Italy
and the European Community have prepared different types of incentive
schemes to increase the competitiveness of European Industries
(with attention to SME's); these incentives are regulated by:
To
access the benefit allowed by these laws GFB Industrial
Consulting
provides the following services:
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analysis and
advantage comparison, based on the applicable legislative tools, and
preparation of the "business plan", which constitutes
the foundation document for the investments of the enterprise,
identifying thcharacteristics or parameters useful for the assignment
of the incentives; |
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supervision during
the preparation of the application for financing, including the support
documentation (and assistance in identifying the activities and
the expenses allowed in each specific incentive scheme) and during
the transmission of the forms to the involved Authority (European
Commissions, MURST, MICA, etc.); |
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formulation of
the financing reports, including verification of the necessary documentation
(and assistance in identifying the activities and the expenses
allowed in each specific incentive scheme) and during the visits
of the experts of the involved Authority; |
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attendance during
the technical examination and assistance in the preparation of the technical
reports; support during the testing-verifications that the responsible
Authority conducts during the evolution of the program; |
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financial planning, actual value calculations,
convenience analysis, etc., with reference to all the financing
possibilities available to the enterprise and, if necessary,
organization of mid-term financing operations to integrate the
costs coverage of the financial plan. |
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The European
productive system, particularly the Italian one, does not
share some advantages characterizing the emerging nations (South
Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Philippines and China) as low costs
of labour, reduced taxation of the enterprises and
high mobility of the human resources.
Accordingly it
is very difficult to compete with the product-services
produced by the enterprises situated in these areas, if the comparison
is to be made on products with similar performances.
The western world
must qualify its products with innovative contents, to
attenuate the cost differential that our productive system inserts
in the good-services produced by us; this is felt as a primary
requirement by the Italian Government and also by
the European Community.
For this reason
Italy and the European Community have prepared many types
of incentive schemes to help SME's to undertake all the actions
necessary to improve their industrial competitiveness. |