Innovative Business Transfer Models for SMEs in the BSR

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Baltic Sea

Date of latest update: 2023-06-16

Description

Description (EN):

Many small and medium sized enterprises face a crucial moment when the business gets transferred, e.g. when the owner retires and a new one takes over. Every year, more jobs are lost due to failed business transfers than new jobs are created in start-ups. The project improves the competences of business support organisations in terms of business transfers. They jointly design and apply innovative tools to better support upcoming business successors. Ageing owners need successors: SMEs - or small and medium sizes enterprises - are the backbone of our economy. Many have been built up from scratch and run successful for decades. They are mostly managed by their owners, of whom a growing number is looking to retire, but can’t: There is a high demand for qualified successors. This is essential for transferring the businesses to the next generation and preserve the company respectively its jobs. Business transfers have a strong impact: Indeed business transfers have a higher impact on the economic growth than start-ups. More jobs in Europe are lost due to failed transfers than new jobs created with start-ups. Over the next decade up to 500,000 businesses providing two million jobs will have to be transferred every year. At least one third of business failures are the consequence of bad transfers. Call to action: Against this backdrop it is essential to improve the conditions for business transfers. The project brings together business support organisations, research institutions and education providers to team up in order to provide SMEs with excellent support for a successful transfer of their company and knowledge. The project examines, further develops and designs innovative and transferable models and tools for facilitating SME business transfers, adapts them to different regions and makes them not only widely available, but also starts to implement them in companies. These increased capacities and the institutionalised knowledge will lead to progressive change of SME business transfers in the Baltic Sea region.

Achievements (EN):

The project started raising awareness of the concept of a business transfer, as the knowledge is quite limited, particularly in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Russia. The project conferences in Vilnius and Riga contributed to a greater interest in the opportunities provided by business transfers. The cooperation between knowledge institutions and business support organisations has been strengthened in the project area, not only regionally (for example within Lithuania), but also transnationally, for instance between the Gdansk University of Technology (Poland) and Drivhuset from Skövde (Sweden). INBETS BSR has already developed a tool for the self-assessment of entrepreneurship competences, which enables potential entrepreneurs and institutions to understand whether the candidate is suitable to take over a business, whether (s)he needs to enhance her/his entrepreneurial skills, etc. The project also developed six models for a business transfer and six financing models. These models enable consultants at business support organisations to provide more detailed advice on the financial aspects of a business transfer and to identify a wide range of possible solutions. http://interreg-baltic.eu/project/inbets-bsr/

Website: http://www.inbets.eu

Delivered Outputs (EN):

6 blueprints for business transfer models 6 Financing models and innovative strategies Tested models by 30 pilot actions in SMEs 3 Tools for successful SME transfers Curricula for Train the Trainer Activities 9 regional cooperation structures for transfers established Platform with 5 portals for business transfer Software to identify and analyse individual entrepreneurial competences Course for motivation and idea finding Tested trainings and qualifications with 300 participants Policy porgram with 4 action plans 2 international transfer conferences, 2 printed publications to raise awareness and transfer results

Thematic information

SME and entrepreneurship

Specific Objective: ‘Non-technological innovation’: To advance the Baltic Sea Region performance in non-technological innovation based on increased capacity of innovation actors

Thematic Objective: (01) strengthening research, technological development and innovation by:

Investment Priority:

(01b) promoting business investment in R&I, developing links and synergies between enterprises, research and development centres and the higher education sector, in particular promoting investment in product and service development, technology transfer, social innovation, eco-innovation, public service applications, demand stimulation, networking, clusters and open innovation through smart specialisation, and supporting technological and applied research, pilot lines, early product validation actions, advanced manufacturing capabilities and first production, in particular in key enabling technologies and diffusion of general purpose technologies

Partners (15)

Lead Partner: Baltic Sea Academy e.V.

