The document discusses the European Business and Innovation Centre (BIC) Network (EBN), a network of over 200 business and innovation support centers across Europe and neighboring regions. The EBN was established 25 years ago as a public-private partnership between the European Commission, public authorities, and universities. It provides support services to entrepreneurs and helps develop innovation-based regional economies. Over its history, the EBN network has supported the development of over 175,000 business plans, helped create 65,000 startups, supported 250,000 existing SMEs, and created 275,000 jobs.
This document provides guidance for parents on supporting their young child's social-emotional health and school readiness. It explains that social-emotional skills like forming relationships, managing emotions, and exploring environments are critical for school success. Parents can help develop these skills through daily interactions like cuddling, responding when their child communicates, sharing smiles and conversations during routines, following their child's lead in play, and gently guiding them in social situations. Matching expectations to what is developmentally appropriate also helps avoid frustration.
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Cutting early childhood programs hurts states financially both now and in the future. Investments in programs such as home visiting, parent mentoring, and pre-K provide immediate cost savings through reduced healthcare costs, abuse and neglect cases, and greater productivity; and long-term savings through decreased grade retention, special education needs, crime, and increased earnings. To strengthen their economies, states should prioritize funding for programs with proven benefits and focus on early childhood development from birth to age 5.
The document describes Fresh Networking, an organization that holds relaxed and informal business networking events in various locations. Attendees praise Fresh Networking for being well-organized and providing genuine quality referrals and opportunities to meet people from different industries. Fresh Networking events have no membership fees, no pressure for referrals, and allow attendees to network in a fun, fast-paced environment over breakfast or at other times and locations.
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МАГИСТЕРСКАЯ ПРОГРАММА: «ПСИХОЛОГИЧЕСКАЯ БЕЗОПАСНОСТЬ В ОБРАЗОВАНИИ И СОЦИАЛЬНОМ ВЗАИМОДЕЙСТВИИ» Кафедра психологии развития и образования РГПУ им. А.И. Герцена
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This document provides guidance for parents on supporting their young child's social-emotional health and school readiness. It explains that social-emotional skills like forming relationships, managing emotions, and exploring environments are critical for school success. Parents can help develop these skills through daily interactions like cuddling, responding when their child communicates, sharing smiles and conversations during routines, following their child's lead in play, and gently guiding them in social situations. Matching expectations to what is developmentally appropriate also helps avoid frustration.
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Cutting early childhood programs hurts states financially both now and in the future. Investments in programs such as home visiting, parent mentoring, and pre-K provide immediate cost savings through reduced healthcare costs, abuse and neglect cases, and greater productivity; and long-term savings through decreased grade retention, special education needs, crime, and increased earnings. To strengthen their economies, states should prioritize funding for programs with proven benefits and focus on early childhood development from birth to age 5.
The document describes Fresh Networking, an organization that holds relaxed and informal business networking events in various locations. Attendees praise Fresh Networking for being well-organized and providing genuine quality referrals and opportunities to meet people from different industries. Fresh Networking events have no membership fees, no pressure for referrals, and allow attendees to network in a fun, fast-paced environment over breakfast or at other times and locations.
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Petunjuk jalan dari Terminal Joyoboyo di Surabaya menuju Masjid Agung Manunggal di Bantul. Perjalanan melewati Jalan Raya Krikilan, kemudian memilih antara Jalan Raya Citro atau Jalan Weringinanom Raya, lalu melewati Jalan Gajah Mada. Peta ditambahkan untuk memudahkan menemukan lokasi masjid.
This document provides a summary of the procedural safeguards available to parents under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). It explains that schools must provide parents notice of their procedural safeguards once per year and in specific situations such as initial evaluation or disciplinary actions. The notice includes explanations of prior written notice, parental consent, confidentiality of information, mediation, state complaint procedures, due process complaints, hearings, appeals, and disciplinary procedures for children with disabilities.
