INNOVATIONS AND NETWORKS AS BUSINESS DEVELOPERS FOR SMES : Case SNOwMan
Kaaranen, Marja (2018)
Lahden ammattikorkeakoulu
2018
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018121421571
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018121421571
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Europe has huge potential for innovation, growth and increased employment among the owner-managed SMEs, which represent the most of SMEs in Europe. Despite the potential, actions are currently missing partly because of unsuitable tools between intermediaries and SMEs.
This thesis is part of SNOwMan -project that focuses on finding suitable solutions for owner-managed SMEs. The main tasks of the project are to find solutions for improv-ing counselling process and develop new types of tools and methods that both owner-managers and intermediaries will find effective and value-creating.
One key element in the project were owner-manager interviews and this thesis focus-es on those interviews of 16 Finnish SMEs made in summer 2018. Interview themes were challenges, non-technological innovations and counselling.
The aim of this Master´s thesis was to find out the current status of innovations among Finnish SMEs and how they see the future of their innovativeness and what kind of networks Finnish SMEs have and what is the importance of networks for innovations. With the parts innovations and networks of interviews held in summer 2018 this thesis takes closer look on the answers considering innovations and networks in Finnish SMEs.
This thesis is part of SNOwMan -project that focuses on finding suitable solutions for owner-managed SMEs. The main tasks of the project are to find solutions for improv-ing counselling process and develop new types of tools and methods that both owner-managers and intermediaries will find effective and value-creating.
One key element in the project were owner-manager interviews and this thesis focus-es on those interviews of 16 Finnish SMEs made in summer 2018. Interview themes were challenges, non-technological innovations and counselling.
The aim of this Master´s thesis was to find out the current status of innovations among Finnish SMEs and how they see the future of their innovativeness and what kind of networks Finnish SMEs have and what is the importance of networks for innovations. With the parts innovations and networks of interviews held in summer 2018 this thesis takes closer look on the answers considering innovations and networks in Finnish SMEs.