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The Cluster Initiative Greenbook 2.0Örjan Sölvell & Göran Lindqvist
Cluster Evaluation
5 September 2013
The Cluster Initiative Greenbook 2.0
Örjan SölvellGöran Lindqvist
Stockholm School of Economics
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The Cluster Commons
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6Six main
conclusions
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The key task is tobuild bridges
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6
Firms
Research organisations
Education organisations
Government
Capital providers
1
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Barriers to collaboration
Poor knowledge
Sparse networks
Different “languages”
Different norms and attitudes
Different visions
Low trust
Negative incentives
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8
Firms
Education organisations
Government
1Research organisations
Capital providers
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Firms
Research organisations
Education organisations
Government
Capital providers
1
10
Global markets
Other clusters
1
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Among
firms in the clus-ter
Firms and
re-search in-stitu-tions
Firms and edu-cational
insti-tu-
tions
Firms and pub-
lic or-
gan-isa-
tions
With other clus-ter or-
gani-sa-
tions
With globa
l mar-kets
Firms and
fi-nan-cial
insti-tu-
tions
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
High priority Medium priorityLow priority Not done
priority contacts
Collaboration:1
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Communication intensityincoming emails to a cluster organisation
1
13
Build from strength
2
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2
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Bringing people together is easer if
you are neutral
3
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Membership fees
Sales of services
National public
Regional / local public
International public
Other
Mixed fundingsources of revenues
3
17
Private sec-tor
Public sec-tor
Academia
Financial inst.
Non-profit
Mixed governanceboard composition
3
18
Long-term public commitment helps
4
19
Membership fees
Sales of services
National public Regional/local public
International public
Other0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
Sources of funding over timeCluster organisation age: 0-4 yrs 5-9 yrs 10+ yrs
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You need a cluster manager who can build
and walk bridges
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Cluster manager’s backgroundPrevious work experience
Private sector Academia Public sector Non-profit Financial inst.0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Experience:
0-1 yrs
2-9 yrs
10+ yrs
5
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Begin with the low-hanging fruit
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Identity and brand
Strategy and vision
Innovation and R&D
Business environment
Growth and investment
HR uppgrading
Export promotion
Value chain development
HR supply
Joint purchasing
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
High prio Mid prio Low prio Not done
Objectives
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Building the cluster commons