DEVELOPING A BALANCED PROJECT PORTFOLIO FOR A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE - THE CASE OF...Mariusz Andreasik
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Bunch is a lifestyle brand that reaches influential parents and their kids through arts and culture events and online communications. It was founded by Rebecca Brown, a theatre director with connections to celebrity artists. Bunch has engaged over 50,000 kids and parents through live events and reaches 800,000 parents through media partnerships. Recent projects include collaborating with 1,500 kids to create a massive art installation for Cirque du Soleil that was seen by over 50,000 people.
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This webinar covered various topics related to Child Find efforts in Michigan including referral data, new guidance documents, outreach tools, and the use of social media. Referral numbers from the top three sources - physicians, hospitals, and educators - increased from the previous year. New guidance documents and a timeline for initials were discussed. Project Find is developing outreach materials for different target groups and using tools like displays, calendars, and messages on buses and billboards. The benefits of social media like Twitter for building awareness of Child Find services were also reviewed.
(1) The document calls on all states to adopt college and career ready standards in English and math and develop better aligned assessments to measure student learning and growth.
(2) It proposes supporting effective teachers and principals, ensuring equity and opportunity for all students, and rewarding excellence through programs like Race to the Top.
(3) The goals are to prepare all students to be college and career ready, turn around low-performing schools, and close achievement gaps.
CreditRiskMonitor provides real-time financial analysis and news on over 40,000 public companies worldwide to help corporate credit professionals manage risk. It saves users time with easily downloadable data, analytics, and email alerts for a fraction of competitors' prices. Over 30% of Fortune 500 companies rely on its FRISK scores, comprehensive reports, and highly filtered daily news updates. Dedicated customer support is also provided to help users get the most from the service.
This document provides a summary of education-related news in Michigan for May 2010. Key points include:
- The State Board of Education unanimously adopted a plan to reform, restructure, and finance Michigan's education system from early childhood to post-secondary education.
- Michigan's application for Round 2 of the federal Race to the Top program focuses on improving student achievement and closing achievement gaps.
- Recent MEAP scores show Michigan schools are improving as expected since establishing statewide curriculum standards five years ago.
Engormix.com comenzó en 1998 y marcó el inicio de su historia. La plataforma creció durante varios años hasta que finalmente llegó a su fin, concluyendo así la historia de engormix.com.
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EBN is a network of over 200 Business and Innovation Centres across Europe that provides support services to innovative entrepreneurs and small businesses. It aims to foster innovation and regional economic development through lobbying, technical assistance, cooperation programs, and training. The ESINET initiative seeks to create an interactive community of space technology startups through the Business and Innovation Centres, and to facilitate the transfer and commercialization of space technologies.
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CreatiFI Presentation at FI-PPP Info Session & Workshop, Poznan 23 Oct 2014CreatiFI
EBN is an international network that connects and supports innovators and entrepreneurs. It provides various services to help startups grow, including the EU|BIC quality certification program and benchmarking tools. EBN also manages the CreatiFI program, which provides funding up to €150,000 for creative industry ideas that combine information and communications technology with creative fields through two open calls. CreatiFI aims to bridge innovation gaps in the creative industries across four European regions.
This document provides a summary of the procedural safeguards available to parents under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). It explains that schools must provide parents notice of their procedural safeguards once per year and in specific situations such as initial evaluation or disciplinary actions. The notice includes explanations of prior written notice, parental consent, confidentiality of information, mediation, state complaint procedures, due process complaints, hearings, appeals, and disciplinary procedures for children with disabilities.
