CHAPTER 7 INNOBAROMETER: AN E-TOOL TO COLLECT AND ANALYSE DATA ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION IN WESTERN GREECE AND APULIA Georgios Constantinos Theofanopoulos,1 John Garofalakis,2 Andreas Koskeris,3 Sotirios Michalopoulos 4 theofan@ceid.upatras.gr, 2 garofala@cti.gr, 3 koskeris@cti.gr, 4 sotirism@cti.gr Computer Technology Institute and Press “Diophantus” 1
In this chapter we present the Innobarometer e-tool which was developed via the egov_INNO project, funded by the Greece – Italy Interreg program. The Innobarometer is an on-line platform that collects information about entrepreneurship and innovation. The information is used for the development and presentation of reports for the regions of Western Greece and Apulia. It includes the following functionalities: (a) an online questionnaire to periodically collect feedback on entrepreneurship and present information based on it, (b) automated and semi-automated collection of information on entrepreneurship and innovation indicators from various sources (e.g. Eurostat), (c) display of indicators and graphs based on information collected via (a) and (b), and (d) a repository of relevant research work and e-tools to support aspiring, new, and existing entrepreneurs. Users are able to view the progress of selected indicators over time at an aggregated level (in both table and graph format) or to view selected reports at a particular point in time (in both table and chart formats). The chapter describes the tool’s architecture, design issues, functionalities and actual results from its application. ΑΒSTRACT
1. INTRODUCTION The Innobarometer is an on-line platform that collects information about entrepreneurship and innovation, to be used for the construction and presentation of reports
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