An analysis of SME instrument business proposals and case studies - Study Comisión Europea Centro Común de Investigación creator De Marco, Chiara Eleonora Di Minin, Alberto Duch-Brown, Nestor Martens, Bertin Marullo, Cristina Nepelski, Daniel Van Roy, Vincent text lu Luxembourg Publications Office of th European Union 2019 monographic eng 72 p. The study explores how European SMEs applying to the SME Instrument (SMEi) funding scheme under Horizon 2020 innovate use the digital platform business model. The study demonstrates a widespread awareness of the digital platform concept as a tool to be applied to gain momentum and growth, taking advantage of the digital affordances. The main challenges to scale-up include how to manage external communities and orchestrate them in order to build innovation ecosystems; how to find a profitable business model; and secure funding for growth. Firms located in peripheral regions face additional difficulties in finding complementary resource specialized European Commission. Joint Research Centre ; De Marco, Chiara Eleonora; Duch-Brown, Nestor; Marullo, Cristina; Nepelski, Daniel; Roy, Vincent van; Di Minin, Alberto; Martens, Bertin Tecnologías habilitadoras digitales Empresas aid to undertakings business model digital technology emprendimiento European undertaking small and medium-sized enterprises 978-92-76-00776-0 1831-9424 https://doi.org/10.2760/57240 https://doi.org/10.2760/57240 ES-MaONT 190313 20250123012003.0 00004926