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This document summarizes research on developing a balanced project portfolio for a social enterprise called SIFE in Salford, UK. The research aims to determine if using a more structured approach to project selection, such as the Analytic Hierarchy Process, can help social enterprise managers optimize project selection and portfolio development. An expert survey was conducted to identify important factors for social enterprise managers to consider when selecting projects. These factors were then used to guide managers from SIFE in scoring and ranking three sample projects. While the managers were able to effectively analyze the individual projects, they had more difficulty selecting a balanced portfolio of two projects. The research suggests structured decision criteria can improve project selection for social enterprises, but developing a balanced portfolio is more
Bunch is a lifestyle brand that reaches influential parents and their kids through arts and culture events and online communications. It was founded by Rebecca Brown, a theatre director with connections to celebrity artists. Bunch has engaged over 50,000 kids and parents through live events and reaches 800,000 parents through media partnerships. Recent projects include collaborating with 1,500 kids to create a massive art installation for Cirque du Soleil that was seen by over 50,000 people.
The document summarizes key points from the 2009 OSEP National Early Childhood Conference. It discusses the Obama administration's focus on educational reform, including $300 million for early learning challenge grants to states. It outlines the Early Learning Challenge Fund's goals of serving at-risk children, promoting collaboration, and ensuring kindergarten readiness. The document also discusses the challenge of collaboration between the Departments of Education and Health and Human Services to create comprehensive early childhood systems from prenatal to 3rd grade.
This webinar covered various topics related to Child Find efforts in Michigan including referral data, new guidance documents, outreach tools, and the use of social media. Referral numbers from the top three sources - physicians, hospitals, and educators - increased from the previous year. New guidance documents and a timeline for initials were discussed. Project Find is developing outreach materials for different target groups and using tools like displays, calendars, and messages on buses and billboards. The benefits of social media like Twitter for building awareness of Child Find services were also reviewed.
(1) The document calls on all states to adopt college and career ready standards in English and math and develop better aligned assessments to measure student learning and growth.
(2) It proposes supporting effective teachers and principals, ensuring equity and opportunity for all students, and rewarding excellence through programs like Race to the Top.
(3) The goals are to prepare all students to be college and career ready, turn around low-performing schools, and close achievement gaps.
CreditRiskMonitor provides real-time financial analysis and news on over 40,000 public companies worldwide to help corporate credit professionals manage risk. It saves users time with easily downloadable data, analytics, and email alerts for a fraction of competitors' prices. Over 30% of Fortune 500 companies rely on its FRISK scores, comprehensive reports, and highly filtered daily news updates. Dedicated customer support is also provided to help users get the most from the service.
This document provides a summary of education-related news in Michigan for May 2010. Key points include:
- The State Board of Education unanimously adopted a plan to reform, restructure, and finance Michigan's education system from early childhood to post-secondary education.
- Michigan's application for Round 2 of the federal Race to the Top program focuses on improving student achievement and closing achievement gaps.
- Recent MEAP scores show Michigan schools are improving as expected since establishing statewide curriculum standards five years ago.
Engormix.com comenzó en 1998 y marcó el inicio de su historia. La plataforma creció durante varios años hasta que finalmente llegó a su fin, concluyendo así la historia de engormix.com.
This document summarizes a webinar on child find efforts hosted by Early On and Project Find Michigan. [1] It discusses recent statewide outreach campaigns through billboards, bus ads, and radio to increase public awareness of early intervention services. [2] Referral data is presented showing an increase in referrals corresponding to these campaigns. [3] Upcoming outreach efforts are outlined targeting parents of young children through magazines and websites in various regions of the state.
This document summarizes observations from the construction site of the Millennium Science Complex on the Penn State University campus. It describes the activities observed such as waste removal, material transportation, and concrete decking formwork. It also discusses the manpower and equipment used, including a telescopic forklift, mini excavator, concrete pump truck and two cranes. In addition, it covers construction management issues, safety considerations, and research on the topic of concrete, which is being used for the slab on grade, foundation walls, and concrete decking of the new complex.
