganismos mutualistas y excluya patógenos, y ecología estable resistente al estrés.
European Quality Foods provides a style guide for their branding that focuses on appealing to customers' five senses. The guide outlines the company's logo, design language, and color palette. Typography is also specified, with Meta Serif font styles and examples given for regular, italic, bold, and black weights.
20141027 El reto de la toma de decisiones inteligente y en tiempo real en la ...FIAB
The document discusses challenges for companies in growing their customer base, retaining customers, and increasing value from each customer. It covers how supply chain management (SCM) can help by integrating key business processes. SCM strategies should fit a company's overall strategy and account for uncertainties in demand, supply, and processes. Efficient supply chains focus on cost reductions while responsive supply chains emphasize flexibility. Risk-hedging and agile supply chains aim to mitigate risks of disruptions through approaches like inventory pooling and multiple suppliers.
1. The EU food and drink industry output index increased in Q1 2013 compared to the previous quarter, while prices of raw materials like cocoa, coffee and sugar decreased.
2. Retail trade volumes for food, drinks and tobacco increased in the EU in March 2013 compared to February, but decreased compared to the previous year.
3. Overall, the EU economy saw little growth in Q1 2013, with industrial production and private consumption slightly up compared to Q4 2012 but down compared to Q1 2012.
20141105 Seminario Información al Consumidor - CDFIAB
The document discusses recent developments related to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, including:
1) New questions and answers on the application of the regulation and upcoming publications on nutrition and general labelling.
2) Adaptation of the definition of engineered nanomaterials to include a new threshold and exemptions.
3) Mandatory origin labelling for certain meats and reports on extending these requirements to other foods.
4) National measures on providing allergen information for non-prepacked foods and debates around harmonizing these rules.
ANIA - Relaciones comerciales en la cadena alimentaria en FranciaFIAB
Presentación realizada por Rachel Blumel, Directora del Departamento Legar en ANIA (Federación Francesa de Industrias Alimentarias) sobre las relaciones comerciales en la cadena agroalimentaria en Francia en el marco del Seminario "Las relaciones comerciales en la cadena agroalimentaria: buscando soluciones en España y la UE" de FIAB y Cajamar. 8 de marzo de 2012
Material for participants. IST Comenius-Grundtvig Course. Europe between Mythology, Modernity and Multiculturalism. Powered by Laboratorio del Cittadino Onlus.
FoodDrinkEurope: Data & Trends of the European Food and Drink IndustryFIAB
This document provides an overview of the European food and drink industry in 2011, covering its structure, trade, markets, consumption, and world trends. Some key points:
- The EU food and drink industry had a turnover of €956.2 billion in 2010, employing 4.1 million people, making it the largest manufacturing sector in the EU.
- In 2010, exports were €65.3 billion with imports of €55.5 billion, resulting in a trade balance of €9.8 billion. However, the EU's share of global food and drink exports has been shrinking.
- The industry is fragmented with 274,000 companies, many of which are small- and medium-sized enterprises.
This document discusses supporting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in advanced manufacturing. It defines SMEs and notes that they make up over 99% of businesses in Europe but face barriers to adopting advanced technologies. These include a lack of information, expertise, and resources. The document recommends providing SMEs with better access to research, financial support, and training. It also suggests that service companies can help SMEs overcome barriers by connecting them to universities and providing solutions through open innovation.
COLLABORATIVE PRACTICES ON ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION IN HIGH TECNOLOGY INDUSTRIES
Fernando Sousa, Ph.D.
President of Apgico (fernando.sousa@apgico.pt)
Ileana Monteiro, Ph.D.
Apgico; University of Algarve (imontei@ualg.pt)
WLICSMB 2010
Zhejiang Small&Medium Business Institute,
Hangzou , 24-26 October, 2010
The document summarizes an entrepreneurial and technology-based venture competition hosted by ISCTE-IUL in partnership with MIT and MIT Portugal. The competition aims to identify early-stage projects with global potential, connect innovators to investors, and foster an entrepreneurial culture. It focuses on startups under 5 years old and less than 2.5 million Euros in funding across four technology tracks. The multi-stage process includes application, semi-finalist selection, coaching, track finals, and a grand finale. Past competitions have involved entries from Portugal, Spain, France, UK, Canada and USA.
