Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Grenoble

Their core work

Grenoble CCI operates through Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM), a business school that brings management science, behavioral economics, and innovation expertise to EU research consortia. Their H2020 work focuses on the human and business dimensions of technology adoption — particularly how households and companies make decisions about energy efficiency investments. They also support SME innovation capacity building and have contributed to health systems research from a management and organizational perspective.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

The organization began with a broad scope in 2014, covering SME innovation support services (CIPRAASME) before concentrating on energy efficiency behavioral research from 2015 onward (BRISKEE, CHEETAH). The connected health training network (CHESS) was a parallel track but did not continue beyond that single project. The overall trajectory shows a narrowing toward understanding the human and economic factors that drive or hinder energy technology adoption in households and businesses.

Their trajectory points toward behavioral and management research applied to energy transitions, making them a natural partner for projects needing social science perspectives on clean energy adoption.

How they like to work

Exclusively a participant — never a coordinator across all four projects, suggesting they contribute specialized expertise (management science, behavioral economics) rather than leading technical consortia. With 26 unique partners across 11 countries, they do not repeat partnerships frequently, indicating broad but shallow network ties. This profile is typical of a business school that joins diverse consortia to contribute non-technical dimensions.

They have collaborated with 26 distinct partners across 11 countries, reflecting a well-distributed European network without a strong geographic concentration. The variety of partners suggests they are sought for their specific management and behavioral expertise rather than for existing institutional relationships.

What sets them apart

As a business school (Grenoble Ecole de Management) embedded within a Chamber of Commerce, they offer a rare combination of academic rigor and practical business orientation. For consortium builders, they fill the gap between pure engineering research and real-world market adoption — providing the behavioral, economic, and management analysis that explains why good technologies succeed or fail in the market. Their location in Grenoble, a major European innovation hub, further strengthens their access to both industry and research networks.

Highlights from their portfolio

• CHESS
  Largest single grant (EUR 788,627) — an MSCA training network for connected health, indicating substantial research training capacity.
• BRISKEE
  Core to their energy expertise — directly studied behavioral barriers to energy efficiency investment, a topic with growing policy relevance.