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Hi-tech clusters in Ukraine:
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why so slow?
Мihail Krikunov,
Ph.D., Chairman

2. The ouverture
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3. New technologies emerge that strongly impact our
daily life and the way we do business
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Overview of technology trends

4. The Internet of Things is an important enabler
of Digital Transformation and its growth is
accelerating
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Forecast of connected devices, bn
Source: Ericsson, Cisco, Gartner

5. Industry 4.0 creates the complex industrial
ecosystem – New technologies will interconnect
and disrupt business
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6. AI affects a wide range of products, technologies
and industries …
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Source: Altimeter The sole industry will not survive!

7. Percentage of cross-technological patents
related to Emerging Industries in Europe
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Source: European Cluster Trends Report 2014

8. So, that’s why
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CLUSTERS!

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Source: European Cluster Trends Report 2014
European regions and communities with
dynamic cross-sectoral patterns in Digital
industries
High
Medium – 60%
Low – less than 60%
High
High
High
High
High
High – above 60%
median=28 of cross-
sectoral spill-overs

10. The show
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11. What place does the Ukraine takes in the
world of digital economy?
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№ 35NETWORKED READINESS INDEX (WEF)
№ 40
№ 40
ICT DEVELOPMENT INDEX (ITU)
№ 20DIGITAL ECONOMY AND SOCIETY INDEX
(EU)*
2021
GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX (INSEAD,
WIPO)
№ 64
№ 79
№ 56
№~60
2016 Expectations:
SLOW!

12. Ukraine’s Digital Stats according to IMD
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13. Ukraine’s Digital Stats according to IMD
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14. What about our clusters?
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Generally speaking, it’s beautiful, but
No head
No hands
Stone feet

16. Theory …
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University
Industry Government
New Product ideas,
Innovations Funding and
Strategic demands
Jobs, Taxes,
Infrastructure
? ?
?
and reality

17. Main Obstacles and Weaknesses
• Low level of trust
• Unclear expectations of prospect actors
• Low awareness of actors on cluster economy
• Low competencies at Governmental level
• Expectation of immediate benefits
• Relying on inexistent (and unnecessary) laws –
cluster actions procrastination
• Attempts for building clusters from Top-Down
• In IOT – awaiting for LARGE anchor to wake up
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18. CLUST-ua Approach
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19. CLUST-UA Process “10 steps to ERIC -
Efficient Regional Industry Cluster”®
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Step 1. Context assessment
Step 2. Is here any cluster?
Step 3. Actors’ analysis
Step 4. Initial Trust
building
Step 5. Identification of destination for
initiators’ desired development
MAPPING!
Weak Signals
Who Is Who? … Maybe … Anchor?
What do you need for the
whole lotta happiness?
We? Together? Where?
1
THE PROJECT!!

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Step 6. Development path options
Step 7. Articulation of cluster organization
Step 8. Action plan
Step 9. Building external links and relations
Step 10. Governance, Control and Further Change
2
Strategic sessions
Structure follows
the strategy!
Nothing special, just PM
Real Triple Helix! –
Spin-offs preferred!
Governance!!!!
CLUST-UA Process “10 steps to ERIC -
Efficient Regional Industry Cluster”®

21. Facilitator’s role
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Proto- or
Potential cluster
Cluster
initiative
Working cluster
• Framework-setter
• Networker
• Entrepreneur
• Relationship
builder
• Business seeker
• Integrator
We need for more professionally
trained facilitators!

22. Coda
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23. Some concluding remarks:
• We need Action!
• Time is short!
• We have to cultivate initial trust
• We desperately need for success stories and
professional facilitation
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24. Thank you for attention!
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QUESTIONS?
Mihail.krikunov@yahoo.com
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