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The document summarizes Romania's Knowledge Based Economy Project (KEP), which aims to bridge the digital divide in rural communities. KEP implemented local community electronic networks in 255 communities, providing IT infrastructure and services. The project website ecomunitate.ro serves as a virtual platform and social network. KEP has trained over 5,000 citizens, created over 100 business websites, and helped secure over 240 million euro in funding. It aims to enhance digital skills and promote sustainable development through knowledge sharing.
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EBN is an international network that connects and supports innovators and entrepreneurs. It provides various services to help startups grow, including the EU|BIC quality certification program and benchmarking tools. EBN also manages the CreatiFI program, which provides funding up to €150,000 for creative industry ideas that combine information and communications technology with creative fields through two open calls. CreatiFI aims to bridge innovation gaps in the creative industries across four European regions.
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1) The EC has developed an open-source e-procurement platform called Open e-PRIOR to help public administrations digitize procurement.
2) Open e-PRIOR enables end-to-end digital procurement processes from requests for quotes to ordering to invoicing. It is interoperable with PEPPOL and has been adopted by several countries.
3) The EC provides assistance to member states and agencies to implement Open e-PRIOR for free. Documentation and support is available online.
The document provides updates from Telecentre-Europe, including:
1) The launch of their YouTube channel and videos from the Telecentre-Europe Summit 2010.
2) The successful Telecentre-Europe Summit 2010 in Budapest, which brought together telecentre leaders from across Europe.
3) The registration of the legal entity for Telecentre-Europe AISBL in Brussels on October 14th.
4) Upcoming events like Get Online Week from February 28th to March 5th, 2011 and calls for presentations and membership applications.
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1. BICs, a Knowledge Transfer tool for
smart Innovation-based regions
Joe Greaney
EBN President, Brussels
CEO of WestBIC, Galway (Ireland)
TT & innovation-based economy conference, KRAKOW (PL),
4th March 2011
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
2. Let’s talk about
EBN
Networks
Incubation
Entrepreneurship
Ecosystems
Innovation
Management
Services & Apps
Impact & performance
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
3. The EBN Network
a community sharing values, goals & brands
• The European Network of BICs, incubators, innovation and
entrepreneurship & start-up Centres >>> « Innovation-based
incubators » >>> Business & Innovation Centres (BICs)
• An organised Network of 200+ Business & Innovation Support
Centres covering most regions of EU 27 + neighbouring as well as
partnering countries
• An initiative taken 25 years ago by the EC (DG Regio), public
authorities, industry leaders, and Universities >>> A pioneer in
PPP, a connector between knowledge and business
• A dynamic cluster of clusters with 25.000+ entrepreneurs within
the active portfolio >> > with Village Tronic, Exilica, Vivalis, Lipotec,
Codasystem, Semiotix, Biofly, BioAzul, Kandor Graphics, Leica
Geosystems, Jamendo, etc inside
• A community of qualified & committed intermediaries, with St-
John Innovation Centre, Cap Alpha, Innostart, Promotech, Innotek,
Knowledge Dock, Solvay Entrepreneurs, Technoport, Innovatum,
Berytech, Technowest, and KRAKOW technology park inside !
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
4. A network of course !
o
Standing alone is not an option
• A network is a non-linear process, a fractal subject, with fuzzy logic,
playing expert systems, semi-chaotic, with its own open source language,
inter-operable and plugable, coopetitive,
• A true new profession to be inserted in academic (pragmatic) education, a
community with its own « entrepreneurship-driven » language and C(C for
Community)RM software !
• A strange business object with a passion for services and for Knowledge
Transfer:
- collective reputation builder & roadmapping
- internal quality insurance & external branding
- total benchmarking & resources centre
- intra-community networking & thematic groupings
- idea-lab, toolkit, projects factory
- hub & spoke connecting platform
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
5. Networking but
why Networking ?
• Learning : knowledge, know-how, tools
• Finding Models: business, role, leadership, admiration
• Being inspired by method & benchmarks
• Being proud of exposing robust results & impact
• Sharing efforts: work, investment, risk, reward
• Help taking decisions: right or wrong
• Sharing values: ethics, integrity, reputation
• Buena Vista social-club: trust, affectivity, emotion !
