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“CoMod” – A Model to Support Collaboration and Innovation between Digital Innovation Labs and SMEs |
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PP: 21-29 |
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Author(s) |
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Karsten Böhm,
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Abstract |
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| For a number of different reasons the cooperation between Digital Innovation Labs (e.g. FabLabs) and Small
and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is currently not being used to its full extent. This paper reports on the results of an applied
research project in Italy and Austria that aims at supervising, stimulating and assisting the cooperation between Labs and
SMEs with a number of pilot projects that have been executed on different locations in two countries. It sheds light on the
challenges and direct as well as indirect benefits of such a cooperation for all involved partners. The findings of the specific projects are used to derive a generalized Cooperation Model for FabLabs and SME (“CoMod”). This model can be used
to provide guidance to other Labs and SMEs to realize the benefits of a collaborative Innovation project. For the
Knowledge Management community, the project demonstrates that the collaboration between Labs and SMEs involves
significant amounts of tacit knowledge, which can be made more visible using the proposed model. |
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