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One-Stop-Shop for services |
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The "One-Stop-Shop" for assisting services is under continuous development in order to be capable of improving the quality and quantity of services offered not only to its tenants but also to anyone that might be interested in the region of Western Greece.
The services will be offered by the "One-Stop-Shop" are a collection of the services provided by each one of the Technological Organizations supervised by the Greek Secretariat of Research and Technology.
The primary objective of the "One-Stop-Shop" is to offer all of the above-mentioned services gathered in a single access point. Here one can have access to databases of technological information, retrieve data in electronic or printed format, or even arrange to meet in person with a representative of the specific provider of information / services one might be interested in.
The technological organizations hosted can communicate with interested "customers" and provide services to them through the use of
• Telephone & Fax
• Personal Computer & Printer
• Office Automation Software
• Access to local databases
• Authorized access to databases via Internet
all provided by Patras Science Park. It should be stressed out that Patras Science Park's "One-Stop-Shop" will be available for hosting any organization or company offering technological information / services. Such organizations are admitted in the Park as soon as a working agreement is made, and provided that the services they offer are compatible with the general orientation and objectives of the Park.
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Innovative Management Techniques Unit for Enterprises |
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Patras Science Park's Innovative Management Techniques Unit for Enterprises (I.M.T.U.) aims to helping enterprises improve their competitive performance and it systematically introduces the entrepreneurs to the modern approach of innovation as the framework of their enterprise. In this way enterprises are able to create a favourable environment so as to best exploit the business opportunities given.
Patras Science Park through the I.M.T.U. promotes and disseminates the use of innovative tools to support decision making in the enterprises. This particular approach will enable them to set their targets and priorities and to plan an effective strategy for their enterprise. Accounting for the level of the enterprises in the area, the selected targets are:
A prompt response to the quickly transforming business environment by pinpointing the threats and exploiting the opportunities.
Handling changes inside the enterprise to succeed the ideas, the technologies and the opportunities for improvement.
The use and adaptation of ideas coming from internal sources, so that the enterprise will be able to improve its competitive advantage.
The improvement of the implementation of skills and state-of-the-art technologies in procedures, products or services.
The Innovative Management Techniques available to Patras' Science Park I.M.T.U., are the following:
Environment and competition analysis
Methods for the evaluation of resources and capabilities of enterprises
Internal set-up, elaboration of management team
Programming and growth of staff
Procedure for marketing planning
Development of new products
In addition, Patras Science Park developed tools & techniques for instant application, in order to support enterprises in reaching decisions concerning:
Benchmarking
Environment and competition analysis
Product portfolio evaluation
Hi-tech product portfolio evaluation
Patras Science Park adjusted the above tools-techniques to the needs of each enterprise, taking into consideration their particular conditions, operating in regional ground (size of enterprise, organizational status, framework and width of markets, etc.). Benefits coming from the implementation and dissemination of innovative management techniques are :
The successful exploitation of new ideas
The detection and evaluation of entrepreneurial opportunities
The assessment of the innovative performance of the enterprise
The development and implementation of a successful entrepreneurial strategy
All the above mentioned benefits contribute to the improvement of the competitive position that the enterprise holds in the wider entrepreneurial environment it belongs, taking into account the current conditions under which the economy and the market head to globalization.
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Business Innovation Center |
The Business Innovation Center, part of the backbone of the functional structure of PSP, aims to assist an innovative firm in rapidly converting the results of scientific research into commercial success. The Business Innovation Center helps the “innovative” firms, through the supporting units and services that it offers to focus on rapidly convert into what is also known as "high growth enterprises". Entrepreneurial schemes incorporated in the Business Innovation Center must be newly established (or under establishment). The primary objectives are:
- To set up
- The completion - perfection and protection of their innovative product
- The setting-up and testing of their plan for exploitation of the innovative product
Differences between the Business Incubator and the Business Innovation Center
The differences between the Business Incubator and the Business Innovation Center actually reflect the different needs and activities between the enterprises that establish in the Park and are mainly due to their dissimilar state of entrepreneurial maturity. This differentiation helps to accomplish a better supervision of each enterprise's progress, and a more effective assistance depending on their individual needs. The infrastructures, rooms and operating facilities provided as well as the rates charged are, in both cases, the same.
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The Technology Transfer Unit (TTU) establishment in Patras Science Park, is in close incorporation with human and organization networks in the Greek region, and all over the European Union. Through participation in innovation, information and Technology Transfer associations and cooperation with other Technology Transfer units, the TTU expands its knowledge base and offers specialized services to customers.
TTU is capable to support the innovative activities of enterprises, and to create mechanisms and infrastructures promoting the exploitation of research results and the introduction of innovative products and services for local and regional enterprises. Through technology transfer and incorporation procedures the TTU contributes in the modernization and competitiveness improvement of the enterprises in the region of Western Greece.
This action is addressed to any enterprise in the region (industrial, manufacturing, high technology, software engineering, etc.). The objectives are:
To support them in seeking, obtaining, adapting and integrating existing know-how
To assist them in licensing know-how for commercial purposes
To help them obtain consulting services of technical, organizational, administrative, financial, legislative or commercial nature
To enhance the dissemination and promotion of the developing local know-how.
In order to support industrial enterprises as well as SMEs, the Technology Transfer Unit at PSP acts as an agent of innovation promotion and technology transfer and TTU effectively assist them in confronting new challenges and solve existing problems.
ACTIVITIES
Technology Transfer Unit infrastructure is comprised of:
Computer equipment and networking
TTU web site
Development and presentation of methodologies and innovative practices
Exchange of experiences with other organizations of the same kind
Standardization of offered procedures and services
Collection, documentation and dissemination of information
Consultancy services
Attendance to seminars and workshops
Access to resources of information
(Inter)national databases
Regularly updated data concerning new technologies
Participation in human networks, organization networks
Developing co operational relationships with Universities, Research centers, Industrial development organizations, Companies of the public sector, Chambers of commerce etc.
Becoming a member of international technology transfer organizations (IASP, TII, AURRP, IRC, Innovation)
Establishment contacts with the European Commission
Creation of the following operational entities
TECHNOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
INFORMATION DESK
INNOVATION PROMOTION AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER BUREAU
CONSULTING SERVICES BUREAU
By means of this infrastructure, the Technology Transfer Unit is capable of developing and offering integrated services to support the evolution and improvement of any enterprise or organization interested in confronting the challenges of the new century.
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Both the Business Incubator and Business Innovation Center are significant units within the organizational structure of Patras Science Park. Through the operation of these units, Patras Science Park accommodates and supports newly established enterprises, which utilize innovative technologies and know-how.
The Business Incubator is the most significant unit within the organizational structure of Patras Science Park. It is an important mechanism that PSP operates in order to accommodate and support newly established enterprises in their initial steps to achieve:
* The exploitation of scientific research / technological development results.
* The creation and completion / perfection of an innovative product or service.
* Commercial exploitation of this innovative product or service.
This unit functions as a starting point for innovative enterprises, providing temporary establishment and initial operation facilities. The infrastructure of the unit provides the newly created enterprises with assisting services and facilities that fit their needs helping them to grow up. Entrepreneurial schemes incorporated in the Business Incubator unit should have already accomplished their preliminary establishment stage (inside or outside the Park), and should possess an innovative idea or product. Their incorporation focuses in
* Patenting their product (in case they have not done it yet)
* Implementing their plan of commercial exploitation of the product
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Structural Units