BENCHMARKING NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR SMEs IN THE FIELD OF INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY - PRO INNO Europe paper 4

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Benchmarking National and Regional Support Services for SMEs in the Field of Intellectual and Industrial Property assesses how SMEs can use IPR support across European countries and regions. The report examines the IPR landscape for SMEs, including formal and informal protection mechanisms, prevailing usage patterns, and perceived versus real barriers. It then presents a benchmarking approach to identify elements of good practice, evaluate service performance, and derive policy lessons and practical guidance for improving IPR support.

LanguageEnglish

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Pages288

Reading Time1 h 41 min

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Executive Summary

1 Introduction

2 Methodological framework

2.1 Overview on the study design

2.2 The three research phases in more detail

3 SMEs in the IPR world

3.1 SMEs and innovation: The case of IPR

3.2 The IPR system in a nutshell

4 The policy agenda for SMEs – Issues to be addressed in the study and beyond

4.1 Lessons learned for policy makers

4.2 Policy options with regard to SMEs

5 Towards Good Practices – The real world of IPR support services

5.1 What’s out there for SMEs: Evidence-based policy

5.2 Looking for gold: The benchmarking process

PRO INNO Europe paper N° 4 BENCHMARKING NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR SMEs IN THE FIELD OF INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY European Commission DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR ENTERPRISE AND INDUSTRY PRO INNO Europe paper N° 4 BENCHMARKING NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR SMEs IN THE FIELD OF INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Authors of the report: Alfred Radauer (Austrian Institute for SME Research) Jürgen Streicher (Austrian Institute for SME Research) Fritz Ohler (Technopolis Group) PRO INNO Europe The innovation policy initiative PRO INNO Europe combines analysis and benchmarking of national and regional innovation policy performance with support for cooperation of national and regional innovation programmes and incentives for innovation agencies and other innovation stakeholders to implement joint actions. The initiative aspires to become the main European reference for innovation policy analysis and development throughout Europe and brings together over 200 innovation policy makers and stakeholders from 33 countries. Additional information on PRO INNO Europe is available on the Internet ([www.proinno-europe.eu](www.proinno-europe.eu)). Legal notice This report has been produced as part of the PRO INNO Europe initiative. The views expressed in this report, as well as the information included in it, do not necessarily reﬂect the opinion or position of the European Commission and in no way commits the institution. Europe Direct is a service to help you ﬁnd answers to your questions about the European Union Freephone number (*): 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11 (*) Certain mobile telephone operators do not allow access to 00 800 numbers or these calls may be billed. More information on the European Union is available on the Internet ([http://europa.eu](http://europa.eu)). Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication. Luxembourg: Ofﬁce for Ofﬁcial Publications of the European Communities, 2007 ISBN 978-92-79-06926-0 © European Communities, 2007 Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged. Printed in Italy PRINTED ON WHITE CHLORINE-FREE PAPER The following institutions contributed to this report. 3 The listing is given in the order of the country where the institution is located: Austria Austrian Institute for SME Research (KMFA)– Project Lead Technopolis Group Belgium Research Centre for Entrepreneurship, EHSAL-K.U. Brussel Bulgaria Foundation for Entrepreneurship Development (FED) Cyprus Economarket Bureau of Economic and Market Research Ltd. Czech Republic PERITUS Denmark Oxford Research A/S Estonia PRAXIS Center for Policy Studies Finland Small Business Institute, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration France CITIA Germany Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Greece Research Centre of the University of Piraeus Hungary Small Business Development Center Corvinus University of Budapest Iceland Institute for Business Research, University of Iceland Ireland Tom Martin & Associates Italy Scuola Superiore PISA Latvia Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies BICEPS Liechtenstein Austrian Institute for SME Research Lithuania Dr. Ruta Aidis, SSEES/UCL/TURKU Luxembourg Chambre des Métiers du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg Malta Economic & Management Consultancy Services Ltd Norway Agder Research Foundation (ARF) Poland EEDRI, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Research Institute, Academy of Management Portugal Tecninvest Slovenia Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Maribor Slovak Republic PERITUS Spain Instituto Vasco de Estudios e Investigación (IKEI) Sweden Oxford Research A/S The Netherlands EIM Business & Policy Research Turkey SIBAREN, Industrial Engineering Department Middle East Technical University United Kingdom Technopolis Group Brighton Contents Execut

FAQs

What is the report’s main focus regarding SMEs and IPR support services?

The report benchmarks national and regional IPR support services for SMEs and evaluates how these services perform across European contexts.

Which aspects of SMEs’ IPR situation does the report analyze?

It covers the IPR system for SMEs, including formal and informal protection mechanisms, usage patterns, and perceived versus real barriers to using IPR.

How does the report identify and assess “good practices” in IPR support?

It explains a benchmarking process to select relevant services and criteria, then breaks down elements of good practice and assesses the performance of IPR support services.

Sep 11, 2026

Uploaded by Mack Lee