• Developing a Toolbox of supports for small and medium sized manufacturing companies 

      Moore, John; Loughran, Anne; McCusker, Edel; Solvang, Wei Deng; Sziebig, Gabor; Yu, Hao; Ericson, Åsa; Holmqvist, Johann; Wenngren, Johann; Pieskä, Sakari; Vahasoyrinki, Juoni; Kaartinen, Heidi (Konferansebidrag; Conference object, 2016)
      TARGET is a collaborative project involving a partnership of universities and institutes of higher education in UK, Ireland, Norway, Finland and Sweden. The project will develop tools to enhance capacity in regional manufacturing companies to adapt and embrace new technologies and innovation. This is to be done in collaboration with small/medium sized manufacturing engineering companies - developing, ...
    • SMEs challenges and needs in relation to innovation agendas and strategies 

      Ericson, Åsa; Holmqvist, Johan; Wenngren, Johan; Kaartinen, Heidi; Solvang, Wei Deng (Conference object; Konferansebidrag, 2016-06-21)
      Regional research project are, as is also regional industry, highly need-based. That is, understanding the stakeholders’ (or customers’) real challenges and related needs is important. This study is based on interviews with SMEs in the Northern parts of Finland, Norway and Sweden, but also on available innovation agendas and strategies for each country. The differences among the companies in those ...