Impacts. more SME start-ups, greater SMEs growth, employment creation -more cross-border + international cooperation -more “business-friendly” legislation + less red-tape -more innovative businesses and increased level of innovation expenditure -more entrepreneurs -increased adoption/use of eco-innovation -Easier access to seed and early stage capital and loans -Increased capacity of SMEs to identify and exploit business opportunities outside home country -Uptake of best practice innovation support tools by intermediaries -Uptake of innovation policies by Member States and learning from best practice -Uptake of innovative practices and eco-innovative technologies -Business/SMEs concerns integrated into EU policy making - Number of SMEs receiving new financing - Number of SMEs concluding partnership/business/technology agreements -Number of innovation support tools and methods taken up -Number of new and improved innovation policy tools developed -Number of new/improved eco-innovative products, techniques, services or processes in market -Increased interaction among policy players in the innovation systems in Europe with more trans- national cooperation - Investment volumes in VC , business angels and guarantee schemes - Number of SMEs receiving services and participating in brokerage events -Number of studies, reports, events, web-pages produced -Number of organisations and experts participating in public-private partnerships Number of eco-innovation pilot and market replications projects supported - Contribute to Lisbon objectives
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Sources: Framework Service Contract, Framework Service Contract