Apollon Final Report 7.
Requirements Analysis
8.
Decision and Management Support Framework
9.
Project plan development for a Cross-Border Living Labs Network
10. Cross-border Knowledge Sharing 11. Observation Data Collection and Focus Groups 12. Collaboration and Communication Tools 13. Dedicated Project Meeting 14. Cross-border Application development Framework 15. Community Reporting Tool 16. Platform for Cross-Border Trading of Services 17. Remote Guided Living Labs Tour Using Webcam and Web Conferencing 18. Test Storyline for User Communication 19. Method for Designing Use Transformation Processes 20. Checklist to prepare for product or service introduction 21. Checklist to implement a use case in another environment 22. Customer Review Questionnaire 23. Expertise database
10 Business Impacts The business profile of an average SME involved in APOLLON is depicted below. Categories
Average
Number of SMEs
11
Years in operation
18
No. of Employees
90
Autonomicity
All
Turnover (2009)
6.055.382 €
Turnover (2010)
6.492.368 €
Turnover (2011)
7.783.660 €
YoY increase (2010)
7%
YoY increase (2011)
20%
Turnover/Emp (2010)
49.435 €
Turnover/Emp (2011)
52.353 €
In order to gauge the cross-border presence and its importance to the SME partners in APOLLON, efforts were made to understand their existing business model and dependence on international businesses and trade. Among the respondents, 64% have presence in international markets. This may seem already advanced, yet upon further research it was revealed that as of 2011 nearly 55% of SMEs are deriving only 0-5% of their annual revenues from international trade and businesses.
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