1. IO4 – Business Intervention Approaches
IO4 – Business Intervention Approaches
“How to facilitate Innovation in SMEs”
Dr. Paul Schober 2018
AISAB – Applied Innovation for Students and Business

2. IO4 – AIMS
The AISAB Business Intervention Approaches aims to describe a process and a fitting set of tools that can be used by (internal) coaches, innovation consultants or business support organisations that are facilitating SMEs to improve their ability in creating and establishing innovations that have impact on the SME's operations performance.

3. IO4 – Contents
An innovation process, that describes the framework and all necessary steps to deal with our Bussiness Intervention Approaches
A set of diagnostic tools to determine the needs of SMEs and direct the focus of advice and support;
Templates to structure and record recommendations and coaching meetings
A log to record the qualitative changes made by the organisation;
A tool to calculate the immediate impact of the intervention, and its predicted impact after 3 years;
a framework for a short course that will train facilitators on how to use the materials;
SME case studies highlighting how the range of intervention approaches has been applied across SMEs.
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4. IO4 – Methodology
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5. IO4 – Step 1 – Awareness Rising & Self Evaluation
AIM - attract SMEs to join the project - awareness rising for importance of Innovation for SMEs - self evaluation of SME concerning basic understanding of Innovation
Methods / tools - Self-Assessment questionnaire - website, newsletter, social media, cooperations, personal contacts
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6. IO4 – Step 2 – Needs analysis & Contracting
AIM - analyse training needs & define fitting „problem“ for innovation project - Contracting for training and business intervention
Methods / tools - training framework & curricula (IO3) - suggestions for Audit Questionnaire - template for agreement between project and SMEs
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7. IO4 – Step 3a – Pilot Innovation Project
AIM - define „Innovation project“ - support piloting of this project
Methods / tools - business model canvas - adapted business model canvas for process Innovation, etc.
March 1st – 2nd 2018 AISAB – project meeting Granada

8. IO4 – Step 3a – Pilot lean Innovation Project

9. IO4 – Step 3b – Providing Innovation Workshops
AIM - applied knowledge transfer to Management & Employees on Innovation topics
Methods / tools - workshop framework & curricula (IO3) - workshop designs (IO3)

10. IO4 – Step 4 – Implementing Innovation process
AIM - sustainable implementation of „change“ - facilitate organisational learning
Methods / tools - „lean“ stage gate process - short „self-diagnosis“ - toolbox for „idea–concept-market“ – innovation Life Cycle

11. IO4 – Step 4 – Implementing Lean Innovation process
„Lean“ stage gate process

12. IO4 – Step 4 – Implementing Lean Innovation process
self diagnosis for innovation process

13. IO4 – Step 5 – Impact Assessment
AIM - describe change - evaluate (estimate) impact of business intervention
Methods / tools - self assessment tool (ex post) - qualitative questionnaire for (internal) coaches, facilitators - case study template

14. EU Project: AISAB – Applied Innovation for Students and Business
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
Thank you!
March 1st – 2nd 2018 AISAB – project meeting Granada