CLOE –members

Rene TõnnissonBaltic Innovation

Agency

1. December 2010, Gurgaon, Delhi

The Role of International Cluster Cooperation in Increasing the

Prosperity of Regions

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My Cluster Background

Practical hands on experiences gained from management of IT cluster initiative in Mobile and

Tartu. Location Based Service

Cluster policy experience gained from European Cluster Policy Group (ECPG)

Johannes Pääsuke, Estonian National Museum

30% of USSMEs export

70% of ChineseSMEs export

How International are we today?

13% of European SMEs export

SMEs export

Source: Enterprise Europe Network

Clusters = Innovation

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Region's patenting

level

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R2 = 0.3573

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Region's cluster strength

level

Each region’s number of cluster stars (log) vs its number of patents (log), adjusting for country-level differences other than cluster strength.Source: The European Cluster Observatory www.clusterobservatory.eu

Source: Sõlvell, Ketels

Clusters look similar from high altitude

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Steel VVCars XXLabor YYCapital ZZ

Steel VVCars XXLabor YYCapital ZZ

Source: Sõlvell

…but not when you magnify the picture

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Source: Sõlvell

The nature of innovation is changing...

– Increasing complexity of the innovation process

– Increasing speed of innovation

– Local versus global markets – Local versus global markets and value chains

– New understanding of „glocal“ competition and collaboration required

... and clusters need to change as well

because understanding the link between clusters, innovation and proposerity based on local perspective is

not good enough any more

... we need to see the big picture to make it really happen!

THANK YOU!

Contact Information:Contact Information:

Rene Tõnnisson

Email: rene@bia.ee

Tel: +372-5029873