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Innovation and cooperation, key to improve the competitiveness of the metal
28/06/2010
June 28, 2010
The Spanish Federation of technological centers (Fedit) presented the work carried out within the framework of entitled Industrial Observatory of the Metal Sector in Vigo ' analysis of the factors key to the competitiveness of SMEs in the sector of metal: project key '. It has developed a methodology for the identification and analysis of the key factors of innovation for the competitiveness of the sector.
The metal sector is composed of more than 150,000 companies employing more than 1.5 million people. The majority of the companies are SMEs; 98% of them have less than 100 people employed and 87% with less than 10. The characteristics of these companies condition their ability to perform r & d activities. Therefore, this paper recommends identify the key factors of innovation for the competitiveness of the Spanish companies of the sector metal to analyze the convergence or divergence with respect to the companies of reference in the main producing countriesestablish a technology roadmap that marks the way towards the improvement of competitiveness of Spanish SMEs in this sector through innovative projects, which are, moreover, supported by the public authorities and promote cooperation among the Spanish of the metal sector companies and the companies of reference in the main producing countries in order to exchanges of best practices through joint participation in innovation projects under the 7th framework programme.
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