Best practice in Knowledge Management and in Innovation; Clusters and openInnovation

1. tcbe.ch – ICT Cluster
Bern, Switzerland
Christoph Beer
mundi consulting ag
ICT Cluster Bern, Switzerland
christoph.beer@tcbe.ch
christoph.beer@mundiconsulting.com

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Facts tcbe.ch - ICT Cluster
Bern, Switzerland
Founded: 13.12.1996
The tcbe is a non-commercial association (Article
60 of the Swiss Civil Code (ZGB)).
Target:
ICT Cluster Bern is a collaboration between
companies, training institutions, trade associations
and local authorities with the aim of strengthening
the telecommunications and IT sector in our
economic region
205 members including companies (suppliers and
users), Government, Education, ICT-organisations

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Main Topics of the cluster
• Networking
•
• Go international (Import and Export-Promotion)
• Education
• Knowledge and technology transfer
• Experience exchange / Centres of Competence
• Communication / focus
• Promotion of the region
• Inter-/cross-clustering

4. Short intro-
duction of
tcbe.ch, ‘Best
Practices’ in
Knowledge
Management
Christoph Beer
mundi consulting ag
ICT Cluster Bern, Switzerland
christoph.beer@tcbe.ch
christoph.beer@mundiconsulting.com

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View of Knowledge
Management
Cluster
Workforce
Companies

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View of Knowledge
Management
• Cluster
• ELMO’s
• Centers of Competence
• Workforce
• OdA, Initiative about education
• Companies
• Own initiative
• About 5 companies are active on the market

7. KM as a tool for
cluster innovation
development
Christoph Beer
mundi consulting ag
ICT Cluster Bern, Switzerland
christoph.beer@tcbe.ch
christoph.beer@mundiconsulting.com

8. Overall Goal
EMLOS overall goal is to promote more
sustainable transport through the
development of
electromobility solutions for cities and
regions.
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consulting ag

9. Project Objectives
I. Paradigm Shift: From Ownership to Usage
Development of concepts for future business models able to create new
mobility patterns in urban environments.
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II. Cross-border Field Tests
Design of cross-border field tests to demonstrate state-of-the-art in
technology and infrastructure, to identify further research needs and to
analyse acceptance by users.
III. Joint Action Plan
Elaboration and adoption of a cross-border action plan to strengthen the
research and knowledge base and contributing to competitiveness of
European «mobility industries».
Christoph Beer, tcbe.ch – ICT Cluster Bern, Switzerland, mundi
consulting ag

10. ELMOS Concept
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Problem
Areas
CO2
Emissions Energy
Scarcity
Congestio
n
Noise
Emissions
Technologi
es,
Concepts
& Solutions
Optimised
Research
infrastructures
ICT
Energy
Automotive
Cities &
Regions
Holistic
Mobility-
concepts
Market
Uptake
Citizens
Readiness
Socio-
economic
Benefits
Quality of
Life
Competitiv
e-ness
Sustainabl
e
Growth

11. Workplan

12. Participating Regions
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Region Stuttgart
Inhabitants 2,7 Mio.
Territory 3.700 km2
GDP per capita 35.200 €
Employees 180.000
(800)
West-Transdanubia
Inhabitants 1,0 Mio.
Territory 11.329
km2
GDP per capita 9.900 €
Employees 14.700
(88)
Alsace/Franche-Comté
Inhabitants 121,7 Mio.
Territory 25.482
km2
GDP per capita 25.500 €
Employees 114.000
(450)
Greater Berne
Inhabitants 1,0 Mio.
Territory 6.000 km2
GDP per capita 44.556 €
Employees 61.400
(1.400)
Slovenia
Inhabitants 2,0 Mio.
Territory 20.273 km2
GDP per capita 22.100 €
Employees 15.500
(209)
Vorarlberg
Inhabitants 0,4 Mio.
Territory 2.601 km2
GDP per capita 31.900 €
Employees n.A. (-)
Christoph Beer, tcbe.ch – ICT Cluster Bern, Switzerland, mundi
consulting ag

