Objectives
What are the objectives of INSPIRE?
- Understand in depth good practices of Open Innovation (OI) in SMEs, including their critical success factors and ‘pathways’ followed by good practice cases;
- Design, develop and validate an Integrated Toolbox for Open Innovation in SMEs to enable the professional management of an Open Innovation project by an SME;
- Communicate and disseminate findings (knowledge, tools and success stories) to a wider audience, including SMEs, innovation support intermediaries and policy-makers;
- Develop a deployment plan for an Open Innovation System for SMEs in Europe by initiating a strategic engagement of innovation stakeholders, spreading the practice and the support of Open Innovation in SMEs in innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems across Europe.
Who are the target groups?
- SMEs
- Innovation support intermediaries
- Research communities
- Policy makers
- Society at large
Activities
What are we planning to do?
- Analyze a wide pool of OI cases undertaken by SMEs across the EU
300 SME OI cases and 120 good practices identified in all regions of Europe;
- Design and develop an Integrated OI Toolbox, including
sets of OI indicators to help an SME in decision making and action planning involved in OI projects;
management support modules to support both internal innovation activities and external collaboration activities with partners
good practice case studies of OI in SMEs illustrating the points raised by the modules via actual real-life stories
- Test and validate the OI Toolbox
The Integrated OI Toolbox is to be embedded in a web platform and validated through focus groups, training and pilot testing in real-life OI projects carried out by SMEs across the EU.
- Mobilize the participation and engagement of innovation stakeholders with a view to encouraging the widespread adoption of OI
A set of targeted workshops and outreach activities is to be implemented, including a feasibility study and a deployment roadmap to exploit INSPIRE’s outcomes in the long term.
Impact
What impact are we are aiming to realise?
- Material uploaded in the web-based portal (good practice cases, support modules and Open Innovation Indicators) listed and used by SMEs, their support agencies and Open Innovation Intermediaries
- SMEs develop a comprehensive understanding of strategies, activities and partnerships involved in Open Innovation
- Enable SMEs to grow Open Innovation strategies that are relevant to their context, their strategic challenges and their business opportunities
- Increase SMEs capability to develop and implement Open Innovation on a regular and systematic way
- SMEs will identify new business opportunities through new ways of capturing value and new business models
- Mobilise Open Innovation players (e.g. partners, intermediaries, support agencies, policy-makers) to kick-start and Open Innovation System for SMEs
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