acatech – NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Foundation – Background – Facts August 2011

acatech – NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Foundation – Background – Facts August 2011 Euro-CASE Innovation Platform Results of the study “Barriers to innovation and Scale up of innovative European SMEs” Bertrand van Ee Chairman of the Euro-CASE Innovation Platform II Prague, 19.09.2017 About Euro-CASE Euro-CASE: European Council of Academies of Applied Sciences, Technologies and Engine. [...] The findings of the survey were discussed and validated in a stakeholder workshop in Brussels in December 2016. [...] Euro-CASE Innovation Platform II Bertrand van Ee The Steering team in action Euro-CASE Innovation Platform II Bertrand van Ee Defining the challenge for scaling up of SMEs in EU Advanced societies are having difficulties to make a robust policy for a complex innovation system. [...] Euro-CASE Innovation Platform II Bertrand van Ee Barriers to Innovation and Scale up - Results of our Survey Apart from a lack of finance the main barriers to innovation across the EU seem to be - stiff regulation - risk aversion and - poor interaction between research and industry There seems only little room for experimentation in both the public as well as private sector with new business m. [...] Key Recommendations to the European Academies and its Fellows: Actively contribute to expanding an entrepreneurial culture in the EU member states.