13. 01/06/2012 13Cluster Science Model Region Field Tests
Institute for Work & Technology
(Coordinator)
City System GmbH
Partner & Competencies
Energy
Automotive
ICT
CARS
Economic Development Agency
Region Stuttgart
Automotive Cluster Slovenia
Panon Novum Innovation
Agency
Hungarian Vehicle Engineering
Cluster
VLOTTE -
Vorarlberger
Electroautomobile
GmbH
Pôle Vehicule du Future
tcbe – ICT Cluster Switzerland
autocluster.ch
University of Applied Sciences Berne

14. Summary Elmo’s
• Identification of existing
Knowledge
• Definition of future
needed Knowledge
• Close the Gap with a
Joint Action plan
Electro Mobility as a KM-Tool
for Regional Development

15. eGovernment Innovation Center
a Center of Competence,
initiated by tcbe.ch and Kanton of Bern

16. Field of Action
www.egov-schweiz.ch 16

17. Actual State
• Accosiation eGov-Schweiz founded on 29.8.2011 as Public
Private Partnership
• An acting Board, President Urs Stalder
• An acting Management, CEO Christoph Beer
• An acting Advisory board, President Prof. Dr. Urs Sauter
• Members from Research (4) and Economic (17)
• Budget > CHF 1 Mio. for the first three years
www.egov-schweiz.ch 17

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Knowledge Transfer
Identificati
on of
Knowledge
Function
Person
Virtual
Source
Transfer of
Knowledge
Controlling

19. New methods in
Innovation
Management field
(Open Innovation
and Design
Thinking (Susan
Pinter))
Christoph Beer
mundi consulting ag
ICT Cluster Bern, Switzerland
christoph.beer@tcbe.ch
christoph.beer@mundiconsulting.com

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The innovation process

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Type of innovation

22. OpenInnovation
The definition ‚Open Innovation‘ was first used by
Henry Chesbrough. 2003 he observe innovation
concepts under the thinking of globalization and
fluctuation of the workforce.
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23. Innovation Philosophies
• Open Innovation
• Closed Innovation
• Lead User Method
• Market Driven Innovation
• Customer Involved Innovation
• Living Labs
• Knowledge Management
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24. Innovation Process
theoretically
• Open Innovation
• Closed Innovation
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Crowd
Sourcing
Implemen-
tation
Market
Integration
Idea
Generation
Implemen-
tation
Market
Integration

25. Innovation Process in use
• Open Innovation
• Closed Innovation
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Crowd
Sourcing
Implemen-
tation
Market
Integration
Idea
Generation
Implemen-
tation
Market
Integration

26. Sub-Process Idea Generation
Step 3
Choose of
Ideas
Step1
Definition of
the question
Step 2
Idea
Searching /
Screening
Step 5
Planning of
the implemen-
tation
Step 4
Ranking of
Ideas

27. Crowd Sourcing with Atizo
Social Innovation Crowd = more
than15'000 creative
thinkers
Web 2.0 Software

28. Who is the crowd?
• You don’t know
• Behaviour of a swarm / Collective Inteligence
• Fully open Crowd / Public Crowd
• Half- public Crowd
• Closed Crowd / Known Team
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30. Different ways of Idea
Generation
• Crowd Sourcing
• Brainstorming
• Markets Trends
• Technology Trends
• Lead User Method
• 6-5-3 Method
• And so on
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31. Successful Innovations
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Ideas for
Implementation

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Contact
tcbe.ch – ICT Cluster Bern, Switzerland
mundi consulting ag
Christoph Beer
Cluster-Manager, CEO
Phone: +41 31 326 76 76
Mobile: +41 79 608 18 13
Christoph.Beer@tcbe.ch / Christoph.Beer@mundiconsulting.com