Enterprise and Industry Carsten Schierenbeck SMEs: Clusters and Emerging Industries unit Clusters as drivers of the large-scale demonstrator approach Stakeholder workshop: "Stimulating Emerging Industries through a Large-Scale Demonstrator Approach" Brussels, 12-13.02.2014
Why clusters? SMEs are more innovative! Cluster firms - are more innovative than non-cluster firms - register more trademarks and apply for more patents - cooperate more Source: European Commission 2006 Innobarometer on clusters role in facilitating innovation in Europe and 2008 Staff Working Document on the concept of clusters and cluster policies and their role for competitiveness and innovation: Main statistical results and lessons learned. See http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/innovation/policy/clusters 2
What clusters can offer for large-scale demonstrators o Reaching out to specialised groups of innovative SMEs and other innovation actors to develop solutions o Providing a favourable environment and critical mass for the development of new value chains and emerging industries o Capitalising upon complimentary cross-sectoral competences
Why cross-sectoral collaboration matters?...offers opportunities for new knowledge combinations and innovation.... shapes new products, value chains and industries.... diversifies specialisation patterns that are more likely to boost economic prosperity.
Mastering economic complexity leads to prosperity Red =countries where natural resources exports > 10% of GDP Blue = countries where natural resources exports <10% of GDP [ECI accounts for 75% of variance] Source: Hausmann, Hidalgo et al. The Atlas of Economic Complexity: Mapping paths to prosperity, available at http://atlas.media.mit.edu/media/atlas/pdf/harvardmit_atlasofeconomiccomplexity_part_i.pdf
What a large-scale demonstrator approach can offer for clusters o Creating entrepreneurial opportunities for SMEs o Providing the context for addressing specific challenges and opportunities o Offering political leadership in bringing different cluster actors together
Large-Scale Demonstrator in practice 1st generation Traditional transnational model: European Mobile and Mobility Industries Alliance (& European Creative Industries Alliance) 2nd generation New regional model: European Creative Districts 3rd generation Regional model take two: Clusters and Entrepreneurship in support of Emerging Industries 4th generation Value chain model Using clusters to better integrate SMEs: Cluster facilitated projects for new industrial value chains
Building upon the transformative power of key drivers for emerging industries Resource Efficiency Creativity Cross-cutting Technologies and Services
Nurturing emerging industries
Towards a systemic approach Focus only on research and technological innovation Support service innovation as such Support individual specialised firms Focus on a given set of service sectors Copy-paste best practice Follow growth trends without reflection Follow a horizontal approach without specific target Follow a narrow sectoral approach Launch pilot projects in isolation Find a problem for an innovation (i.e. searching commercialisation) Focus on all forms of knowledge and innovation Support transformation through service innovation Support clusters or networks of related firms Focus on manufacturing and services Search for the next practice Capitalise upon regional competences for the development of emerging industries Follow a systemic approach Follow a cross-sectoral approach Launch large-scale demonstration projects through a systemic approach Find an innovation that can solve a problem (i.e. addressing challenges) http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sme/regional-sme-policies
Scope for regional and industrial innovation policy to unlock the transformative power of service innovation What are effective SME support tools to facilitate Activity level Firm level (Enterprise) Sectoral level (Business Market level environment) cross-sectoral collaboration and innovation? Assimilation policies Targetted policies Soft & hard infrastructure Horizontal policies - Innovation metrics - Support to public RTD - Facilitation of knowledge transfer - Tax incentives - State Aids - Education & training - Public procurement - Business incubation, growth support & internationalisation - IP support and innovation management - Access to finance and investment readiness - Sectoral innovation metrics - Technology and service innovation foresight - Cluster mapping and analysis - IPR policies - Sector-specific standardisation, such as in ICT - Market foresight & emerging industries watch - Industry-led selfregulation, interoperability standards & certification - Innovation and technical assistance voucher schemes - Knowledge transfer and technological integration - Legal support & regulatory framework for services - IP and innovation management support (ecommerce) - Specific RTD - Specific enterprise and - Sectoral industry and cluster - Mentoring, coaching, training and mobility activities programmes industrial innovation policy initiatives in service - Promotion of ICT use support schemes for sectors (user involvement, - Incubation and accelerator (ebusiness) service firms support, cooperation, incl. cross-sectoral internationalisation - Promotion of new -Specific risk financing linkages, new forms of - Connecting SMEs with business models in schemes research for services clustering) and innovation actors services new - Voucher schemes to - Public private partnerships - Brokerage service concepts and in matchmaking support the service support demonstrating service and manufacturing innovation capacity organisational innovation - Innovation and creativity competitions - Research institutions - Service parks and - Strategic infrastructure - Supervisory authority for services incubation centres projects (e.g. broad-band - Combinations of the above - Specialised training access, logistic & service institutions for services hubs, co-working spaces) - - Living labs, design centres - What else? What works? - Entrepreneurship What not? policies for start up s => your input is needed - Mobility programmes - Lead Market Initiatives on new services - Voucher schemes to enhance spill-overs - Awareness raising activities - Deregulation / liberalisation of specific services - Internal Market for services (e.g. Services Directive) - Competition policy, including merger controls Enterprise and Industry (2012) Smart Guide to Service Innovation
Emerging Industries tweet #emerging industries: using clusters to facilitate cross-sectoral and crossregional collaboration towards testing value chain innovation driven by SMEs