Current means and solutions for stimulating small- and medium sized enterprises’ foundation and development in Germany

by Ass.Prof. Andrey S.Tsarenko, Ph.D.

School of Public Administration/ Lomonosov Moscow State University

E-mail: AZarenko@inbox.ru

Sourses:

Scientific publications

Official websites of public bodies, non-governmental institutionsE.g.: http://www.bmbf.de , http://www.business-angels.de/ …

Official public documentsE.g.: High-Tech Strategy 2020, Gruenderland Deutschland …

“Who coordinates the process of innovation development?”

Federal and state bodies

BMBF BMWi

Too many actors: E.g.: German Chambers of Commerce and

Industry Deutschen Industrie- und Handelskammertag (DIHK)

Institute for SME (Institut für Mittelstand (IfM)) …

Some programs in action: The Central Innovation Program SME ZIM, the PRO INNO – program (EU), KMU (=SME) -innovative funding initiative

The ZIM Case: funding program for small and medium sized enterprises (SME) with business operations in

Germany that want to develop new or significantly improve existing products, processes or technical services. As the cooperation partner of an SME, public and private non-profit research and technology organisations (RTO) are also eligible.

NB: The program is open to all branches and technological sectors. ZIM provides a reliable source of support for innovation efforts since 2008.

The aim of ZIM is to sustainably increase the innovative capacity and competitiveness of SMEs including craft businesses and independent professions and in doing so contribute to their growth and the generation of new jobs.

Within ZIM cooperation  projects there are several project variants: "KU" Cooperation R&D projects between at least two companies "KF" Cooperation R&D projects between at least one company and at least one RTO "VP" Special type of KF: Cross-technology Cooperation R&D projects, involving at least four

SMEs and at least two research establishments "KA" Company R&D projects involving the commissioning of an R&D contract to a research

partner International CooperationNB: Within ZIM there are different possibilities for cooperation with international partners. German

companies working with foreign partners in a ZIM project receive a bonus of 5 % on top of the normal funding rates.

ADT - German Association of Innovation, Technology and Business Incubation Centres

ADT – Fakts

158 Innovations-, Technologie- und centersca. 5.800 companies in ADT-member centers ca. 46.000 employees in these centers. The centres successfully outsourced more than 17.400 companies.

The ADT persuasively presents the interests of its members in key places, both internally

and externally, through its competence and experience and communicates these interests to a broad public;

serves as a point of contact for its members with regard to questions and problems connected with the operation of Innovation Centres and supporting of entrepreneurs and also recommends competent partners to consult;

identifies best practices for the successful operation of Innovation Centres and provides these to its members;

offers its members the possibility of exchanging experiences on specific topics in working groups organised according to subject and develops working guidance or policy documents;

provides its members with useful contacts through its national and international networks;

advises project teams that are planning to establish new Innovation Centres by drawing on its extensive experience;

contributes towards current legislation processes and the organisation of funding measures;

awards the quality seal “Recognised Innovation Centre” as part of an evaluation procedure for guaranteeing the quality of the work carried out by centres. Over 30 German centres have successfully undergone this evaluation;

…FOR FULL LIST SEE http://www.adt-online.de/index.php?article_id=41

Finance (focused on high-tech innovative businesses) High-Tech Startup HTGF (High-TechGrunderFonds) Business Angels Netzwork Germany –

BAND

For scientists DFG – Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Private funds e.g. Volkswagen, Tyssen

… in generall “mature innovation system”, but some more steps So, technological infrastructure is already developed. Enough

innovation technological centers. New tasks: 2010 Initiative „Gründerland Deutschland“ -> Forming the culture of

enterpreneursship one of the key steps High-Tech Gründerfonds II (best practice of High-Tech Gründerfonds II

+ Private sector takes part PPP Business succession “Keep business, find new owner” Easy access to information about services/ Special Internet-platform

E.g. www.existenzgruender.de, www.foerderdatenbank.de information Bureau Deutsche Messe Experienced Public-Private Partnership to Foster Innovation

"Forschungscampus": E.g.: Forschungscampus will receive funding of 1 to 2 million euros per

year as an orientation framework for a maximum of 15 years. Forschungscampus "ARENA2036" at the University of Stuttgart will involve leading companies and research institutions which have already committed themselves to the main phase of the venture.

Existenzgruendunsportal – Business founder portal

High-Tech Strategy 2020:

Towards a European High-Tech Strategy ->

Cross-cutting issues / general conditions Conditions for setting up businesses Small and medium-sized enterprises/SMEs Innovation-oriented procurement Innovation financing / venture capital A well-qualified workforce From knowledge to product Standardization

The whole document: http://www.bmbf.de/pub/hts_2020_en.pdf

High-Tech Strategy 2020: fields of action

What about innovations in universities?

German universities under analysis(original universities’ names are given)

Technische Universitaet Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen http://www.tu-dortmund.de

Technische Universitaet Hamburg–Harburg http://www.tu-harburg.

Ruhr-Universität Bochum Nordrhein-Westfalen http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Technische Universitaet München, Bayern http://www.tum.de

Ludwig Maximilian Universitaet München, Bayern http://www.uni-muenchen.de

Heinrich Heine Universitaet Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen http://www.uni-duesseldorf.de

Universitaet des Saarlandes Saarbrücken, Homburg, Saarland http://www.uni-saarland.de

Branderburgische Technische Universitaet Cottbus, Brandenburg http://www.tu-Cottbus.de

Universität der Künste, UdKBerlin http://www.udk-berlin.de

Technische Universität Dresden, TUD Sachsen http://www.tu-dresden.de

Some examples:

In general: fulfilled federal initiative: EXIST-program (EXIST –

Gründerstipendium – Grant for founder) Pre-Incubator-centers Specific solutions: UnternehmerTUM GmbH – Center for Innovation and

Entrepreneurship at TU München help settle a relationship between business and reseachers

TUM Executive Program in Innovation & Business Creation TUM Patent office GründerTUM workshop (partner E&Y) Center for Knowledge Interchange – CKI (partner – Siemens) GründerLAB service

Some examples:

TUD G-DUR: Founders from science in Dortmund and region (Gründungen aus der Wissenschaft in Dortmund und Region)

TUD Dresden exists (target group: students, lecturers, scientific reseachers – “people from science”

LMU Spin-off Service RUB Rubitec society (Intellectual property) Gründercampus Ruhr (Informational help) GRÜNDUNGS-OFFENSIVE GO! (22 institutions

network) Free Crashkurs of University of Saarland

(Universitaet des Saarlandes )