Nurturing Responsible Finance, Brand Image, Network Collaboration, and Cultural Alignment  By Elma Demir, Researcher and Business Development Manager, IMT-BS  Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the driving force of many economies, particularly in the technology sector. While SMEs are often associated with innovation and job creation, the environmental impact of these businesses is often overlooked. […]

By Laura O’Donovan The MTU Extended Campus hosted its SME Cluster Growth National event on May 19th, 2023, as a free breakfast networking opportunity for MTU staff and SME representatives to meet each other. A boisterous chatter could be heard from 7.20 am onwards until 10 am on a beautiful day in the Bishopstown campus

By Prof. Dr. Sebnem Burnaz, Istanbul Technical University  In Turkey 99.8% of all businesses are small and medium enterprises (SMEs). These businesses provide 73.8% of the total employment, realise 64.5% of the total turnover of the enterprises in the country and 56.3% of the total exports (www.tobb.org.tr). Although these numbers show the importance of SMEs

By Elma Emir, Researcher and Business Development Manager Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have long been an integral part of the French economy, accounting for 99.2% of all businesses and 60.5% of all employment in the country. However, the role of SMEs in France has shifted in recent years, with the emergence of digital technologies

We are happy to announce that training is well underway on the SME Cluster Growth Mobility and Training Programme.  Here are some recent photos from two sessions where project partners at the University of Malaga (UMA) conducted the fourth session of their training project titled: How to engage with universities? This lively session was led

By Laura O’Donovan, Munster Technological University Fred and Judith Graepel took over the running of Graepel’s, a manufacturer of engineered metal products, headquartered in Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland in 2007. Fred’s father Harald Graepel established the company in Cork in 1959 and later expanded into England and Scotland. The family history of working with perforated

By Samantha Carty, Momentum November 2022, saw nine SME CG project partners from across seven European countries celebrate a successful get together to review almost two years of collaboration between engineering SMEs and HEIs. The transnational partner meeting of the SME Cluster Growth Project was hosted by University of Malaga at Link by UMA-Atech, a meeting