1. The Swedish National Innovation
System
Dr. Ciro Vasquez
Senior Program Manager,
International Collaboration and Networks
VINNOVA, Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems

2. Some facts about Sweden
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3. Sweden is a small country…
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4. …but linked to the rest of the world
 Exports: 50 percent of GDP
30 percent services and 70 percent goods
 Employment of foreign owned
enterprises: 620,000 persons
23 percent of total industrial employment
 Business R&D in foreign
owned enterprises: 36 percent
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5. European Innovation Global Innovation Global Competitiveness
Scoreboard 20094 Scoreboard 20084 Index 2010/20114
1. Switzerland 1. Sweden 1. Switzerland
2. Sweden 2. Switzerland 2. Sweden
3. Finland 3. Finland 3. Singapore
4. Germany 4. Israel 4. USA
5. Great Britain 5. Japan 5. Germany
6. Denmark 6. USA 6. Japan
7. Austria 7. Denmark 7. Finland
8. Luxembourg 8. Korea 8. Netherlands
9. Belgium 9. Canada 9. Danmark
10. Ireland 10. Germany 10. Canada
Highly ranked Innovation nation
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6. Total R&D expenditure in relation to GDP, 2009
Israel
Finland
Sweden
Japan (2008)
Korea (2008)
Denmark
Switzerland (2008)
Germany
United States (2008)
Taiwan (2008)
Austria
Singapore (2008)
Business enterprise
France
Higher education
Belgium
Canada Government sector
United Kingdom Other organisations
Netherlands
Norway
Ireland
China (2008)
Spain
Italy
0 0,5 1 1,5 2 2,5 3 3,5 4 4,5
Percent of GDP
Source: OECD, MSTI 2011

7. R&D expenditure distributed on sectors 1995-2009, per
cent of GDP
4,5
4,0
3,5
3,0
Percent of GDP
Total
2,5 Business enterprise
Higher education
2,0 Government sector
Municipalities & County councils
1,5
Private non-profit sector
1,0
0,5
0,0
1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009
Source: Statistics Sweden, 2010
Notes: From 2005 business enterprise includes firms with 10-49 employees. Municipalities and county councils were first surveyed in 2005.
This also affects the total.

8. R&D expenditure in business sector distributed on size
classes 2009, millions SEK
60000
50000
40000
SEK millions
30000
20000
10000
0
10-49 50-99 100-249 250-499 500-999 1000-
employees employees employess employees employess employees
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Source: Statistics Sweden, 2010

9. Scientific publications per million in population 2007
1.400
1.200
1.000
Number of publications
800
600
400
200
0
Source: National Science Foundation, 2010

10. Triadic (US, EPO, Japan) patents 1990, 2000 and 2007,
per million in population
120
100
Number of patents
80
1990
60 2000
2007
40
20
0
Source: OECD, Patent database 2011

11. Strengths and Weaknesses
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12. Natural Global Early
resources companies in adopters
many sectors
Effective and System Culture of
transparent management cooperation
governance skills
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13. Dependence Slow growth Public Sector
on a few of SMEs Lock-in
multinationals
Risk Aversion Short termism Imbalance
Lean Knowledge
Organizations creation and
commercialization
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14. Swedish rank per dimension in Innovation Union Scoreboard 2010
Dimension Main type Rank
Human Resources Enabler 1
Open, excellent & attractive research Enabler 5
systems
Finance and support Enabler 1
Firm investments Firm activities 1
Linkages & entrepreneurship Firm activities 2
Intellectual assets Firm activities 2
Innovators Output 10
Economic effects Output 9
The Swedish Paradox
Source: Innovation Union Scoreboard 2010

15. Some facts about VINNOVA
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16. VINNOVA develops
Sweden’s innovation
capacity for
sustainable growth
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17.  Annual budget: 280 mill US$
 Number of staff: 200
 Agency under the Ministry of
Enterprise, Energy and
Communications
 Sweden´s Innovation Agency
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18. Products, Services, and Processes
Collaboration as a Success Factor
Driven by Global Societal Challenges
Solving Societal challenges creates Business
Opportunities
Leverage return on investments in research
Innovation – The VINNOVA way
2011-12-05
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19. Innovation
Investing in R&I capacity in
SMEs
Innovation
capacity
Infrastructure Global links
for innovation
Policy development
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20. Nord- och Sydamerika
USA
Road/Vehicle Safety
(Michigan),
Environment/energy Innovation
Program
Europa
EU FP7, ERAnets, INNOnet,
INCOnets, AAL, Artemis,
Eniac, EUREKA, COST,
Eurostars, TAFTIE
Norden
ICT, Food/health
Asien
Indien
Biotechnology/health, ICT, e-
Health program
Japan
Bio/X program (JST), network
projects (JSPS)
Kina
ICT, material sciences
Active government Formalized
agreement in S&T cooperation
with budget
Global links
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21. Brazil
 Our partner: ABDI
 6 +1 on-going projects
• Small scale power plants for remote villages
• Next generation of ethanol engines for trucks
• Sensor for fuel quality
• Transport security solutions
• Waste generation & recovery
• Science park collaborations for
internationalization of SMF
• Drug development (SEtTReND)
 Swedish node of CISB
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22. Thank you!
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