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2010
Report
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Imp³rove. A european project with impact
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50 success stories on innovation management
Abstract
Innovation management is a key driver for sustainable and profitable growth of enterprises - and hence for the competitiveness of Europe. To increase the innovation management capabilities the European Commission's has launched an initiative to develop and test better services in innovation management - mainly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe. This initiative is known as "IMP³rove". IMP³rove stands for IMProving Innovation Management Performance with sustainable IMPact. The impact results from linking innovation management performance with the company's sustainable and profitable growth. IMP³rove builds on a holistic innovation management approach covering innovation strategy, innovation organization and culture, innovation management processes, as well as enabling factors for innovation management. It drives an integrated and performance-oriented improvement processes. The proof of the IMP³rove concept is provided by more than 3,500 European SMEs that have been introduced to the IMP³rove approach since the launch in 2007. More than 400 innovation management support service providers across Europe have been trained in the IMP³rove approach. They now constitute an international network. 50 case examples have been selected to illustrate the impact and the versatility of IMP³rove.