El rol de la transferencia tecnológica en el sistema de innovación suizoFundación Chile
This document discusses innovation and technology transfer to support start-up companies. It defines innovation and outlines typical barriers to innovation like lack of resources and expertise. It then discusses ways to enable innovation such as establishing an innovation culture and process. The document also summarizes the CTI Start-up program in Switzerland which provides funding and coaching to address challenges in innovating and obtaining financing. It notes the program aims to get the technology right, provide business knowledge, develop sustainable businesses, and connect start-ups to investors.
The document discusses the Technology Strategy Board (TSB), the UK's national innovation agency. It provides an overview of the TSB's role, strategic focus areas, and tools to support business-led innovation. Key points include:
- The TSB invests around £350 million annually to support business innovation across industry, universities, and government.
- Its strategic plan focuses on accelerating innovation from concept to commercialization in key areas like advanced manufacturing and digital technologies.
- Tools include grants, vouchers, collaborations and networks to help businesses overcome risks in the innovation process.
- Most funding goes to SMEs, and the TSB aims to maximize economic and social impacts of government investments
This document summarizes a presentation given by Prof. Dr. Ellen Enkel on how to boost innovation in an economic region. The key points discussed include: (1) Companies need to open up and cooperate with internal and external partners to survive and be innovative; (2) Regions need to foster connectivity between companies, industries, and regions to illustrate available knowledge; and (3) Regions must enable companies to prepare for changing environments and leverage new opportunities arising from technologies, business models, and other factors.
The document discusses methods and tools for enterprise innovation in a networked economy using a knowledge-centric approach. It proposes a virtual innovation factory (VIF) that operates in an innovation space, transforming raw and enabling knowledge into new working knowledge and final products through a value production chain. The VIF is intended to facilitate open innovation using a social semantic knowledge management platform to manage enterprise documents in a semantically enriched way using ontologies. The goal is to support continuous business innovation through knowledge management and transformation of enterprise processes, products, and technologies.
The document outlines the economic challenges facing Italy and calls for changes to address low productivity and competitiveness. It notes Italy's poor rankings in competitiveness and efficiency surveys. It calls for collaboration between private, public and government sectors to boost productivity among small- and medium-sized enterprises through cultural transformation, innovation, and simplifying business models. Strategic initiatives are proposed to engage all sectors in establishing goals and improving processes, products, and ecosystems through best practices.
The document discusses the need for change in Italy to address its declining competitiveness rankings and economic challenges. It notes Italy's poor performance in areas like productivity, unemployment, and brain drain of young people. It calls for collaboration between private and public sectors to drive innovation among small- and medium-sized enterprises through cultural transformation, strategic initiatives, and rethinking areas like sales, marketing, research and development. The document advocates adopting best practices to holistically improve productivity, sales, and overall company optimization through initiatives like establishing joint goals and utilizing centers of excellence.
Research linkage to_innovation_and_entrepreneurship_tsTarek Salah
The document discusses innovation and entrepreneurship. It introduces the Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center, explaining the difference between invention and innovation. It defines entrepreneurs and provides examples of different types. It also presents a case study on Osborne Computer Company, which grew rapidly but then declared bankruptcy within 6 months due to lagging in R&D and delays in capital formation.
The document discusses various topics related to innovation including open innovation, financial innovation, growth and innovation, space innovation, social communities, platforms and innovation, and business model innovation. It notes that open innovation means companies use both internal and external ideas and opportunities for product development and sales. Business models mediate between technical and economic domains, and companies like Google and Netflix were built on business model innovations rather than just technical innovations. Effective business models create and capture value.
The document discusses funding and support opportunities from the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) in the UK for driving innovation. The TSB funds collaborative R&D projects through competitions, provides grants for R&D through the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI), and notes European funding opportunities through the Eurostars program. The TSB seeks projects that have a clear commercial opportunity and technical challenge requiring innovative R&D to solve and benefit the UK economy. Applications are assessed based on the commercial and technical merits of proposed projects.
This document discusses defining and assessing key business innovation support organizations (BISOs) in Serbia. It identifies over 60 potential BISOs in Serbia, including technology transfer offices, business incubators, innovation centers, science and technology parks, and clusters. The document outlines a framework for assessing the capacity of these organizations based on their type, services provided, level of functionality, innovation focus, and sector focus. It also maps the provision of innovation support services across organizations and discusses developing functional linkages and networks between organizations. The next step will be to conduct a supply-side assessment of BISOs using a questionnaire to evaluate their delivery of 13 specialist support services.
