On April 10, 2011, kick-off meeting of “Leveraging Innovation Capabilities of Asian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises through Intermediary Organizations”, charged by Associate Professor Shou Yongyi (School of Management, ZJU), is held in NIIM. Prof. Guo Bin, Associate Professor Du Jian, Associate Professor Yu Chunguo from School of Management, Associate Professor Wu Jiebing from College of Public Administration, and Associate Professor Liu Xuefeng from School of Management of Xiamen University participate the meeting.

This project, sponsored by IDRC and charged jointly with NIIM and Innovation Institute of Thammasat University (Thailand), focuses on how to leverage innovation capabilities and competitiveness of SMEs through intermediary organizations.

Associate Professor Shou Yongyi presides the meeting. The experts discuss on detailed execution, typical case selecting, and prospective target of this project. The meeting successfully deploys the plans and cooperation details of different groups.

Reported by Chen Yingying and translated by Lihua W.