Address: Blankeneser Landstraße 7, 22587 Hamburg, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.baltic-sea-academy.eu

Total budget: EUR 588 455.50

ERDF budget: EUR 441 341.62

Latvijas Tirdzniecības un Rūpniecības kamera

Name: Latvijas Tirdzniecības un Rūpniecības kamera

Department: EU funded project department

Address: Kr. Valdemara str. 35, LV-1010 Riga, Latvia

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.chamber.lv

Total budget: EUR 149 675.00

ERDF budget: EUR 127 223.75

Mazowiecka Izba Rzemiosła i Przedsiębiorczości

Name: Mazowiecka Izba Rzemiosła i Przedsiębiorczości

Address: Smocza 27, 01-048 Warsaw, Poland

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.mirip.org.pl

Total budget: EUR 129 666.29

ERDF budget: EUR 110 216.34

Vilniaus Prekybos, Pramonės ir Amatų Rūmai

Name: Vilniaus Prekybos, Pramonės ir Amatų Rūmai

Address: Algirdo g. 31, 03219 Vilnius, Lithuania

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.cci.lt/

Total budget: EUR 135 250.00

ERDF budget: EUR 114 962.50

Eesti Kaubandus- ja Tööstuskoda (EKTK)

Name: Eesti Kaubandus- ja Tööstuskoda (EKTK)

Address: Toom-Kooli 17, 10130 Tallinn, Estonia

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.koda.ee

Total budget: EUR 123 746.01

ERDF budget: EUR 105 184.10

St. Petersburg Foundation for SME Development

Name: St. Petersburg Foundation for SME Development

Address: Izmaylovsky pr., 14, 190005 St. Petersburg, Russia

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.fbd.spb.ru

Total budget: EUR 125 700.00

ENI budget: EUR 106 845.00

Ассоциация центров поддержки малого и среднего предпринимательства

Name: Ассоциация центров поддержки малого и среднего предпринимательства

Address: Gorkogo street, 69, 236029 Kaliningrad, Russia

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 78 500.00

ENI budget: EUR 66 725.00

Stiftelsen Drivhuset Skaraborg

Name: Stiftelsen Drivhuset Skaraborg

Address: Högskolevägen 8, 54145 Skövde, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.drivhuset.se/skaraborg

Total budget: EUR 159 216.04

ERDF budget: EUR 119 412.03

IBA Erhvervsakademi Kolding, WITHDRAWAL (15/10/2018):

Name: IBA Erhvervsakademi Kolding, WITHDRAWAL (15/10/2018):

Address: Ålegården 2, DK 6000 Kolding, Denmark

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.iba.dk

Total budget: EUR 7 820.42

ERDF budget: EUR 5 865.31

Berufsakademie Hamburg

Name: Berufsakademie Hamburg

Address: Zum Handwerkszentrum 1, 21079 Hamburg, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ba-hamburg.de

Total budget: EUR 213 450.00

ERDF budget: EUR 160 087.50

Politechnika Gdańska

Name: Politechnika Gdańska

Department: Faculty of Management and Economics

Address: Narutowicza11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk , Poland

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.pg.edu.pl

Total budget: EUR 134 269.69

ERDF budget: EUR 114 129.23

Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas

Name: Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas

Address: K. Donelaičio g. 58, LT-44248 Kaunas, Lithuania

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.vdu.lt/

Total budget: EUR 132 605.00

ERDF budget: EUR 112 714.25

Satakunnan Ammattikorkeakoulu

Name: Satakunnan Ammattikorkeakoulu

Address: Tiedepuisto 3, 28600 Pori, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.samk.fi/en

Total budget: EUR 181 588.11

ERDF budget: EUR 136 191.08

WITHDRAWAL (30/09/2019): Högskolan I Skövde, WITHDRAWAL (30/09/2019)

Name: WITHDRAWAL (30/09/2019): Högskolan I Skövde, WITHDRAWAL (30/09/2019)

Department: School of business

Address: Högskolevägen, 541 28 Skövde, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.his.se

Total budget: EUR 75 848.36

ERDF budget: EUR 56 886.27

IBC Kurser og Konsulenthus

Name: IBC Kurser og Konsulenthus

Department: Business Development

Address: Birkemosevej 1, 6000 Kolding, Denmark

Legal status: public

Website: https://kurser.ibc.dk/

Total budget: EUR 228 479.58

ERDF budget: EUR 171 359.68

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Summary

Project name (EN): Innovative Business Transfer Models for SMEs in the BSR

Project acronym: INBETS BSR

Project start date: 2017-10-01

Project end date: 2021-03-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 464 270.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 949 143.66

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 79.10%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 775 573.66.
ENPI/ENI/NDICI: Amount, EUR 173 570.00.

