Finnish National Innovation System Strengths and Areas for Improvement. Yrjö Neuvo

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1 Finnish National Innovation System Strengths and Areas for Improvement Yrjö Neuvo

2 Outline Finland Indicators Achievements Areas for Improvement Summary

3 Finland

4 Trust felt for given institutions within society Questionnaire survey among Finnish people in Source: Finnish Science Barometer

5 Finnish Exports of Goods by Branch Share of Goods Exports, % Wood and wood products Pulp, paper and paper products Metals and metal products Machinery, equipment and vehicles In 1960 metals and metal products includes machinery and electronics etc. Source: Board of Customs /rakvie3/jka/suku Electronics and electrotechnics Oil, chemicals and chemical products etc. Other products Export in B Hannele Pohjola 5

6 Indicators

7 WEF, Global competitiveness Switzerland USA Singapore Sweden Denmark Finland Germany Japan Canada Netherlands Source: WEF, The Global Competitiveness Report

8 DM Copyright Tekes Public R&D units University University unit Polytechnic Polytechnic unit VTT, Technical Research Centre of Finland or other public research institute Unit of public research institute Science Park

9 Publications among the top 1 % of most cited ones

10 5,0 4,5 4,0 3,5 3,0 2,5 2,0 1,5 1,0 0,5 Percentage of GDP R&D investments in some countries Israel Sweden FINLAND Japan Korea Iceland USA Austria Germany Denmark Singapore OECD France Great Britain Norway China Ireland 0, Sources: OECD, Main Science and Technology Indicators and Statistics Finland Prel.

11 6,5 6,0 5,5 5,0 4,5 4,0 Billion EUR 3,9 4,4 R&D in Finland in ,4 6,2 5,8 5,3 5,5 5,0 4,8 4,6 3,5 3,0 2,9 2,5 2,0 2,2 1,5 1,0 0,5 0, Public sector Universities Enterprises Source: Statistics Finland (estimate) Nokia s Global R&D was 5.3 B in Hannele Pohjola 11

12 SMEs participating in innovation cooperation Finland Estonia Austria Belgium Sweden Island Greece Netherlands France Great Britain Norway EU27 Denmark Germany Portugal Spain Italy % Source: European Innovation Scoreboard 2008

13 R&D personnel per 1,000 employed in 2002 and

14 Public funding for R&D in companies Czechia (2005) Italy (2004) Poland (2005) Spain (2004) USA (2004) Great Britain( 2004) Norway (2003) France (2004) EU 25 (2004) OECD (2004) Austria (2004) Sweden (2003) Belgium (2004) Germany (2004) Portugal (2003) Korea (2005) Ireland (2005) Finland (2005) Netherlands (2003) Denmark (2003) Canada (2006) Japan (2004) Covers R&D grants, not loans Hannele Pohjola 14 Source: OECD, Main Science and Technology Indicators %

15 Foreign born R&D personnel aged in

16 Achievements

17 National R&D Programmes strength since 1980s SHOK = National Strategic Centers for Science, Technology & Innovation OSKE = Regional Centres of Expertise Programme EU FP7 JTI, ETP, EIT Eureka ERANET, art. 169 OSKE (13) National R&D Programs (Tekes & Academy) (approx 40) SHOK (6)

18 (Regional) Centres of Expertise Program Joint strategy

19 Government s catalytic basic funding Total project funding: 525 million euros Basic funding: 52 million euros

20 Direct project impact New high-skill jobs Jobs maintained New high-tech businesses 1300 New innovations (products, concepts) 3700 Number of people trained 90000

21 Strategic centres for Science, Technology and Innovation (SHOKs) National Joint Technology Initiative Support both long term strategic research and shortening the innovation chain. Stimulate R&D&I excellence of world class quality. The shareholders prepare a strategic research agenda for the centre and decide on how the agenda will be carried out. Tekes and Academy of Finland funding

22 DM Copyright Tekes The SHOK s Coverage Forest cluster Energy and the environment Information and communication industry and services Metal products and mechanical engineering Built environment Health and well being

23 Areas for Improvement

24 Focus areas: Concrete policy actions Taxation Early stage vc + private business skills into early stage business development Harnessing growth entrepreneurship potential in universities

25 Alleviation of taxes for industrial R&D 25 Spain China Canada Portugal Czechia Netherlands Norway France Japan Denmark Korea Great Britain Belgium Austria USA Ireland Poland FINLAND Switzerland Iceland Sweden Italy Germany Percent of corporate R&D Source: OECD Large companies SMEs % DM and

26 Taxation and regulatory issues relating to high growth companies Remove tax obstacles to growth, reform taxation to make it more conducive to growth Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Employment and the Economy should assume a joint responsibility for enterprise side innovation & growth policy

27 Growth Companies Accelerator Program for early stage growth Tailored financing and top level know how to breed promising innovative/technology start ups Combine public funding and private sector expertise Tailored public enterprise service for high growth companies Customer oriented service package which is easier to access and administer, combining funding and advisory services Early stage venture capital market Make Finnish early stage venture capital market more dynamic and enhance the sector s international exposure

28 Growth entrepreneurship and universities Take research out of lab more effectively Turn research results into successful business ventures. Reinforce training and know how for growth entrepreneurship Enhancing culture of entrepreneurship in Finnish universities

29 Summary

30 DM Copyright Tekes Some Strengths Long term political commitment Best knowledge transfer between universities and companies Networks of large companies and SMEs Active public private partnership Knowledge intensive industry and services growing High level of education Most researcher intensive country in the world

31 Globalization Challenges Shares of American and European investments in R&D declining, share of Asian and especially Chinese investments increasing Global labour market: competition for talent, changing patterns of researcher mobility Manufacturing is mobile

32 What is our competitive advantage in the future? Ensuring a world class knowledge base (in selected areas) The ability to create a growing number of radical innovations An excellent capability to transform knowledge into a competitive advantage into innovations Hannele Pohjola 32