WENA Market Product Strategy from GST ResearchCole Wirpel
The document outlines the market research process undertaken by GIP Market Research Global to define key issues and trends in the WENA region. It involved reviewing reports, current data on AIESEC's platform, employment data, and discussions. Two industries were identified - enabling incubators/startups and the energy industry. For each, the document proposes a marketing subproduct and IT talent subproduct, provides an example TN, discusses evidence and recommendations for implementation, and suggestions training for members to sell the strategies effectively.
This document discusses innovation in a digital world. It defines innovation as a novel creation that produces value and has a positive impact. Innovation is important because technology is advancing rapidly, disrupting businesses. To innovate successfully, companies must recognize challenges, explore trends, generate and test ideas, and commercialize solutions. Accelerating innovation requires overcoming barriers like scaling initiatives and building new products. The ARIS accelerator was launched to help startups overcome challenges through mentorship, networking, and connecting with investors over a 26-week program.
The document discusses creating a culture for technological innovation through the ISCTE-IUL MIT Portugal Venture Competition. The competition aims to provide funding, coaching and access to investors for early-stage technology ventures. It focuses on four technology tracks and provides up to 400,000 euros in funding to grand finalists. The goal is to help innovative projects overcome obstacles to reaching the market and achieve global impact.
The document discusses creating a culture for technological innovation through the ISCTE-IUL MIT Portugal Venture Competition. The competition aims to provide funding, coaching and access to investors for early-stage technology ventures. It focuses on four technology tracks and targets startups under 5 years old. Winners can receive up to €400,000 in funding and support to help them commercialize their ideas. The goal is to help innovative projects overcome obstacles to reach global markets and make connections between academia and industry in Portugal.
The document discusses the Kansas Opportunity Innovation Network (KOIN) which aims to generate the benefits of industry clusters for rural areas through collaboration networks. KOIN will connect technology providers, expertise, and capital to identify and pursue new business opportunities without geographic limitations. It will profile innovation capabilities and opportunities to build "hard to replicate" regional advantages. The Kansas Association of Regional Development Organizations and the AMI university center partnership are working on regional projects to enable an open innovation approach.
The document discusses how companies can optimize their product development through insourcing employees or outsourcing projects. It presents two models: 1) Reinforcing internal R&D teams by hiring temporary engineers and 2) Outsourcing R&D work packages and projects. While hiring temporary staff can provide flexibility, it risks not developing capabilities in-house. Outsourcing focuses on technical execution but often overlooks strategic and tactical innovation management. An alternative is managed innovation services that integrate outsourcing with a strategic focus on building capabilities and filling gaps.
Maurizio Pilu - EU Meeting 18 July 2012Maurizio Pilu
Presentation given on July 18th 2012 meeting on EU collaboration at the Royal Society. Presenting Technology Strategy Board ICT / Digital activities and Connected Digital Economy Catapult.
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El documento presenta información sobre los Premios Ecotrophelia España 2018, cuyo jurado evaluará propuestas de estudiantes para crear nuevos productos alimenticios innovadores y sostenibles. Se detalla la composición del jurado y se proporciona información sobre la ceremonia de entrega de premios, incluyendo que el ganador representará a España en una competición europea. También se incluyen resúmenes de algunas de las propuestas presentadas por estudiantes.
Programa Seminario regulación y autorregulación FIAB-AUTOCONTROLFIAB
El documento presenta el programa de un seminario sobre la regulación y autorregulación de la publicidad de alimentos que tendrá lugar el 24 de octubre de 2017. El seminario incluirá paneles de expertos sobre cómo se regula la publicidad de alimentos en España, la aplicación del Reglamento (UE) 1924/2006 sobre declaraciones de propiedades saludables, y el Código PAOS para la publicidad dirigida a niños. También habrá presentaciones sobre la regulación del etiquetado de alimentos en España y una mesa redonda sobre el cumplimiento de la normativa de
Eficiencia energética para las pymes agroalimentarias - SevillaFIAB
El documento presenta el programa de un evento sobre eficiencia energética en el sector agroalimentario que tendrá lugar el 30 de marzo de 2017 en Sevilla. El programa incluye una sesión de bienvenida e introducción por parte de ANEO, una presentación sobre la importancia de la eficiencia energética en el sector por parte de FIAB, y una sesión por parte de IBERDROLA sobre soluciones energéticas para PYMES agroalimentarias con introducción, soluciones y casos prácticos.