• Exploring the world: trends, idea & opportunity spotting
• Teaming-up talents: teams, core competences, collaborative
management, know-who & outsourcing
• Enhancing ICT skills: connected, pervasive
• Making business & money: of course !
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
6. The language of Innovation
Networks is changing!
do you speak entrepreneurship ?
« leadership, collaborative, open-minded, multi-disciplined,
teaming, unique individuals, BD lovers, passion, work, rigor,
conviction, talents, emotion, challenge-driven, customer-
oriented, curiosity, courage, audace, tenacity, fighting spirit,
solutions-driven, vision, risk, social engagement, adaptability,
agility, mobility, ethics, integrity, simplicity, sense,
communicator, focus, conscience, substance, excellence,
invasive, pervasive, inclusive, visual, research, knowledge,
duration, compliant but not too much, solidarity, exchanges,
sharing, nomad, IT-addict, cash-fan, investment-ready, fast
networker »…What else?
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
7. The EBN geography
Back to physical delivery
Over 160 accredited BICs,
Full Members of EBN,
including KRAKOW TP
Over 80 Associated
Members… looking forward
for accreditation &
collaborative networking
A real Pan-European
Network (including North
Africa, Middle East, Russia &
Western Balkans)
Ad-hoc strategic connections
worldwide (US, Russia, Chile,
Canada, Israel,, China,
Singapore and Brazil)
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
8. The Story Line
the 25 first years
180
160
140 2010
Over 250
Members (EC-
2002 BICs and
120 Associate)
Outsourcing
of the EC-
2000 – 2002 BIC Label to Deployment of
Re-engineering EBN by the the ESA-BIC
100 of the EBN EC label in
1999 Association partnership
Positive with ESA
independent
80 evaluation of the
BIC instrument
1991
60 BICs integrated
First non-
into mainstream
EU BICs
Structural Funds
created in
1984 the Czech &
40 Slovak
First BIC Republics
created in
Liege, Belgium
20
n° BICs
EBN Created
0
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
9. What impact?
Cumulative figures for the entire network
175.000 Business Plans developed
65.000 Start-up companies created
250.000 Existing SMEs supported
275.000 Jobs created
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
10. Which trends?
Varying but growing over the years
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EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
11. BICs’ core business/competences
a standards for Innovation-based Incubators
• incubator of new business ideas/models
• creator of new innovative start-ups
• generator of spin-offs
• developer of innovative SME projects
• accelerator of growth
• animator of clusters
• proximity connector local/global
• multiplier of public policy
• networking hub to experts, agents, players, investors…
• Opportunity spotter, « hands-on » business developper
• Coach & mentor, strategic advisor
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
12. The portrait of a BIC
(part 1)
• A light and flexible structure (8 to 12 staff + outsourced experts)
• Predominantly a public body, but highly representative of the
private sector as well! (Legal status: 51% public, 14% mixed private-
public, 35 % private)
• A regional and international “networker” :
• Universities, Science Parks and R&D institutions
• Chambers of Commerce & Regional Development Agencies
• Large Companies and Investors
• Public Institutions
• Highly focused on innovative entrepreneurship, increasingly in:
• ICT, Telecom and Mobile Apps
• Energy, Environment and Cleantech
• Life Sciences and Biotech
• Mecatronics and Software Apps
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
13. The portrait of a BIC
(part 2)
• Providing added-value services to entrepreneurs:
• Business planning and modeling
• Scenario building and financial simulation
• SME Financing, Seed capital and venture capital, growth financing
• International cooperation, soft landing and partner search
•Innovation projects engineering
• Hands-on customized support to high-growth gazelle (post-incubation)
• Legal business advice, commercial contracts, Intellectual Property Rights
• Stimulating the eco-system
•Experiencing new approaches (Open innovation with LE, Living labs,…)
• Offering “incubation facilities” (average of 30 companies, creating 155 Jobs,
living together in 3000 m2)
•Animating clusters and helping collaborative projects to succeed (poles of
competitiveness, local clusters, etc.)
