Performance of SMEs within FP7. An Interim Evaluation of FP7 components

Van Elk, Koos and Snijders, Jacqueline and Prince, Yvonne and Gibcus, Petra and Doove, Sophie and Simmonds, Paul and Warta, Katharina and Good, Barbara and Ruhland, Sascha and Sheikh, Sonja (2014) Performance of SMEs within FP7. An Interim Evaluation of FP7 components. Technical Report. Zoetermeer.

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Abstract

The overall objective of this interim evaluation is to assess the relevance, efficiency effectiveness of the two FP7 initiatives (the Cooperation Programme and RSME) and their impacts on the participating SMEs and on society. This includes impacts on economic performance and innovation, European Added Value (EAV) and behavioural additionality. The report is based on several methodologies applied such as quantitative analysis of company financial databases, SME and stakeholder interviews and cases studies across EU28 and beyond. The analysis was guided by the evaluation questions provided in the Terms of References.

Abstract (english)

The overall objective of this interim evaluation is to assess the relevance, efficiency effectiveness of the two FP7 initiatives (the Cooperation Programme and RSME) and their impacts on the participating SMEs and on society. This includes impacts on economic performance and innovation, European Added Value (EAV) and behavioural additionality. The report is based on several methodologies applied such as quantitative analysis of company financial databases, SME and stakeholder interviews and cases studies across EU28 and beyond. The analysis was guided by the evaluation questions provided in the Terms of References.

Funders: Europäische Kommission
Subjects: Policy, Fields & Systems Evaluation
Divisions: -- Other
KMU Forschung Austria
Technopolis Forschungs- und Beratungsges.m.b.H
Number of Pages: 191
Uncontrolled Keywords: interim, policy evaluation, european initiative, FP7, SME, European Added Value, EAV, financial database, enterprise, company, behavioural additionality
Identification Number: 10.22163/fteval.2015.26
Date Deposited: 21 Sep 2016 12:05
URI: https://repository.fteval.at/id/eprint/37

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