Supporting Innovation in SMEs

Supporting Innovation in SMEs -  a guide for SMEs! This InnoSupport material represents a guide in the form of a series of components which has been designed and developed to support innovation in SMEs by a transnational partnership and partly funded by the European Programme Leonardo da Vinci. This guide is an introduction to basic tools to support innovation in SMEs. We do not address experienced R&D experts but staff in SMEs (managers, employees and trainees) who have to develop innovative products and services to suit their own circumstances and look for some tools that may assist them. We address people who do not have overall knowledge of the many-facetted innovation processes but who wish or indeed need to know more about it. Therefore, we also address students or continuing professional development trainees who might use it as “a pocket guide” for economic and innovation related subjects. Business consultants might wish to use it as an additional tool to support their clients or to give their clients a general understanding of innovative issues. The guide is available as a web-based system (see www.innosupport.net), a DVD and a handbook. However, we know that there is always scope for further development and we would appreciate your comments and suggestions for future improvement by contacting one of the partners in your country. We wish you success in working and learning with the INNOSUPPORT-guide!

Last Updated ( Friday, 14 October 2005 )