20110705 clusters & innovation ecosystems

Clusters & Innovation Ecosystems July 5th, Utrecht Frans Nauta

Clusters & Innovation Ecosystems July 5th, Utrecht @fnauta Frans Nauta

1. Clusters2. Innovation Ecosystems3. Lessons learned

1 Clusters

Clusters• Enough resources and competences amass and reach a critical threshold;• Giving it a key position in a given economic branch of activity;• With a decisive sustainable competitive advantage over other places, or even a world supremacy in that field.

Clusters• Enough resources and competences amass and reach a critical threshold;• Giving it a key position in a given economic branch of activity;• With a decisive sustainable competitive advantage over other places, or even a world supremacy in that field."There are no low-tech industries, only low-tech firms"

Fred Terman @ Stanford

A secret history of Silicon Valley: www.steveblank.com

SCUOLA INTERNAZIONALE DI LIUTERIA A. STRADIVARI• 1938 founded• 1950: 6 students• 2008: 150 students - 30 South-Korea - 26 Japan - 6 China - 3 Taiwan

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2 Innovation Ecosystems

regional socio-economic & cultural context (inter)national knowledge usage context customers suppliers national innovation system industry partners competitors national policy exchange knowledge & policy people European Union knowledge development international organisations knowledge labour market exchange research education other regions

regional socio-economic & cultural context (inter)national knowledge usage context customers suppliers national innovation system industry partners competitors national policy exchange knowledge & policy people European Union knowledge development international organisations knowledge labour market exchange 1 research education other regions

regional socio-economic & cultural context (inter)national knowledge usage context customers suppliers national innovation system industry partners competitors 2 national policy exchange knowledge & policy people European Union knowledge development international organisations knowledge labour market exchange 1 research education other regions

regional socio-economic & cultural context (inter)national knowledge usage context customers suppliers national innovation system industry partners competitors 2 national policy exchange knowledge & policy people European 3 Union knowledge development international organisations knowledge labour market exchange 1 research education other regions

regional socio-economic & cultural context (inter)national knowledge usage context customers suppliers national innovation system industry partners competitors 2 national policy 4 exchange knowledge & policy people European 3 Union knowledge development international organisations knowledge labour market exchange 1 research education other regions

regional socio-economic & cultural context 5 (inter)national knowledge usage context customers suppliers national innovation system industry partners competitors 2 national policy 4 exchange knowledge & policy people European 3 Union knowledge development international organisations knowledge labour market exchange 1 research education other regions

regional socio-economic & cultural context (inter)national knowledge usage context customers suppliers national innovation system industry partners competitors national policy exchange knowledge & policy people European Union knowledge development ✓ ✓ international organisations knowledge labour market exchange research ✓ education other regions

regional socio-economic & cultural context (inter)national knowledge usage context customers suppliers national innovation system industry partners competitors national policy exchange knowledge & policy people European Union knowledge development ✓ ✓ international organisations knowledge labour market exchange research education other regions

3 Some lessons learned

"All happy families are alike;each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

"All happy clusters are alike; familieseach unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

"All happy clusters are alike; familieseach unhappy cluster is unhappy family in its own way."

Ingredients happy cluster• Constant high talent-flow• Highly specialized knowledge• Rising tide• 30 minutes travel time• Policy commitment• Sophisticated demand• Lunch instead of lawyers• Bias for Action

Europe is lagging• Very late to the game (1951!)• Tenure 12 months pay to comfortable• National instead of EU science competition• Funding fundamental research dominates• Innovation arena dominated by big players - To many subsidies - To much red tape• Flawed regulatory framework - Bankruptcy laws - VC tax incentives (SBIC)

In general, knowledge is the under-utilized resource in innovation ecosystems

Its the people, stupid!Every cluster has its Terman

Thank you for your attention

20110705 clusters & innovation ecosystems

by Frans Nauta on Sep 19, 2011

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