Encuesta del Proyecto EU-MERCI dirigida a las Asociaciones del sector alimentación y bebidas para promover las mejores prácticas llevadas a cabo por la industria en materia de eficiencia energética
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El documento discute los desafíos que enfrentan las personas con alergias alimentarias. Explica que la alergia ocurre cuando el sistema inmune reacciona exageradamente a sustancias que no son dañinas para la mayoría de las personas. También describe la ansiedad y restricciones dietéticas que experimentan los alérgicos, y cómo la falta de conocimiento en la sociedad dificulta su integración. Finalmente, argumenta que las advertencias de alérgenos en los alimentos deben ser claras y consistentes para generar confianza en los consumid
Ponencia de Maria Dolores Vázquez – Jefa del Área de Gestión de Riesgos Nutricionales de la Subdirección General de Promoción de la Seguridad Alimentaria (AECOSAN).
Curso Eficiencia Energética en Sistemas de Vapor IndustrialesFIAB
Este documento describe un curso de eficiencia energética en sistemas de vapor industriales. El curso enseña sobre sistemas de vapor, incluyendo generación, distribución y uso final del vapor para lograr ahorros energéticos. El curso también cubre gestión del vapor, cálculos económicos y financiamiento de proyectos relacionados con el vapor. El curso está dirigido a ingenieros, técnicos, gerentes y consultores interesados en la eficiencia energética de sistemas de vapor.
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Presentación VIII Cotec Europa 2012 - Juan Mulet, Director General Cotec España
1. VIII Encuentro Cotec Europa
Innovation ability of SMEs:
a taxonomic approach
Palacio Real de El Pardo
Madrid 3 de octubre 2012
2. Size class distribution of European companies (I)
• Main differential feature of IT, PT, ES: scarcity of big
companies
SMEs Big companies
Percentages
(0 - 249 empl.) (> 250 empl.)
• Italy 99.9 0.1
• Portugal 99.9 0.1
• Spain 99.9 0.1
• France 99.8 0.2
• Germany 99.5 0.5
• United Kingdom 99.6 0.4
Source: SBS Eurostat, 2011
3. Size class distribution of European companies (II)
• Even amongst SMEs
Small & medium
Microenterprises
enterprises
(0 - 9 empl.)
(10 - 249 empl.)
• Italy 94.6 5.3
• Portugal 94.6 5.3
• Spain 97.2 2.7
• France 92.3 7.5
• Germany 83.1 16.4
• United Kingdom 87.5 12.1
Source: SBS Eurostat, 2011
4. Size class distribution of European companies (III)
• This is important because productivity grows with
company size
Gross Added Value per employee (€)
70000,0
60000,0
DE
50000,0 ES
FR
40000,0 IT
PT
30000,0
UK
20000,0
10000,0
,0
0-9 10 - 19 20 - 49 50 - 249 >250
Source: SBS Eurostat, 2011
5. Innovation in SMEs
• Innovation has a double effect on SME’s productivity:
• Increases their added value
• Fosters their growth, and a bigger size eventually increases their
productivity
• The current concept of innovation covers everything that citizens (consumer,
worker or entrepreneur) do to create new value using all kinds of knowledge.
• Up until now, this responsibility was only assigned to the company, and was
limited to knowledge from the natural sciences. So this new concept is called
"innovation in a broad sense"
• SMEs, founded by innovative citizens, have strong needs in marketing and
organizational innovations (non-technological), and because of their small size,
they can rarely allocate staff and resources exclusively to innovation. For this
reason, the concept of “innovation in a broad sense” is well suited to SMEs.
6. A very general definition of "innovation in a broad sense"
well adapted to SME’s features
“Every
All kinds of knowledge: exact and natural sciences,
but also humanities and socioeconomics
knowledge- Acquired from outside or internally generated both
by artisans as with R & D
based
Refuses speculation
change, In a company which Searchs for opportunities
Tolerates failure
generating
Given by the market,
value” Anticipated by entrepreneur
7. What do we need to know about "innovation in a broad sense"
• How do we generate and transfer the kind of knowledge
underpinning "non-technological“ innovations
• How innovation occurs when the company has no
formalized structures for this operation (innovation
implicit in productive activity)
• What are the different innovation behaviors of SMEs,
which are a very large and diverse group
8. Non-technological innovation (I)
Pending questions
• How to prepare the knowledge of the socio-economic
sciences to be useful for innovation?
• In technological innovation we have the concept of "applied
research", which generates technology.
• How is this knowledge transferred to businesses,
especially SMEs?
• How to encourage this new type of "applied research"?
9. Non-technological innovation (II)
No answers yet
• There are very few known studies on this issue
• We have no references of seminal articles
• Cotec Spain is trying to find the way to stimulate the
generation of answers to these questions
10. Implicit innovation in productive activity (I)
Pending questions
• How does knowledge reach to the organization?