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
14. The Performance of the Network
Key Performance Indicators in 2008
Number of start-up or other enterprise projects
7.739
during the year
Selected prior to feasibility study 20.943
Number of business plans produced during the year 8.285
Number of start-ups created during the year 6.297
Enterprise Survival Rate 89%
Number of tenants in incubator 3.893
Total employment by tenants in 2008 23.242
Number of jobs created in SMEs 6.376
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
15. Value For Money
Cost-benefit ratios 2005 - 2008
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
16. Where is EBN going?
The next 25 years
Boosting
collaboration,
sharing
knowledge and
Networking BICs tools through
through B2B, B2F, B2K
international events
Together with the projects, with EC, And through
best, learning ESA, GSA, WB, N2N protocols
from the top EPO,… (IASP, EEN, EBAN,
performers EURADA, ENOLL,
Towards web- And deploying a
based solutions Bringing the end- down-to-earth INFODEV and
customers at the soft-landing ANPROTEC) +
heart of the platform for N2BSchools
action: building a innovative start- partnerships
Maximizing the network of smart ups (IESE, ESCP, IE,
virtues of champion SKEMA, SOLVAY,
Benchmarking entrepreneurs IAG, …)
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
17. …in search of …
the Perfect BIC/Incubator
...powered by dream teams, guided by visionaries, endorsed by leading stakeholders, totally
credible to the private sector, mandated by the public sector, sustainable and politically
independent, making impact on the civil society, stimulating the entrepreneurship
culture, embedding innovation by all means and with all (from academic sources or not) ,
serving a multi sectors entrepreneurs communities, open to external partnerships,
interacting with other instruments in an open & smart mode, a connectors of small
businesses to the global landscape, acting as an idea-lab and development centre for
growing firms, providing knowledge and creativity centres facilities, finally an interactive
cross-road for people, projects, know-how, technologies, IP, Investment, researchers and
entrepreneurs.
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
18. The business support ecosystem
clear focus & easy access !
• Efficient territorial innovation
ecosystems require a well-
characterized road-map of
support services providers
• Vital for individual performances
and for enabling cooperation
between players
• Simply vital for the emergence of
competences, efficency of
support, and open innovation
• Plug your BIC, your STP, your IBI
adequately into the ecosystem
and collaborate openly arounfd
your core knowledge/competence
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
19. Let’s talk about innovation
Do you recognize these multinationals ?
Open Innovation & Knowledge sourcing count for them!
!
• Connect & develop
• Sense & simplicity
• Ecomagination
• Efficient dynamics
• Think different
• Motion & emotion
• Invent
• Think
• Connecting people
• Sponsors of tomorrow
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
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20. Connecting ideas, markets & people:
this is KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER Today
Market & customers Ideas & networking
• Develop I Succeed • Thinking
• Move I Motion I Dynamics • Inventing
• Simplicity • Connecting
• Sense • Collaborating
• Tomorrow • Imagination
• Progress I Power • Passion
• … • …
• People ! • People !
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
21. Why innovation matters ?
environment + competition + new needs + obsolescence +
opportunities + new methods
• Changes in the environment • Disruptive technologies make
forces companies to find new existing businesses obsolescent
ways to serve their customer (ex: the rise of digital
profitably (ex: automotive photography)
industry)
• Emerging technologies provide
• Increasing competitive pressures opportunities for value creation
threaten existing businesses (ex: (ex: mini-cyclotrons)
National Posts)
• New customer needs emerge that • Traditional innovation
requires new answers (ex: non management methods based on
letal weapons) perfect information and rational
decision making need to be
adjusted, in an age of change &
uncertainty
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
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22. What is innovation ?
