European Commission: CORDIS: FP7. Objective The aim is to strengthen the 'innovation capacity' of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe and their contribution to the development of new technology based products and markets.
The programme will help them outsource research, increase their research efforts, extend their networks, better exploit research results and acquire technological know how, bridging the gap between research and innovation. Research for the benefit of SMEs. Research for the benefit of SMEs Objective The aim is to strengthen the 'innovation capacity' of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe and their contribution to the development of new technology based products and markets.
Tips and Tricks to Reducing Research Time. Reducing Research Time and Costs in the Corporate Environment. One of the many unseen costs in corporations is the actual time spent doing research for the company.
Researchers, product managers and scientists use a significant time researching a wide variety of sources to bring a new product to market. There are multiple costs in research. First, there is the cost of the research materials themselves, namely the journals and subscription content that every technology driven organization uses to keep ahead of developments in the field.