Conclusion

We have received evidence from FENIX (www.fenix.chalmers.se) - a group of interdisciplinary scientists monitoring all AIRIS projects since 2004 - that the AIRIS enterprise is effective in the following main areas:

1. AIRIS has boosted creativity and innovation in affiliated organisations.
2. AIRIS has assisted in the progress of on-going processes of change.
3. AIRIS has facilitated in-house cooperation, improved the working climate and provided co-workers with an overall view of their work, aswell as it has promoted the exchange of information, and boosted co-worker commitment.

We anticipate and firmly believe, that the AIRIS enterprise will result in increased collaboration between culture workers and business companies, that our projects will generate more interest in artistic work in a broad perspective, and finally, that more companies will pay attention to the proposition that culture, correctly utilized, is a radical and powerful tool for the further development of good health, innovative thinking and, last but not least, for increasing market shares and enhancing profitable public relations.