Industrial transformation processes and increasing convergence of technologies call for new policy approaches to support clusters and SMEs in Emerging Industries

1. European Approaches Supporting Emerging Industries and
Cross Cluster Development
Dr. Gerd Meier zu Köcker
Director
iit – Institute for Innovation and Technology
Vienna, 22 October 2014

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Where are we today?
What is new ?

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The Drivers behind the New Apporaches
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Current trends:
Industrial transformation processes, increasing convergence of technologies and the
ermergence of new industries require
• new policy frameworks
• new supporting industruments
• systematic policy approach

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From Cluster Management Excellence
towards Cluster Policy Excellence
Trend 1

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New Generation of European Cluster Observatory

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New Generation of European Cluster Observatory

7. New Policy Tools: The Peer Review of Policies
Workshop „Best Practice“:
Learning from peers
Drafting recommendations
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Improving Regional Policy Making
Aligning cluster policies with other regional innovation
and economic policies
Policy level Cluster level
Company
level
Framework conditions,
coordination, incentives
Project development,
assistance to industry and
academia
Product/service development,
marketing, etc.
Model CC Bavaria
„Development from
within the industry“
Model Spitzencluster
„R&D driven – focus on a
specific topic““
Role models:
Well-performing regions
Learning
region
What can be
learned?
Involvement of industry:
strategy development
What actors are missing
Where can cluster policy be
improved ?

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Poly4EmI:
Example for Peer Review of Regional Cluster Policies
Further Model Demonstrator Regions selected under der European Cluster
Observatory will conduct further Peer Reviews

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Trend 2
From Cluster (Initiatives) towards Cooperative Regions

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The Reality….
Collaborative R&D
project
Cluster Initiatives
Associations or
regional networks
Regional initiative to increase
innovation
Networks of business
development agencies
Cluster Games, Geday, Koczy, Zombori, Meier zu Köcker, 2013

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..Towards Cooperative Regions
• Global actors
• SMEs
• Universities
• Research institutions
• Incubators
• Technology Transfer Centres
• Business development agencies
• Governmental institutions, ministries
• Associations
• Chamber of Commerce
• Municipalities
Cluster initiatives can act as co-ordinator
of co-operative regions

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Future Focus: Emerging Industries
Trend 3

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Examples for an Emerging Industries
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Sources: gerber and Limmatdruck Zeiler
Food
Sensors
Packaging

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10 Emerging Industries Selected under ECO II

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Linkages between Clusters and Emerging Industries

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Supporting Cluster Managers to Design New Services for
SME in Emerging Industries
Trend 4

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The Ideal Service Portfolio of Cluster Managers to
Promote Cross-cluster Cooperation

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From Internationalisation towards International
Strategic Partnerships
Trend 5

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From Internationalisation Towards International
Strategic Partnerships
Sustainable
strategic
partnerships
Looking for
external partners
Among cluster
actors

21. Aligning and Syncronising National and Regional Funding
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Schemes to Initiate Transnational Cross-Cluster
Cooperation within Europe
Trend 4

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Innovation Express Call Under BSR Programme
Matching Event in Berlin
• 230 cluster managers
• 27 countries
• 50 transnational co-operation
projects expected
• 8 regions / countries joint
Innovation Express Cal
BSR Innovation Express is a joint call for
proposals implemented within the framework
of the BSR Stars programme. The call is funded
by national/regional funding agencies to initiate,
develop or enhance transnational cluster
cooperation activities – leveraging cluster
organisations (or similar) to develop proposals
for their SME members

23. What Remains the same…
Cluster will play an important role in Renewing European
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Industry……
Cluster policy makers have to learn how to make better
use out of clusters
Custer policy is much more than only funding of
cluster initiatives