Keywords: open innovation, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), network business environment, technological infrastructure, legal framework, model of innovation for SMEs .Abstract. The SMEs represent an important factor of growth in both developed and developing countries, into which, however, they face different obstacles in the process of innovation. This paper analyses how open communication and collaboration can help SMEs in their struggle for sustainable innovation and profitable market competition. Based on a literature review, a number of obstacles that SMEs have to overcome in their current activity and possible support to be competitive are revealed. The main benefits and particularities of implementing open innovation in SMEs are presented. The necessity of a supportive business environment for SMEs is demonstrated. An outline of an improved model for SMEs is presented.

The purpose of this article is to characterize surface of 304L stainless steel coating by e-gun technology with thin films of Ta2O5 and ZnO. ZnO films are used in pharmaceutical industries, in cosmetics and in medicine, grace of their better anticorrosive, antibacterial and photo catalytic properties. Ta2O5 films have rapidly evolved in medicine research with the promise of development of new types of biomaterials used in medicine. Ta2O5 coatings present an excellent biocompatibility, good dielectric properties, and high corrosion resistance. The biomaterials are realized by novel and special methods to resist of the biological reactions that occur in medical implants (protein adsorption, cell adhesion, cell growth, blood compatibility, etc.). The most important surface properties are physical properties, durability and biocompatibility. The physical properties of a biomaterial that must to be measure, are mechanical strength, permeability and elasticity. Biocompatibility is the response of the biomaterial or of the device to the proteins, cells and organisms action, when the implants are in contact with the biological tissue. The common method to characterize biomaterial surfaces are: contact angles, ESCA (XPS), Auger Electron Spectroscopy, SIMS, FTIR-ATR, STM, SEM and EDAX.

In the last decade, additive manufacturing has greatly developed and the manufacture of cheaper 3D hybrid (multitool) printers has increased. Hybrid 3D printers are equipped with interchangeable heads for manufacture and permit multiple types of processing such as 3D printing, CNC cutting, laser engraving or deposition of pasty materials. The objective of this paper was to manufacture a hybrid 3D printer prototype, type DIY (do it yourself) and was equipped with g-code software necessary for 3D printing process and for CNC cutting. The materials used for construction for this hybrid 3D printer are cheap and accessible and some of electronic components are reused and recovered from old equipment and the functional 3D hybrid printer obtained can be a model for sustainability of products.

This research paper is to the identify an extent and practice of the Strategic leadership and its relationship with the Iraq oil industry, The researcher used a descriptive analytical approach, Designed specifically for data collection, 130 questionnaire was distributed to employees Iraq oil companies and retrieved 114 valid questionnaires for statistical analysis, The outcome showing that there are the positive relations between (supporting senior management the strategic leadership and a trends illustrating a strategy in the oil sector). A number of conclusions were reached, the most important being a relationship between practice and the role of the strategic leadership on the oil Iraq industry.

This paper aims to increase the level of awareness regarding the risk of using counterfeit parts in the aerospace industry. Manufacturing and selling counterfeit parts is a challenge that almost every business faces and that has an impact on retailers, distributors, and producers. Contrary to other businesses, counterfeiting could be fatal in the aerospace, defense, and automotive sectors. The risk of receiving counterfeit parts or assemblies with counterfeit parts will vary depending on the organization’s role and position within the supply chain. The risk increases with the number of supply chain intermediaries (such as sub-tiers, distributors, customers, services, etc.) that incorporate parts into products or assemblies.