Most business leaders agree that in an increasingly competitive global economy, companies that fail to innovate will not survive. But they also recognise that there are various levels of innovation. Most companies will be making incremental changes to their products, services or processes on a regular basis, but moving into new markets, adopting new technologies or changing business models requires significant investment and an understanding of how to mitigate risk.
To help you benchmark your company's innovation performance, we have brought together the following self assessment tools:
Enquiries about benchmarking should be directed to the national Benchmarking centres detailed below:
| Germany Dr Holger Kohl Fraunhofer IPK Pascalstrasse 8-9 10587 Berlin Germany 0049 (0)30 39006 168 holger.kohl@ipk.fraunhofer.de www.benchmarking.fraunhofer.de | Ireland Michael Nolan Enterprise Ireland Old Finglas Road Glasnevin Dublin 9 Ireland 00353 87 669 1557 michael.nolan@enterprise-ireland.com www.enterprise-ireland.com |
| Portugal Celina Gil IAPMEI Rue Rodrigo da Fonseca 73 1269-158 Lisboa Portugal 00351 213 836000 celina.gil@iapmei.pt www.iapmei.pt | UK Adrian Davies Winning Moves Ltd Field House Mount Road Stone Staffordshire ST15 8LJ UK 0044 1785 827600 adriand@winningmoves.com www.winningmoves.com |
Living Innovation contains a valuable archive of a series of annual broadcasts (1997-2005) featuring world-renowned innovators sharing their thoughts on innovation with live audiences around the UK.