• Which factors lead SMEs to use it to innovate?
• How the innovation task-force combines his work with
other business functions in SMEs?
• Which are the key actors in the implicit innovation
process?
11. Implicit innovation in productive activity (II)
Searching for answers
• There are few and still very preliminary
• The European Commission funded the PILOT
project, addressing these questions
• The handed document includes an appendix
devoted to this project
12. Different innovation behaviors among SMEs
• This is one of the topics addressed this year by Cotec
Europe
• We have defined a model of "propensity to innovation
in SMEs"
• This model has been evaluated in more than 1 000
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish SMEs
14. Model of SMEs propensity to innovate
The innovative enterprise
Prod./ services
Capitalization
People/ resourc.
Strategy
Processes
Efficiency
Culture
Planning
Tools
Opt for Acknowledge Innovation
innovation as operation appraisal
15. The Cotec model generation process (I)
First stage: Towards a general model for
innovation in a broad sense
1. Conceptual design of a model of innovation in a broad sense
2. Preparation of a questionnaire for big companies involved in the project:
a) 50 questions
b) Designed so that each question was answered by expressing their agreement
or disagreement on a scale from zero to one hundred
c) To be completed in a session following the techniques used for the EFQM
Excellence Model (European Foundation for Quality Management)
3. The answers were processed with advanced statistical techniques. Verification of
redundancies and definition of clusters
4. Checking the validity of the Cotec model in thirteen big corporations
16. The Cotec model generation process(II)
Second stage: Particularization for SMEs
1. Based on the information obtained on the redundancy and robustness of the
responses of large companies, a simple (true/false) questionnaire aimed at
SMEs with more than five employees was designed
2. First testing of the questionnaire in 45 SMEs
3. Analysis of the results with the same statistical tools: Definition of five clusters.
Repeating this survey in successive waves, reaching one thousand Spanish SMEs
4. Surveys to Italian and Portuguese SMEs
5. In all the polling process, the clusters consistency was checked
17. Content of the questionnaire for SMEs
• The concern of management on the information flow of innovation within
the company and with their environment
• How often innovation issues arise in management meetings
• The relationship with suppliers, customers and the technology community
• The responsibilities assigned to staff
• The weight of innovation in the company's strategic objectives
• The budget structure of the company
• Awareness of public programs supporting innovation
• Systematic innovation processes in place
• External relations
• Accounting practices
• The concern for the innovative image of the company
18. The five clusters of Cotec model
1. Consistent innovation
2. Latent innovation
3. Image innovation
4. Scarce innovation
5. No innovation
24. Average values of the nine innovation features on the five clusters
C1 No Innov
STRATEGY
C2 Latent
CAPITALIZATION PLANNING C3 Scarce
C4 Image
C5 Consistent
To appraise
EFFICIENCY APPR. CULTURE
PRODUCT APPR. STAFF & RESOURCES
PROCCESSES TOOLS
25. SMEs distribution in clusters
(Three countries samples)
Spain (983)
Consistent Innovation
Latent Innovation
Image Innovation
Portugal (182)
Scarce Innovation
No Innovation
Italy (73)
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%
27. Usefulness of this model
• The model:
• Has proved its usefulness in assessing the propensity to innovate of a
particular SME
• Leads to a series of recommendations for each SME to decide which are
helpful in its particular case, to improve their position
• Confirmed that both self and expert-guided evaluations are possible
• The model should help to:
• Define business strategies
• Create specific policies for different clusters
28. Model availability
• Software for "self-evaluation“ based on this model has been developed
to be used via Internet
• "Events" for different applications were created and additional ones may
be created upon request
• There is an event created for general use, which can be accessed at
Directorate General of SME, Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism
website (http://www.ipyme.org/esES/CompetitividadEmpresarial/Paginas/Cotec.aspx)
• Once a company has completed the questionnaire, a report is sent by
email with the cluster where the company fits and the results in graphic
form (three and nine variables).
29. Conclusion
• All countries are "SMEs countries", the important issue is getting
these SMEs bigger to be more productive
• Innovation is plainly using all kinds of knowledge to create value. Thus
we speak of "innovation in a broad sense"
• There are still many pending questions to fully understand
"innovation in a broad sense"
• It is possible to evaluate the innovative attitude of an SME. It is a first
step to help SMEs to have a better understanding of the innovative
process, so they can use it better to increase their competitiveness
• A more detailed understanding of SMEs innovation specificities will
help to design more efficient private and public policies