Filterkit: an industrial development project for SMEs of the Veneto Region

This paper presents an example of an innovation network which provides the necessary resources to change the business model of a group of local traditional SMEs to improve global competitiveness. The network generates smaller clusters aiming at developing new knowledge which is then shared within the all network. Several clusters exist the same time, in this way each single company is exposed to a rich flow of technological information and opportunities to generate new business activity.