Q4I Consulting

Q4I offers support to adapt high-tech organisation to future value chains by means of the development of digital collaborative systems which facilitate the emergence of Open Innovation spaces. The new value chains of the technolgical industry are more collaborative than ever and technology-based organisations share capacities for the final product to be the result of the sum of the knowledge of multiple organisations participating in any of the stages of the lifecycle. It will foster the generation of new business models supported by strategies oriented to foster cross-sectoral and cross-border cooperation. The SMEBOOK (www.smebook.eu) is a clear example of open inovation platform enabling the matchmaking process among technology-based companies and innovation supporting entities. It is an operational intelligence-based technology marketplace fully deployed (TRL9) aimed at EU28 technological industries. The SMEBOOK automatically performs an insightful characterisation and parametrisation of key features of registered companies. It makes use of proprietary algorithms able to provide a pool of tailored partners for each organisation and supported by a resilient technological infrastructure conceived to be fully scalable, upgradable, data secure and accessible anywhere. The SMEBOOK relies on a smart peer-to-peer connection approach engaging companies in a fruitful matchmaking process which can boost their innovation potential. It fosters a real “open innovation” ecosystem by bringing European technology-based enterprises and innovation facilitators. In addition, Q4I aims to encourage the creation of more competitive products and services by defining and implementing sustainable initiatives based on the innovative management of business processes. Q4I offers tech companies customised business innovation services, which allow them to optimise their resources and capacities, minimise risks and reduce the product commercialisation time.