TECTRA HANDBOOK 
 Development of methods and tools to support the creation of innovative firms based on technology
INTRODUCTION
Issues to be solved
Solution adopted in tectra system
Partners
   TEKNIKER FOUNDATION
   INASMET FOUNDATION
   SPRI
   ESTIA
   DONE SOLUTIONS OYJ
DEFINITIONS
TECTRA SYSTEM STRUCTURE
TECTRA HANDBOOK
   1st Step systematising research
   2nd Step generating ideas
   3rd Step evaluating & selecting ideas
   4th Step defining business idea
   5th Step supporting business planning
   6th Step supporting business development
EXAMPLE
   Innovation Committee
   Lighthouse
   Radar
   Generator
   Idea evaluation and selection
   Business Plan Support
   Business implementation
BIBLIOGRAPHIC
INTRODUCTION

TECTRA target is to enable and support start-ups, SMEs and Business Units of large companies to cope with the complexity of business innovation. Its main objectives are:
  • to improve the success of innovation introduction by providing a holistic frame to coach the innovator during all the phases of the project (idea, concept, project adaptation, introduction, growth, maturity and degeneration).
  • to improve the new company development and growth with a method to gather all the information needed by participants and to seek an optimal financing structure.
  • to reduce bankruptcies by enabling companies to cope with the changes in the market (technology and demand), namely by elaborating action plans according to the strategy designed and the main objectives set up by TECTRA support.
In this way, TECTRA will improve the competitiveness of the European industries by providing them with methods and tools to cope with the globalisation and the market changes.
TECTRA intends to attenuate the referred threats to the innovation process in smaller organisations with the following characteristics:
  • TECTRA provides a general supporting infrastructure based on guides, methods, tools, knowledge, and practical examples, which will help to reduce the lack of systematic and completeness in the preparation of innovation projects. It will lead to a positive quality effect on innovation projects and hereby to increased trust of potential capital investors and project partners.
  • TECTRA will provide a common and updated vision during the entire life cycle of the company.

The result of the project will be a systematic method to develop and carry on the setting up of innovative firms that we call TECTRA.

The final objective of this TECTRA environment is to increase the yield of innovation projects and to contribute to new wealth and employment in organisations operating within or servicing innovative and high-tech- oriented companies.