An ocean of vocabulary
• Upstream R&D, yes of course (new IP above all)
• Technology & Engineering (a passion for optimizing processes)
• Blue ocean (inventing new market, ex: i-pad)
• Red ocean (intensifying frontal competition)
• Radical (Re-inventing your company!, ex: Keytrade bank)
• Disruptive (« innovation perturbatrice », ex: RyanAir)
• Incremental (Optimizing the processes)
• Micro-innovations (constituents of a corp. system for innovation)
• Quality management & continuous improvement
• Strategic innovation (ex: Dacia)
• Unintentionnal innovation
• Survival innovation (La Redoute « on-line » shop)
• Downstream applications (end users-oriented)
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
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23. Types of innovation
another classification!
• Product innovation (ex: Dyson bagless vaccuum cleaner)
• Services innovation (ex: Rolls Royce Total Care« power by the
hour »)
• Process innovation (ex: the Toyota Production System-TPS)
• Management innovation (ex: Siemens, SAP)
• Marketing innovation (ex: Apple, Shell shops)
• Business model innovation (ex: Amazon, Dell)
• Collaborative innovation (ex: Nespresso)
• Digital innovation (ex: Google)
• Social (& CSR) innovation (ex: nokia-siemens networks)
• Open innovation (open source of course, otherwise a buzz ?)
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
24. Benefits of innovation ?
Only advantages !?
• Improving quality
• Improved production processes
• Improving profitability and growing revenue
• Defending core business and expression of market leadership
• Extension of product/services ranges
• Creation of new markets
• Reduced labour costs & promoting lean manufacturing
• Reduced energy & materials consumption
• Reduced R&D costs
• Promoting intra-preneurship & market-oriented attitudes
• Attracting strategic industrial partners
• Upgrading customers & prospects’ perception
• Improving the diffusion of a positive company culture & image
• Increasing shareholders value EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
25. How does innovation works ?
with sociology, psychology & realism
• First of all, integrate innovation at the core of the strategy, as a
pivotal & visible corporate value
• Moving from/balancing optimizing business to/and creating
business
• Develop innovation teams (with R&D of course but not only)
• Stimulate participative management, a high degree of delegation
& responsibility, collaborative & team works, and employee
engagement (an innovative HRM style)
• It’s an « inside-out » open process interacting with customers,
prospects, suppliers, partners, competitors, staff
• Balance supply-pushed (new technologies) with demand-led
(based on market requirements)
• Design systems for ideas assesment and prioritization of
detected/selected opportunities
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
26. The innovators’ dna
Does it require specific skills ?
• Creative intelligence, • Associating skills
not only cognitive skills (connecting disciplines)
• Courage to take + ability • Questionning skills
to manage risks (why, why not, what if,…)
• Courage to start + stop • Observing skills
• Emotion + realism (observing others, being
anthropologist/sociologist)
• Collective leadership • Experimenting skills
• Customer intelligence (prototyping + overseas exp.)
• Opportunity spotters • Networking skills
• KM/EI integrators (going out, ideas festivals,…)
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
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27. The innovation tool-box
is there a difference between innovation and management ?
• Human capital & HR • Focus groups
management • Creativity techniques
• Techno push/market pull • Quality tools (Kaizen, Six
• Benchmarking Sigma,…)
• Trendcharts & roadmaps • TRIZ method (problem solving)
• Pipeline management • Lean management
• Projects management • Design thinking
• Balance score cards • Awards & challenges
• Business model simulation • Corporate incubators & venturing
• PLM & virtual reality • …
• Serious games
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
28. How to encourage innovation ?
You can decide, you have an influence !
