A presentation for the Workshop "Promoting cluster excellence - measuring and benchmarking cluster performance and quality of cluster organisations" www.clusterobservatory.eu

1. The European Cluster Observatory: Measuring the performance of clusters Berlin, 15 December 2009Göran LindqvistCSC, Stockholm School of Economics Download this presentation at: www.slideshare.net/GoranLindqvist

2. IVORY TOWER The ECO Consortium 2 Lindqvist, Berlin, 15 Dec 2009

3. a European hub for clusters and cluster organisations providing knowledge and facilitating collaboration Lindqvist, Berlin, 15 Dec 2009 3

4. Innovation Platform www.clusterobservatory.eu KnowledgePlatform Collaboration Platform Cluster Mapping Regional Framework Conditions Cluster Library 4 Lindqvist, Berlin, 15 Dec 2009 Cluster organisation profiles Clustermemberprofiles Clusterorganisationbenchmarking European Cluster Managers’ Club Sectoralinformation(events, news…) “Market place”(projects, training…)

5. What to evaluate and measure? Lindqvist, Berlin, 15 Dec 2009 5 the cluster initiative / programme operational performance of the organisation  evaluation the cluster effects of the efforts on the enterprise or region level

6. Lindqvist, Berlin, 15 Dec 2009 6 Source: adapted from Diez, European Planning Studies, 2001

7. Global Cluster Initiative Survey 2003, 2005 Lindqvist, Berlin, 15 Dec 2009 7 Objectives Types of goals, e.g. innovation, training, exports, etc. Business environment Economic policy setting The initial strength of the cluster Setting Performance Cluster competitiveness Cluster growth Operational performance Initiation and planning Governance and financing Resources etc. Process Source: Sölvell, Lindqvist, Ketels, The Cluster Initiative Greenbook, 2003

8. Värmland triangulation model Lindqvist, Berlin, 15 Dec 2009 8 Large-scale survey to participants: estimated changes to the research, education programmes, entrepreneurship, and to sales growth Shadow Controls Statistical comparison of sales and employment growth between targeted firms and a national reference group in same industries Deep interviews with key actors, assessing the success of the process Generic Controls Process Tracing

9. Cluster mapping Lindqvist, Berlin, 15 Dec 2009 9 Employment data update in 2010 and 2012 Time series, growth (high sector resolution,full geographicalcoverage) Performance indicators Wages, patenting, etc(lower sector resolution, partial geographical coverage) Flexiblemapping tool Flexibility to address regions and sectorsrelevant for the user

10. A flexible online cluster mapping tool User-defined regions combinations of NUTS-2 regions Specialregions “Baltic”, “Mediterranean”, “Danube” Defaultregions NUTS-2 User-defined sectors Combinations ofNACE-4 industries Specialsectors “Creative industries”, “KIBS”, “eco”, etc. Defaultsectorsabout 40 categories = allconcentrated industries 10 Lindqvist, Berlin, 15 Dec 2009

11. Regional framework conditions Lindqvist, Berlin, 15 Dec 2009 11 Secondary data: skills, innovation, etc. Regional framework online mapping tool Primary data: regional survey Regional benchmarking report

12. Online collaboration platform Lindqvist, Berlin, 15 Dec 2009 12 “ the official European platform for cluster collaboration ” Cluster organisation profiles Clusterorganisationbenchmarking “Market place”(projects, training…) Clustermemberprofiles Sectoralinformation(events, news…) European Cluster Managers’ Club

13. Cluster library Lindqvist, Berlin, 15 Dec 2009 13 Policy reports a virtual EuropeanClusterLibrary Sectoral reports Regional reports Cluster cases

14. The Observatory’s role Statistical cluster analysis, time series Cluster performance indicators: wages, etc Regional competitiveness data Benchmarking of cluster organisations Also: Own reports: emerging clusters, regional competitiveness Depository for reports by others Lindqvist, Berlin, 15 Dec 2009 14

16. New Cluster Library

17. New cluster mapping tool

18. GCIS 2011

19. Secondary regional data

20. Primary regional data

22. Contact Göran Lindqvist, PhD Center for Strategy and Competitiveness Stockholm School of Economics www.sse.edu/csc goran.lindqvist@hhs.se +46 8 7369524 17 Lindqvist, Berlin, 15 Dec 2009 Download this presentation at: www.slideshare.net/GoranLindqvist