"Make Research Work for Your Company"

The Guide has been produced in order to equip and prepare SMEs to make better use of the results of collaborative R&D projects so that they can be of benefit to their businesses by having a tangible impact on profits, competitiveness and company growth. SMEs from previously identified 24 Best Practice R&D projects were asked how they used and disseminated their research results in order to indentify the real benefits that companies can obtain from collaborative R&D projects and how to go about it. This knowledge and experience has helped to shape the contents of this Guide. So whether you are thinking of joining a collaborative R&D project in the near future, or whether you are already involved in a project that is underway, if you want to get the most out of your participation, then this is the Guide for you.