This is a video that presents a high level overview of the Innovative Trainer project for helping Europe's SMEs to innovate and grow. What is it, Why is it needed, What is delivered, Who can benefit and How can you participate.

[EN] This article, based on previous studies and multiple written literature, aims to raise awareness of the importance of the implementation of lean manufacturing tools in the Spanish industrial SMEs, showing which are ...

El proceso de internacionalización de operaciones, es decir, el despliegue de los recursos de la empresa (personas y bienes) fuera del propio país para ejecutar los procesos y actividades de la cadena de valor, es un proceso ...

SME innovation strategy and motivation has become one of the most challenging subjects of innovation policy. New innovation models proposed recently have captured the attention of policy makers. However, these models seem ...

[EN] The preparation of a business plan for the creation of a company in the field of construction, is always a challenge, more in our country, which has a compact and small construction sector, with a traditional market ...

[EN] The Small Business Act of the European Commission in 2008 acknowledge s the key role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the EU economy. Th is is particularly relevant for Italy, which has the largest share of ...

[EN] Nowadays one of the tools over extended for quality control is Six Sigma, more in important companies, which get a big impact in their process or/and services, with a good application of this technology. However, Six ...

Collaborative networks research has increased over the last years due to the advantages experienced by the enterprises that establish collaboration. In this paper, a set of relevant collaborative processes are identified ...

[EN] The determination of the value of investment projects must take into account the risk-return trade-off present in the market.The fiscal, economic and monetary policies of the various international organizations have ...

[EN] The purpose of this paper is to explore whether collaborating with public research organizations (PROs) contributes to strengthening the innovation culture of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). We examine to ...