1. BUILDING KNOWLEDGE DRIVEN REGIONS European Association of Development Agencies Christian SAUBLENS Executive Manager Role of Research in the Development of Science Parks Rzeszow, 14th of January 2010

2. Regional development challenges Regional competitiveness

Infrastructures Talent Public support Networks

Connectivity Research capability Finance Local

Enterprise estate Skills Non-finance Global

SME competitiveness Acces to capital Acces to knowledgeInnovation capacityInternationalisation Growth Jobs and wages Productivity Sales Investments Wellbeing Security Education Sustainable environment Quality of life 3. Regional eco-system Layers Components Activities & Entrepreneurs Regional Administrations Nature of Innovation 1. Social and not-for-profit economy Towns & Cities, Regions Social & societal 2. Regional economy Regions, Member States Economic & sustainable 3. Global economy Member States, EU Economic & global 4. Governance and strategy Source: EURADA 5. Regional knowledge trajectory 6. Regional knowledge flow

People

Traditions, know-how

Patents

Research

Experimentation

Living labs

Imitation

Adaptation

Licensing

Innovative products/services

Start-ups

Partnership

Knowledge transfer

Talent attraction

7. Knowledge Enterprise SME Big Firms Public Sector National/Regional Administration Business Consultants: Services Universities Technology Centres Finance- Banks Value Chain Clusters Mentoring Schemes... Innovation Support Schemes Business InnovationCentres Innovation Management Techniques Technology Audits Technology Foresights Intermediaries Cluster Policy Business Forums Technology TransferProjects R&D Valorisation Graduate Placement Schemes University-Enterprise Cooperation... The Structural Competitiveness of SMEs based on systemic relations, subject to policy action, within a territorial model Source: DG Regio adapted by Eurada Human capital Seed Capital venture Capital Business Angels Education Creativity Entrepreneurship Vocation training 8.

infrastructure

human

financial

social

R&D

Innovation

Natural and cultural

Sustainable development

Institutional and administrative

Attractiveness

Categories of assets 9. Innovation Product Process Business model

Imitation

High Tech

Manufacturing

Services

Non-technology

Technology integration

Creativity Solved here Invented here start upincubation acceleration Challenges: Threats/opportunities: automatisation outsourcing digitalisation 10. 11. Source: http://www.bayeconfor.org/media/files/pdf/InnovationDrivenEconomicDevelopmentModel-final.pdf 12. Ideas and innovation ROUTINE WORKDone by people ROUTINE WORKDone by machine s CREATIVE WORKTalent Digitalisation Outsourcing Automatisation Research Development Design Marketing and sales Global supply chain management Customisation Networks 13. Innovation by enterprises 14. Awareness and Investment readiness. Organisational infrastructure. Private,Public andUniversity RDT infrastructure Science parks Market- driven research activities. Protection of intellectual property and availability of a technology transfer organisation. Entrepreneurial training and culture. Consultancy and added value support services. Spin offs. Spin outs. Commercialisation of research outcomes. Public knowledge. Access to funding sources. Proof of concept Market, Jobs, Incomes Prerequisites

Public sector

Interinstitutional collaboration

Governance

Leadership

Vision

Attractiveness

Investment willingness

Private sector

Capacities

Critical mass

Sound financial enterprises

Investment readiness

Engagement in a research regional agenda

Intermediaries

Quality infrastructure

Competences

Capability

Networking and clustering. Implementation- Consensus building - Strategy design to support research intensive firms and commercialization of research results - Delivery mechanism of the strategy Skills. Training. Education. Placement of students into businesses. Workforce development. RTD INSTRUMENTS OUTPUTS

Assets

Human capital

Technological capital

Financial and equity capital

Social capital

Infrastructure

Source: EURADA Round Table of Practitioners in Economic Development and RIC Expert Group TRIPLE HELIX Value chain of regional intensive clusters 15. Regional knowledge stock

Existing knowledge

+ creation of knowledge

+ import of knowledge

= stock

What about depreciation of the stock?

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