Transcript 9 Rovida presentation

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The Study Case of:
The observatory on innovation
capacities of SMEs
a self-training experience
(Enrico Rovida, Team Srl, North Western regions - IT)
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1. Where
North-West: Liguria, Piemonte, Lombardia
40% of the national GDP is generated in these regions
The ‘industrial triangle’:
• decline of heavy industries
• predominance of SMEs and tertiary sector (traditional
and innovative)
• rooted craft industrial culture still existing
• Industrial clusters (a fifth of the 200 in Italy) are
located here
• Centres of research and universities
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The labour market: from a heavy reduction of generic and
skilled workers to an increase of technians and
qualified employees
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2. Which target sector and why
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Innovative services and businesses
Spin-offs
ICT (But not only! )
Very small/micro companies
High level of fragmentation
Key sector for SMEs: creation of a favourable
environment to innovation
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3. Which target group
• A group of 8/10 people of North West :
entrepreneurs, managers, professionals of
businesses strongly connected with own
territorial/sectorial context
• Motivated in an auto-training experience on better
understanding how innovation/competitiveness
and knowledge are interconnected and affect SMEs
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4. The Observatory on-progress
• Growing confidence of the group in a nontraditional training experience with Action
Learning
• Starting as an etero-direct group to become a
auto-direct group
• Defying and respecting a workplan and its
milestones (8 meetings, website,…)
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5. The Observatory just now
• Shared methodological approach based on:
• Audit procedure (tested twice)
• Target group: top level of SMEs (entrepreneurs
and managers)
• Sample of 50 SMEs
• Deadline: January 2009
• Output: data processing and final report,
meeting
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6. And after SME ACTor?
The North-West Observatory is a model of how to
conceive a concrete methodological approach
to innovation in SMEs, that is transferable in
other regional contexts.
The association AISCRIS (Confindustria Technological and Innovative services) is
already oriented to support this successful
initiative
Stakeholders (ministries, agencies) will be met
quite soon.
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