Category: SMEs

May 12

Half of Italian SMEs feel the risk to pay bribes

25% of Italian SMEs have corrupted officials (or were forced to) to get works assigned, and at least half of them refused to pay bribes in the first months of 2014, ADN Kronos’ survey reports. 10% only of those asked for a payoff denounced the event to police forces, while 80% of the interviewees repute …

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May 07

Credito all’export: incontri B2B con Banco Popolare

In occasione del convegno “L’internazionalizzazione delle imprese” promosso dall’Istituto di Cultura Bancaria “Francesco Parrillo”, dalla Facoltà di Economia-Sapienza Università di Roma e dal Banco Popolare (scarica il programma), OPUSNET organizza incontri di business per le imprese italiane interessate alle opportunità di finanziamento di progetti, investimenti, operazioni e attività sui mercati esteri. Il convegno si terrà …

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Mar 18

Fondo di Garanzia PMI: Nuove disposizioni e portale

E’ in vigore dal 10 marzo 2014 la nuova normativa del Fondo di Garanzia per le PMI, stabilita dal decreto ministeriale 27 dicembre 2013, ed è stata attivata la nuova piattaforma informatica nel sito internet istituzionale www.fondidigaranzia.it. Pertanto, le domande presentate al Fondo da tale data sono soggette alle nuove disposizioni integrate dalla Circolare  n. …

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Jan 22

Europe: Horizon 2020 Calls for SMEs’ Innovation

Boosting the Investment-Readiness of SMEs and Small Midcaps The aim of the call is to facilitate the interaction of potential investors with innovative SMEs and small midcaps participating in FP7 or Horizon 2020, together with preparing firms and entrepreneurs to negotiate more effectively with such investors. In a complementary manner, investors will be trained to better …

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Jul 11

€8.1 billion investment in EU research and innovation

The European Commission has today announced the final and biggest ever set of calls for proposals for research under its Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). In total €4.8 billion is dedicated to thematic research priorities. Industrial innovation will be supported through close-to-market activities such as piloting, demonstration, standardisation and technology transfer. Special attention will be given …

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