Third-country contribution: 86 785.00

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Websites / webtools / webforums / cooperative platforms

INBETS – Innovative Business transfer models for SMEs in the BSR

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Website / webtool / webforum / cooperative platform

Data source: https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/inbets/

Publication date: 2022-07-31

Document date: 2019-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment link: https://inbets.eu/

Innovative Business Transfer Models for SMEs in the BSR - Interreg Baltic Sea Region

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Website / webtool / webforum / cooperative platform

Data source: https://projects.interreg-baltic.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-31

Document date: 2019-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment link: https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/inbets/

Videos / films

INBETS - Imagefilm: Innovative Business Transfer Models for SMEs in the BSR

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://inbets.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-31

Document date: 2021-09-09

Languages: en

INBETS - Trailer: Innovative Business Transfer Models for SMEs in the BSR

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://inbets.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-31

Document date: 2021-09-09

Languages: en

INBETS - Russian sucess story

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://inbets.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-31

Document date: 2021-09-09

Languages: en, ru

Innovative Business Transfers for SMEs in the BSR - Model 1

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://inbets.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-31

Document date: 2021-09-16

Languages: en

Innovative Business Transfers for SMEs in the BSR - Model 2

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://inbets.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-31

Document date: 2021-09-16

Languages: en

Innovative Business Transfers for SMEs in the BSR - Model 3

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://inbets.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-31

Document date: 2021-09-16

Languages: en

Innovative Business Transfers for SMEs in the BSR - Model 4

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://inbets.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-31

Document date: 2021-09-16

Languages: en

Innovative Business Transfers for SMEs in the BSR - Model 5

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://inbets.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-31

Document date: 2021-09-16

Languages: en

Innovative Business Transfers for SMEs in the BSR - Model 6

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://inbets.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-31

Document date: 2021-09-16

Languages: en

Media releases / articles

NEWSLETTER ONE: INBETS+ -AN INTRODUCTION

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Media release / article

Data source: https://inbets.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-31

Document date: 2020-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Newsletter 1: Overview

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Media release / article

Data source: https://inbets.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-31

Document date: 2020-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Newsletter 2: Transfer Models

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Media release / article

Data source: https://inbets.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-31

Document date: 2020-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Newsletter 3: Finance Models

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Media release / article

Data source: https://inbets.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-31

Document date: 2020-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Newsletter 4: Education

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Media release / article

Data source: https://inbets.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-31

Document date: 2020-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Newsletter 5: Political Strategy

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Media release / article

Data source: https://inbets.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-31

Document date: 2020-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Newsletter 6: Final Conference

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Media release / article

Data source: https://inbets.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-31

Document date: 2020-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Бизнес для единомышленника

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Media release / article

Data source: https://inbets.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-31

Document date: 2020-02-28

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Books

Promotion of business transfers in the Baltic Sea Region - Background and strategies

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Book

Data source: https://inbets.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-31

Document date: 2021-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Studies / surveys

RELEVANCE OF BUSINESS TRANSFERS AS A FUNDAMENTAL PILLAR OF RESILIENT ECONOMIES AND OUTLINE OF CURRENT DEVELOPMENT BASED ON A RECENT SURVEY

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://inbets.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-31

Document date: 2021-04-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

MODELS OF BUSINESS TRANSFERS AND NEGLECTED POTENTIAL SUCCESSORS

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://inbets.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-31

Document date: 2020-03-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Baltic Sea

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2023-06-16

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200 / 200 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

2 025 / 2 025 (100%)

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