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SMEs in the Future Internet Task Force

Tuesday, 30 November 2010 17:59

Description and Scope:	Future Internet (FI) is a “means” and not and “end” for SME business operation. FI should leverage a competitive advantage for SMEs. However, a clear formulation of what is @ FI for SMEs to take is not yet ready. The issue is not “TO BE” or “NOT TO BE” a FI-SME but how and why “TO BECOME” a FI-SME. But Small AND Medium Enterprise (SME) is a too broader business category to call for a “single” solution from the Future Internet. So… What a competitive advantage means for SMEs? What are the technological and business ingredients to build a competitive advantage for an SME? What ingredients should be “unique” for SME competitive advantage? Where can the Future Internet technology make a difference in terms of SME business activities and organization? How should a competitive advantage be built for SMEs? Should all the required ingredients be put together at the same time to facilitate a “real” SME competitive advantage? What are the “real” incentives for an SME to become a FI-SME? Will FI technology enable mass-customization of SME Enterprise (collaboration) services? The SMEs Task Force mission is: (to establish) clear and concise statements (about) FI technology & solution values (in terms) of support for traditional and innovative business processes (contextualised) to the specific SME nature.
Responsible Project:	ComVantage
Participating Projects:	ADVENTURE, ExtremeFactories, IMAGINE, MSEE, PREMANUS, ebbits, INTEROP-Vlab
Contact Point:	This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Actions:	FI-SME T1 - Define useful SME taxonomy. FI-SME T2 - Define and maintain a FI technology asset repository. FI-SME T3 – Describe relevant traditional and innovative processes for SME business operation. FI-SME T4 –Best practices (tech-avenues) and challenge (roadblocks) collection for FI SME adoption. Preparation of “Future Internet and SMEs” FInES cluster Task Force reference paper.
Results:	Under preparation.
Current Status:	Ongoing
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Future Internet Enterprise Systems (FInES) play an important role in the quest of European enterprises (typically SME's) to become more competitive and to enlarge their markets while transforming towards new business models and developing innovative products and services. This portal is powered by ENSEMBLE («Envisioning, Supporting and Promoting Future Internet Enterprise Systems Research through Scientific Collaboration»), a Coordination and Support Action (CSA) project funded under the European Commission FP7 Programme, in the context of its post-project commitments.Future Internet Enterprise Systems (FInES) play an important role in the quest of European enterprises (typically SME's) to become more competitive and to enlarge their markets while transforming towards new business models and developing innovative products and services. This portal is powered by ENSEMBLE («Envisioning, Supporting and Promoting Future Internet Enterprise Systems Research through Scientific Collaboration»), a Coordination and Support Action (CSA) project funded under the European Commission FP7 Programme, in the context of its post-project commitments.

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EC Contact Points: Ms. Ainhoa Uriarte, Mr. Cristian Olimid
FInES Cluster Co-Chairs: Man-Sze Li (Director, IC Focus, UK), Oscar Lazaro (Managing Director, Innovalia Association, Spain) and Jesper Thestrup (Managing Director, In-JeT ApS, Denmark)
FInES Cluster Interim Secretariat: Fenareti Lampathaki (RD Project Manager, National Technical University of Athens, Greece)
Mail: finescluster@gmail.com