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The Fenice Project. Gian Angelo Bellati Unioncamere/Eurosportello del Veneto (Euro-Info Centre) Venice Italy. Enterprise continuity and competitiveness. Budapest, 24-25th May 2011. From the Small Business Act Review (23 Feb. 2011, 3.4). Business Transfer in Europe.
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The Fenice Project Gian Angelo Bellati Unioncamere/Eurosportello del Veneto (Euro-Info Centre) Venice Italy Enterprise continuity and competitiveness Budapest, 24-25th May 2011
From the Small Business Act Review (23 Feb. 2011, 3.4) Business Transfer in Europe 1/3of business failures occur in the context of a business transfer. “Business failures: 1/3 occur in the context of a business transfer. Next decade: to be transferred every year up to 500,000 businesses 2 million jobs “It is essential to improve the framework conditions for business transfers”
From the Small Business Act Review (23 Feb. 2011, 3.4) Business Transfer in Europe “It is essential to improve the framework conditions for business transfers” Next decade: up to 500,000 businessesto be transferred every year Next decade: 2 million jobs
From the Small Business Act Review (23 Feb. 2011, 3.4) The Commission will: • identify best practices to support business transfers • launch a campaign to promote these practices Member States are invited to: • develop user-friendly marketplaces and databases for transferable businesses • provide training and support to increase the number of successful business transfers, including communication campaigns to raise awareness on the need to prepare ahead of time for business transfers.
We need to create a receptive environmentby coordinating different kinds of actors with an ad hoc set of strategies and tactics An innovative approach is needed Governing business transfer is NOT doing business as usual One cannot use an old map to discover new lands
Design and Technical Support EU funded 2006-2008 Project Institutional Insight and Support Project Governance The Fenice Project starting point
The Fenice Project aims and tools • Project overall aim: • Setting up in the Veneto region a new Business Renewal Centre • In order to: • Transform a potential threat into a promising renovation and competitiveness opportunity • Through: • a new top-down-topapproach in the region • supported by a creative online and off-line toolbox
Regional Governance 35 Local Partners NetworkTraining of 41 Local Tutors 300+ local mSMEs involved Vaccination Business owners previous awareness raising Bank of Cases38 business transfer cases systematically classified Cofunding Regional Administration Unioncamere/Eurosportello StudioCentroVeneto Toolbox Online and off line training and assistance tools from EU Good Practices The Fenice Business Renewal Centre
The Fenice Toolbox: Vaccination Aim In co-operation with Chambers and Trade Associations, to inoculate into micro and small business owners a suitable awareness dose about their business transfer needs. • Action • To invite Senior and Junior, male and female family members,to ‘awareness evening’ meetings. • To assist them in small groups (20 people) by a short confidential self-analysis, done through an European Good Practice. Output Provision of personalised profiles and group portrait, allowing the meeting Organiser to conduct a customised follow up.
The Fenice Toolbox: Bank of Cases Aim To build up a reliable business transfer cases collection, described through a standardised grid, allowing for comparison and conformity/non-conformity assessment around 10 Crucial Factors. • Action • To collect transfer situations, clustering them on the basis of the Crucial Factors. • To define some coherent action protocols to be applied to analogous situations. Output A practical guide for entrepreneurs and for business transferexperts and consultants, based on exemplars, is available.
Lessons learned NOT TO DOs • Be impatient • Take improvident shortcuts • Leave somebody behind • Disergard continous monitoring
Lessons learned TO DOs • Dare to change the status quo • Involve institutional and technical partners since the very beginning • Share with them the final project vision • Rely on innovative EU Good Practices • Keep in touch with the territory • Train, train, train
Lessons learned Regional Level An institution or quasi-institution (e.g. Chamber of commerce) can be the “pivot” to put together a public-private network, pooling some reliable and tested tools, without starting from scratch every time.
Lessons learned Transferability Such a methodology can be sharedacross regions and can contribute to build up a solid knowledge base on business transfer throughout Europe. First steps • Start by sponsoring a “teaser” and a convenient “cultural setting”: • Shortkit free online self-test (http://bit.ly/shortkitEN) • Short Tutors training andVaccination, through Chambers and Business associations.