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Deliverable 1.1 - Methodological Implementation Guidelines (30th June 2010)

This document (34 pages) includes:

1. The project objectives and research questions
2. Working definitions of
1. Innovation and innovation-related concepts;
2. Innovation programmes;
3. Programme evaluation and evaluation concepts;
4. The “Culture of evaluation” (to which GPrix contributes); and the
5. Traditional manufacturing sector, with an example to illustrate how the GPrix definition is applied (note that GPrix rejected the characterisation of traditional manufacturing in terms of “low-tech”).
3. The GPrix methodology in 10 steps.
4. Templates to ensure uniform data gathering and analysis across the seven regions covered by the GPrix partners:
1. the “Questionnaire Survey” for SMEs (the draft GPrix questionnaire shows the questions in common with the MAPEER – a sister project to GPrix – questionnaire);
2. description and analysis of “Innovation Programmes” and their performance;
3. analysis of the “Regional Economic Fabric”;
4. description and analysis of “Regional Research and Development and Innovation (R&D&I) Policies”; and
5. the “SME case studies”.

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