Innovation Research 2020

Sustainable Growth and Business Ecosystems

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THEMES 2020 - SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND BUSINESS ECOSYSTEMS

20.2.2020

Themes:

I. What are the driving forces in sustainability and growth?

II. How to build global business ecosystems in Finland

III. What are the impacts public innovation funding and growth services

on the economy?

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I.What are the driving forces of sustainability and growth in Finland? What are the driving forces of sustainability and how can we influence them? One purpose of this call is to measure the raising

phenomena that lead to the sustainable development in small open advanced economy as Finland. This target can not be reached without deepdialogue with companies, who are seeking new low-carbon possibilities. How to manage innovation environment in order to create sustainableeconomy? How to combine carbon-neutral society with company and economic growth? How can public actors increase our innovation system’sability to encourage sustainable change? What public actions are needed to solve the puzzle of sustainability and growth?

II. How to build global business ecosystems in Finland? How to find new practical and methodological approaches to ecosystems? Are there new methodologies that could be developed further to

better assess the success and success factors of business ecosystems? Focus in this theme is on global ecosystems, company-level practicalcases, and internationalization of ecosystems as well as a role of innovations to accelerate dynamics. Business Finland’s company level data onhigh potential ecosystems is available. What is or should be, the role of public actors in building and supporting business ecosystems?

III. How to measure the impacts of public R&D and innovation funding and growth services on the economy? What are the new methodologies of impact analysis and could they be developed further? From the innovative growth perspective, R&D

and innovation activities renew economic structures and increase knowledge spillovers. How can policy tools and actors accelerate thisdevelopment? The aim of this theme is to develop new methodologies and test empirically the impacts of public RDI funding and activities inFinland. More inspiration can be found for example from theories by Bloom et al. (2013) “Identifying technology spillovers and product marketrivalry” or D. Acemoglu, P. Aghion, P. Mohnen, J. Van Reenen etc. Business Finland’s RDI data is available for research purposes.

RESEARCH THEMES

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STEPS IN 2020

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Elements of Utilization Roadmap

Research Agenda to serve development in market

economy and stakeholder perspectives

Roadmap for Utilization and impacts

Verified Research Questions

Empirical methodology

to connect with drivers

Tools for Socio-Economic Transition

Company related

Policy related

Market related

Policy Briefs

Round Tables

Forums for transition

Business Drivers

Stakeholder Needs

“Research questions, methods and delivery must be business, market, and policy driven”

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WHAT WILL BE NEEDED FOR PITCHING?

Prepare three documents for research ideas and send them to email address: innovaatiotutkimus (at) businessfinland.fi (deadline 13.3.2020):

1. Idea gathering - Abstract (max 50 words) and description of the project (max one A4 page)

2. Utilization roadmap – partially co-produced with identified potential beneficiaries (max one A4 page)

3. Team CV, preliminary funding plan and composition of steering group (max one A4 page)

Business Finland asks max. 12 ideas for the 15 min. pitching + 30 min sparring and discussion session (Weeks 13-15 (25.3.-8.4.2020).

Max 6 ideas will be asked to the full project application phase.

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WHAT WILL BE NEEDED FOR FULL PROJECT APPLICATION?

Compile a full application (including project plan max 15 pages) in case that pitching discussions support it by using our online services: https://www.businessfinland.fi/suomalaisille-asiakkaille/asiointipalvelu/

1. Description of planned work

• work packages

• research team

• project schedule

2. Stakeholders and funding plan

• Description of supplementing funding (by other stakeholders)

• Stakeholder commitments (preliminary indications for commitment)

• Utilization roadmap

• Composition of steering group

Note: Contents of the idea gathering should equal with the final project plan (and evaluation frame)

Commitment for external funding and international experts: https://www.businessfinland.fi/globalassets/finnish-

customers/01-funding/08-guidelines--terms/forms/ilmoitus_projektiin_osallistumisesta___notification_of_participation_in_project.docx

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EVALUATION FRAME - WHAT WILL BE APPRECIATED IN EVALUATION

1. Impact and Relevance (50 %)

1.1 Relevance to the call themes as well as innovation and growth policy

1.2 Quality and credibility of research plan

1.3 Quality and credibility of utilization roadmap with the stakeholders

2. International collaboration (20 %)

2.1 Quality and volume of international collaboration (top research groups and stakeholders) (1) international joint activity; 2) commitment to take part to the project by international experts

3. Research team (30 %) Multidisciplinary approach in research team

3.1 Multidisciplinary approach in research team

3.2 Resources and knowledge of research team

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IMPACT STEPS FOR INNOVATION RESEARCH CALL

20.2.2020

IMF

Impacts

Outputs / direct and indirect results in Finland

Innovation research / Project activities

Inputs

•Volume of Innovation funding •Top-skilled and internationally

oriented research work•Competence base sourced

from innovation environment actors, Business Finland’s strategy and impact assessment

Project activities / funding criteria•Challenge-based research agenda,

which develops new methodologies for stakeholders•Utilization roadmaps with system

level impact•Team CVs for credibility and

development of research groups•Policy Briefs for creating basis for

dialogue between stakeholder groups•Round Table Discussions for

supporting the dialogue•Transition Arenas for creating new

innovation ecosystems

Project activities•The quantity and quality of

innovation research increase and meets the global context•New innovation policy tools are

established based on strong impact analysis•Exchange of know-how between

research sector, innovation policy actors and companies is enhanced to support renewal of businesses•Finnish innovation environment’s

capabilities to catalyze emergence of new growth increases

•Sustainable growth of companies and the economy –What are the driving forces of new economic growth?•Radical innovations and new

business models renew economic structure •New world-class ecosystems

are built in Finland•Public and private RDI funding

and activities generate overall increase in productivity and competence

Spillovers

Inputs

Services

Funding

Themes

Customers

Market failures (networks, information,

finance, climate change)

Activities

Funding increasecompanies’ own

funding

Capabilities in business, intenarnationalization

and r&d increase

Amount of customers and networking (domestically

and globally) increase

Results

Increase of turnover, jobs and exports

High value addedproducts and servicesimprove productivity

New companies, trial platforms and ecosystems

are born in Finland

Entry of Finnishcompanies in the global

market increase

Impacts

Business scalability and economies of scale

improve

Trial platforms and ecosystems attract newglobal actors to Finland

Finnish companies havefocal involvement in global

ecosystems

Goals

Radical innovations and new business models

renew economic structure

Impacts on society

Well-being of citizens and environment

Impacts spill widely over thesociety and economy, and improve

productivity and sustainableeconomic growth

Creating new markets

Global growth of companies

World-classecosystems

Competitive business environment

Companies acquire newinformation about global

challenges

Impact Model in Business Finland

Invest-in jobs and taxincome increase