• Fix innovation as a management (ambitious?) goal
• Allow staff to spend time on ideas development
• Create a process to pick-up ideas & reward idea producers
• Provide incentive to people for moving ideas forward
• Design a decision-making mechanism for investing in new ideas
• Define a common metrics to measure innovation & impact
• Establish an innovation culture (staff diversity, boost creativity, accelerate
external contacts, promote a customer-centric attitude, mobilize teams of
champions)
• Promote collaborative schemes (internal + outsourced)
• Do not forget to support two key enabling factors for innovation:
entrepreneurship + networking capacities
• Avoid « locked-in » to existing technologies & business models syndroma , for
established firms/mature industry
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
29. Back2interacting
connect yourself with your environment
• Stimulate creativity at the periphery (on emerging or niches aspects of
the business) of the core business units
• Take an active part in your ecosystem’s life (ex: poles of competitiveness,
clusters, corporate incubators, corporate venturing fund, technoparks,
FP7 joint research projects,...)
• Develop an acute sense of advanced services amongst your innovation
team (Oracle selling associated services & consultancy)
• Capture capabilities held by small firms (M&A or others), such as in
Biotech (GSK ‘s Centres for excellence in drug discovery)
• Open your non core-business IP, and deploy a licensing strategy
• Let others develop your non strategic initiatives (Lucent, H-P)
• Sponsor communities of young talents (engineering schools, business
schools) and of application developers (Ex: Intel, Oracle)
• Invest in innovation-based educational program, for valorizing the
multi-cultural character of the company, and for picking talents
• An innovating company is forced to consistently innovate in its
communication (annual report, web-sites,...)
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
30. Back2downstream
the Apps era !
The Changing Technology landscape is not only affected by
disruption, but more by the rise of applications, with/without IP
@ a hunger for applications,
@ the emergence of niches,
@ an extreme diversity in applications,
@ serial “opportunity spotting”, fast movers and integrators of
market intelligence,
@ by customer-lead innovation routes,
@ by pervasive solutions approaches >>> output: hard, soft &
data downstream applications for usable products & services
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
31. B2territories
the place-based theory, the proximity factor
• Serious Gaming at Coventry (entrepreneurial) University, Dublin & Galway
• Birmingham (real SMEs) Photonics Clusters
• Chem2biz basf spin-off incubator in Ludwigshafen
• KIS Biotherapies clustering in Nantes
• Knowledge Dock regeneration in the Docklands
• Creative computer graphics in Darmstadt
• Cleantech platform in Lahti
• Software development centre for start-ups in Cork
• SatNav Galilleo applications incubated in Liège & Lux
• An IT community of 100+ start ups in Barcelona
• An integrated TT-Incubation-VC-cluster animation system on micro/nano-
electronics at Imec in Leuven
• Creativity and design crash courses in Sunderland
• Mechatronics in Haute-Savoie, Photovoltaics in Savoie,
• Creative industries in Trolhattan as a response to automotive
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
32. B2projects
we are in a « project-lead economy »
• Networks = an ideal collaborative platform for
European projects
• European projects = communities of BICs, Companies
and other players co-developing, and sharing
opportunities
• Projects = a networking place with institutions (EC, ESA,
GSA, WB, …), a way to connect with them
• Projects = a platform where hundreds of clustered
innovative small businesses meet big players
• Int’l Project management= A living micro-management
school!
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
33. All these new ways to consider Innovation are actually
contributing to create an appropriate
environmement for « the fifth freedom » : the free
movement of ideas and know-how, to create
transactions between any knowledge-based players,
and to transform our territories into smart open
collaborative and attractive places smart & open
entreprenrurs & innovators!
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu
34. European BICs Network (EBN)
Joe GREANEY
Avenue de Tervuren, 168, B-1150 Brussels
Tel. +32 (0)2 772 89 00
Fax +32 (0)2 772 95 74
pva@ebn.be
www.ebn.eu
EBN – European BIC Network
Avenue de Tervuren, 168. B – 1150 Bruxelles
Phone: + 32 2 772 89 00 - Fax: +32 2 772 95 74
E-mail: ebn@ebn.eu – Internet : www.ebn.eu