Benchmark Study 1

IPP BENCHMARK REPORT
Enterprises) and involves over 500 organizations (development agencies, technological institutes,
chambers of commerce, universities, business confederations...), and 4,000 experts in more than 40
countries.
It offeres services in the sectors of European Information, Business Cooperation and
Internationalization.
In details:
1. Internationalization:
Encouraging business cooperation and the internationalization of SMEs helping the search for
reliable business partners. Go to our Search Business Cooperation
Publishing applications for business collaborations in its database, shared by more than 40
countries
Keeping partners informed, through the Bulletin for business cooperation.
Organizing and participating in international business meetings.
Informing about the benefits and opportunities of the internal market for goods and services.
Advising on technical standards, legislation and European programs.
Offering the opportunity to influence the processes of European policy-making company.
2. Technology transfer:
Helping in finding reliable technology partners through its Search Engine Technology
Cooperation tool.
Publishing Offer or Demand Technology (OT / DT) in its database shared by more than 500
organizations in 40 countries.
Keeping clients informed through the Bulletin of Technological Cooperation of the OT / DT
requested by other companies or foreign entities.
Providing technology audits performed in order to detect any OT / DT of the businesses.
Organizing and participating in technical meetings (Brokerage Events).
Facilitating the negotiation processes until the formal transfer of technology agreement.
Advising on intellectual property.
Reporting on funding and grants for R & D & I (Research, Development and Innovation).
Finding technology that can help to improve the competitiveness of businesses, or
commercializing the technology they produce, beyond their mere inclusion in their products
and services. It garantees the economic survival of businesses.
Within this concept of Open Innovation (Open Innovation – Henry W. Chesbrough), the Enterprise
and Service Innovation in the Spanish Mediterranean (SEIMED) offers personalized assistance to
companies, universities and technology centers in achieving international technology cooperation
agreements with entities of other members of the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN).
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