| Table
1
Summary of Companies in Study |
| Company | Number of Employees | Activity | Observed Innovation |
Informants |
Interviews |
| Futureplast |
9
|
R&D (lighting industry) | New
production process (laser system for glass manufacturing)
New product (plastic cable for light conduction) |
|
|
| Microalgae |
8
|
R&D (biotechnology) | New production process (industrial–scale photobioreactor) |
|
|
| Parma |
130
|
Safety boxes | New product (cash-in cash-out safety box) |
|
|
| Polti |
600
|
Small home appliances | New product (vacuum cleaner with water-based filter) |
|
|
| Serigrafica Tosi |
65
|
Rolls for silk-screen printing | New production process (roll-print technology) |
|
|
| Petroltecnica |
60
|
Tank-cleaning services | New product (robot for cleaning oil tanks) |
|
|