Objective Starting from the European experiences carried out in Europe and in particular starting from the results achieved in the local "door-to-door" project in Italy and the TQM in European SMEs Innovation project the Edison project will develop a scheme for transfer of technology and methodology to European SMEs, which will be based on a different approaches for SME needs survey, for the development of innovation plans as well as for the reduction and overcoming of the barriers to innovation (ACA - Approach for Change Acceptance;NA - Network Approach;AMT - Approach based on multi-disciplinary teams;AED - Approaches with European Dimension).The model will be developed to be adopted in short time and in different economic environments because it puts in value the results and the tools developed in previous experiences of introduction of innovation (cluster approach).Additional products will be studies on aspects of innovation. Programme(s) FP5-INNOVATION-SME - Research, technological development and demonstration programme which aims to promote innovation and encourage the participation of small and medium sized enterprises, 1998-2002 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator Consorzio Universitario in Ingegneria della Qualita EU contribution No data Address Piazza del Pozzetto 9 56127 Pisa Italy See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
