Promoting Entrepreneurship in Organic and Large Area Electronics in Europe: Issues and Recommendations

Jari Kettunen; Ilkka Kaisto; Gerrit Weisenborn; Ed van den Kieboom; Riku Rikkola; Raimo Korhonen

Promoting Entrepreneurship in Organic and Large Area Electronics in Europe: Issues and Recommendations

Jari Kettunen
, Ilkka Kaisto
, Gerrit Weisenborn
, Ed van den Kieboom
, Riku Rikkola
, Raimo Korhonen

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Abstract

This report summarizes the key findings and recommendations produced in the Entrepreneurship Work Packages of two EU-funded projects, Opera and PolyMap. The overall objective of both projects was to enhance the competitiveness of Europe in the field of organic and large area electronics (OLAE) by facilitating co-operation between European OLAE competence clusters. The specific objective of the Entrepreneurship Work Packages was to promote entrepreneurship and, in particular, to identify and help tackle the various business development challenges of European start-ups and SMEs operating in the area. The report provides an overview of the OLAE value chains and markets and a detailed analysis of the identified business development challenges. In addition, the report issues practical, hands-on recommendations for organising entrepreneur training and mentoring, for facilitating start-up and SME access to finance, and for developing the OLAE business ecosystem in Europe. Opera and PolyMap projects received funding from the 7th European Framework Programme. For detailed project descriptions, please visit http://quadriga-org.eu/index.php?id= 11&lang=EN.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Espoo
Publisher	VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Number of pages	85
ISBN (Electronic)	978-951-38-7705-7
ISBN (Print)	978-951-38-7704-0
Publication status	Published - 2011
MoE publication type	Not Eligible

Publication series

Series	VTT Tiedotteita - Research Notes
Number	2579
ISSN	1235-0605

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

Keywords

organic and large area electronics
entrepreneurship
business development
training
mentoring
finance
competitiveness
Europe

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