IMProvement of Innovation Management Performance with Sustainable IMPact
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IMProvement of Innovation Management Performance with Sustainable IMPact
A Europe INNOVA Project
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Agenda
IMP3rove – A Europe INNOVA project
The objectives of IMP3rove: Enhancing Innovation Management performance in Europe
The results of IMP3rove: Powerful tools for SMEs and intermediaries
The scope of IMP3rove:SMEs in focus
The approach of IMP3rove: Developing best practices
The benefits of IMP3rove: Integrating all stakeholders of Innovation Management enhancement
Contact details
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IMP3rove – A Europe INNOVA project
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• Funded by the European Commission• Driven by a consortium from more than 10 countries
IMP3rove is the flagship project of the Europe INNOVA initiative
• Providing innovation facilitators with new and better tools to consult enterprises on Innovation Management issues
• Improvement of Innovation Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Europe
IMP3rove – A Europe INNOVA project
IMP³rove
Europe INNOVASectoralinnovationwatch
Clustermapping
Clusternetworks
Financingnetworks
Standardsnetworks
Innovationpanels
Innovation management
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The project IMP3rove has been initiated by the European Commission in December 2005
Consortium driving the project + Expert Panel advising the consortium
Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry
IMP3rove – A Europe INNOVA project
Intermediaries for Innovation
ManagementSMEs including
high-tech start-upsFinancial
community funding SMEs
Reaching out to
Policymaking
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A European consortium under the leadership of A.T. Kearney is driving the project
IMP3rove – A Europe INNOVA project
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The objectives of IMP3rove:
Enhancing Innovation Management performance in Europe
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The overall objective is to foster innovation efficiency in Europe
• Development of new and better Innovation Management tools for SMEs and innovation facilitators
• Strong and early involvement of intermediaries and SMEs
• Provision of tangible means for financial institutions for evaluation of SME and their financial risks
• Better insights for policy makers in the needs of innovative SMEs, targeted innovation policy measures in the future
• Integration with other Europe INNOVA initiatives
The objectives of IMP3rove: Enhancing Innovation Management performance in Europe
IMP3rove
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The results of IMP3rove:
Powerful tools for SMEs and intermediaries
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IMP3rove will deliver tangible results
Tangible Results
Overview of existing best practice in Innovation
Management approaches
An online Self-Assessment Tool that allows SMEs to benchmark their Innovation Management against Best Practice
European approach to Innovation Management consulting including a toolkit for innovation
facilitators to enhance the SMEs’ Innovation Management capabilities
Foundations for European Innovation Management certificate
The results of IMP3rove: Powerful tools for SMEs and intermediaries
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The scope of IMP3rove:
SMEs in focus
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IMP3rove pursues a holistic approach to Innovation Management
A.T. Kearney's 'House of Innovation' Impact of Innovation
Management Tools and Innovation Management performance linked to business success
Database for comparisons to Innovation Management mechanisms in a wide spectrum of companies in terms of industry sectors and size of companies
Access to a media network across Europe from the Best Innovator contest, which will be leveraged to increase the awareness of improved Innovation Management services and techniques.
The scope of IMP3rove: SMEs in focus
Inno-vation
strategy
Innovation organization and culture
Innovation life cycle management
Product/process development
Enabler, e.g. Human Resource Management, Knowledge Management, Project and Program Mangement,
Controlling and IT
Ideageneration
Launch/contin. improvement
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SMEs from a wide range of industry sectors are includedThe scope of IMP3rove: SMEs in focus
Companies in focus 2-20 employees
21-100 employees
101-250 employees
>250 employees
including high-tech start-ups
Industry sectors covered Chemicals and
pharmaceuticals Information and
Communication Technologies Mechanical engineering, plant
constructions Road, air, rail and sea
transportation Services Financial and business
services Textile and textile products Food products, beverages and
tobacco
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The approach of IMP3rove:
Developing best practices
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Within 48 months, the project will deliver new Innovation Management tools
01/06 12/06 11/07 12/09
Disseminate Innovation Management tools
• Comprehensive marketing and communication program to promote new tools
• Ensure increased sustainability
Test Innovation Management tools
Strong involvement of inter-mediaries, e.g. innovation manage-ment consul-tancies, trade associa-tions, IRCs
At least 1,500 interviews with SMEs in more than 10 countries and various industry sectors, facilitated by interme-diaries
Develop Innovation Management tools
Review and evaluation of existing consulting methodologies and online self-assessment tools (SAT) in Europe
Improved innovation manage-ment consulting methodo-logies
European Self-Assess-ment Tool (SAT)
The approach of IMP3rove: Developing best practices
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The benefits of IMP3rove:
Integrating all stakeholders of Innovation Management enhancement
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IMP3rove will provide significant benefits for a wide variety of stakeholders
For Intermediaries For SMEs
The approach of IMP3rove: Integrating all stakeholders of Innovation Management enhancement
• Access to full set of Innovation Management consulting methodologies
• Possibility to provide input on best practices
• Positioning as "leading intermediary"• Growth opportunity in leveraging
innovation network
• Insight into Best Practice in Innovation Management
• Benchmarking own Innovation Management performance with SAT
• Own performance in Innovation Management
• Actions required to fill the gap to Best Practice
For Policy Makers For Financial Institutions
• First hand insight on key success factors for Innovation Management
• Knowledge of existing barriers to Innovation Management
• Tangible means for evaluating SMEs'/high-tech start-ups' performance and risk
• Benchmarks across countries and industry sectors
Project's benefits
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Contact details
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Contacts
Project core team:• A.T. Kearney
Kai Engel, Eva DiedrichsTel: +49 211 1377 2266Fax: +49 175 13 2659 [email protected]
• Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (IAO)Kristina WagnerTel.: +49 (0)711 970-2215Fax: +49 (0)711 [email protected]
www.europe-innova.org
IMP3rove is a project of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry
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Information package
Train-the-Trainer events
CountryLaunches
Aimed at SMEs• 2008-2009 (open schedule)• Organized by intermediaries,
supported by IMP3rove
Short html email sent at key project milestones (2006-2009)• Languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish
• Can be re-customized by intermediaries for SMEs
E-newsflash
Consultancy methodology & questionnaires for use with SMEs• Languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish
• Available 12/2006 (English), 4/2007 (German, French, Italian, Spanish)
For intermediaries• 12/2006 (UK), 2007 (Germany, Italy, Spain, etc. tbc)
• Training in Innovation Management Consultancy Approaches
A whole set of promotion material is available for intermediaries
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• Encourage use of SAT & Innovation Management tools
• Showcasing 2-3 success stories