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ORAINN
Published on 16 August 2018
Spain
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About this good practice
ORAINN provides:
An innovation expert who joins the company, getting involved in its day-to-day work, collaborating with the team. The innovation experts are staff from TECNALIA (RTO) from the Innovation Strategies Department, these experts are in contact with the expert technologists, also from TECNALIA, in the sector in which the company works for. The ORAINN innovation manager has the knowledge and experience and the process is adapted to the degree of maturity of the company and its workers in innovation. One expert can participate in a max of 3 companies at the same time.
Functions of the innovation manager:
• To implement and systematise an innovation model adjusted to the needs and characteristics of the company
• To shape the innovation strategy
• To help them prioritize innovation projects to be developed in the company
• To support the development and progress of innovation projects that are launched within the company
• To reinforce the company's culture of innovation
• To analyse public and private innovation funding mechanisms for project development.
This initiative removes the barriers for SMEs to develop and maintain a continuous innovative activity over time, for this purpose an innovation expert joins the company, getting involved in its day-to-day work, collaborating with the team and working on how to meet their current innovation needs and future challenges.
An innovation expert who joins the company, getting involved in its day-to-day work, collaborating with the team. The innovation experts are staff from TECNALIA (RTO) from the Innovation Strategies Department, these experts are in contact with the expert technologists, also from TECNALIA, in the sector in which the company works for. The ORAINN innovation manager has the knowledge and experience and the process is adapted to the degree of maturity of the company and its workers in innovation. One expert can participate in a max of 3 companies at the same time.
Functions of the innovation manager:
• To implement and systematise an innovation model adjusted to the needs and characteristics of the company
• To shape the innovation strategy
• To help them prioritize innovation projects to be developed in the company
• To support the development and progress of innovation projects that are launched within the company
• To reinforce the company's culture of innovation
• To analyse public and private innovation funding mechanisms for project development.
This initiative removes the barriers for SMEs to develop and maintain a continuous innovative activity over time, for this purpose an innovation expert joins the company, getting involved in its day-to-day work, collaborating with the team and working on how to meet their current innovation needs and future challenges.
Expert opinion
This is an interesting innovation practice from Spain where innovation specialists from Tecnalia (a research and technology entity) get involved in the innovation processes of concrete companies. The practice stand out from the amount of time dedicated to each company – the specialist works a full day per week at the company.
The support is therefore tailored to the needs od the company and an adjusted model of innovation is created with the help of the innovation manager. This specialist collaborates with the SME and guides it in meeting its innovation needs, reinforces a culture of innovation and supports the development of innovation projects.
Albeit Tecnalia is a private RTO, a similar practice could be run by publicly managed business support organizations or with public projects/grants that would lower the own contribution for SMEs for such a service.
The support is therefore tailored to the needs od the company and an adjusted model of innovation is created with the help of the innovation manager. This specialist collaborates with the SME and guides it in meeting its innovation needs, reinforces a culture of innovation and supports the development of innovation projects.
Albeit Tecnalia is a private RTO, a similar practice could be run by publicly managed business support organizations or with public projects/grants that would lower the own contribution for SMEs for such a service.
Works at
Interreg Europe Policy Learning Platform
Resources needed
- One researcher works one full time day per week in the company
- Each company pays 30.000 euros average per year for the service. Different modalities can be agreed depending on the intensity.
One expert can assist more than one company at the same time. The limit per expert is to assist 3 firms
- Each company pays 30.000 euros average per year for the service. Different modalities can be agreed depending on the intensity.
One expert can assist more than one company at the same time. The limit per expert is to assist 3 firms
Evidence of success
Since 2017, 20 companies have participated in this initiative:
- 13 in 2017
- 13 in 2018 (7 of them have repeated, 6 new)
- 8 in 2019 (4 of them have repeated, 4 new)
680 projects have been developed.
- 13 in 2017
- 13 in 2018 (7 of them have repeated, 6 new)
- 8 in 2019 (4 of them have repeated, 4 new)
680 projects have been developed.
Potential for learning or transfer
The programme could be replicated as service offered by any other RTO . It is possible to provide the innovation coaches to the SMEs by the regional authorities.
Further information
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Good practice owner
You can contact the good practice owner below for more detailed information.
Organisation
Tecnalia
Spain
País Vasco
Contact
Communication Manager