A hands-on methodology, with KPIs, tools and more than 100 real-life inspirational stories of SMEs, to leverage your innovation potential and turn it into business growth with the support of strategic partnerships, covering the full cycle of a collaborative strategy for exploration of innovative ideas and the development of new products or services.
INSPIRE – INtegrated Support of oPen Innovation pRofessionalization initiative
Client: EU
Starting Date: 10/04/2016
Services: Eco-Innovation
Beneficiaries: Entrepreneurs & Start-ups
Industry: Agrofood, Bioeconomy, Construction, Energy & Environment, ICT, Maritime, Tourism & Culture, Transport
Kinno was responsible for:
- 300 SME Open Innovation (OI) cases and 120 good practices identified in all regions of Europe;
- 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
- Integrated OI Toolbox 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.
- Targeted workshops and outreach activities implemented, including a feasibility study and a deployment roadmap to exploit INSPIRE’s outcomes in the long term.