William Hoffman Biomedical Engineering Institute & MBBNet University of Minnesota
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William Hoffman Biomedical Engineering Institute & MBBNet University of Minnesota A Cluster of Innovation MBBNet Minnesota Biomedical and Bioscience Network
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William HoffmanBiomedical Engineering Institute
& MBBNetUniversity of Minnesota
A Cluster of InnovationMBBNet
Minnesota Biomedical and Bioscience Network
Geographically concentrated groups of interconnected companies and
associated institutions in a particular field linked by common technologies and skills
The Competitive Advantage of Nations, 1990
Michael E. Porter Harvard Business School
What are Clusters?
National innovative capacity depends on
the strength of the national innovation infrastructure
the environment for innovation in its leading industrial clusters, and
the strength of linkages between these two areas.
Stern, Porter & Furman National Bureau Economic Research September 2000
Clusters and Innovation
Stern, Porter & Furman, 2000
Measuring National Innovation Capacity
The National Innovation System
“complex adaptive system”
“dense web of individuals, private organizations and public bodies”
“propensity toward clustering”
Popper & Wagner U.S. Innovation System
RAND: S & T Policy Institute January 2002
Clusters and Innovation
Social Networks
“The locus of innovation is found in a network of interorganizational relationships.”
Powell, Koput & Smith-Doerr “Networks of Learning
in Biotechnology” ASQ, 1996
Clusters and Innovation
World’s largest cluster-driven Web portal in the life sciences & health care fields
MBBNet
For “biomedical community”1. Harvard Biomedical Technology
Gateway2. MBBNet
For “bioscience community”1. Bay Area Biosciences Center 2. MBBNet
Google Search
Biomedical Clusters
Jeff Johnson – Hybrid Medical Animation
First transatlantic cluster-to-cluster Web portal link1,400 organizations in the two regions
U of M – biomedical engineering & biotechnology Zurich MedNet - Winterthur Consortium & Zurich Network New Product Design & Business Development NPDBD Faculty & student exchange [U of M Global Seminar] Winterthur Investment Summits
MBBNet – Zurich MedNet Link
BioCluster Upgrading:Factor-creating investment
Stem cell technology and regenerative medicine Biomaterials and biosensors Miniaturization and nanotechnology Technology-enhanced health services
The Global Technology Revolution National Intelligence Council / RAND 2001
Knowledge resources
Human resourcesCapital resourcesInfrastructure
