Internationalisation of innovation in SMEs : workshop report July 2016

This report presents the results of a workshop on the "Internationalisation of Innovation in SMEs" held on 13th June 2016 in Brussels. It means that SMEs engage in cooperation with international partners in order to jointly or sequentially conduct research & innovation activities, and/or that they innovate through customisation with the intention to gain access or better compete on a foreign market. The workshop was linked with a study conducted on the same issue and had the objective to validate the preliminary findings. The report summarises the presentations that were given at the workshop and the subsequent discussions among the participants. The report also presents the results of an online survey among experts carried out in preparation of the workshop in May and June 2016.