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Economic Development Karlsruhe
Clusters linked over Europe: Management Guide for Development, Matching and Internationalisation of Clusters
CLUSTERS LINKED OVER EUROPE:From the Management Guide for Development, Matching and Internationalisation of Clusters to
Excellence
Ralf EichhornEconomic Development Karlsruhe, Germany
Economic Development Karlsruhe
Clusters linked over Europe: Management Guide for Development, Matching and Internationalisation of Clusters
…Where I come from: Karlsruhe – a city with a tradition of innovation…
The first bike The first Automobile Electromagnetic Waves The first Email (1871) (1885) (1886) (1984)
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology German Software Cluster of Excellence
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Clusters linked over Europe: Management Guide for Development, Matching and Internationalisation of Clusters
Clusters linked over Europe started off as an EU-Project… …CLOE Development 2004-2008 and beyond:
CLOE Network of Excellence
CLOE Fast Track
CLOE European Network- associated Partner Nottingham
CLOE Project
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Clusters linked over Europe: Management Guide for Development, Matching and Internationalisation of Clusters
…Becoming a network: An Interreg lllc Project
Lyon Timisoara
Linz
Tartu
Wermland
Kaliningrad
City of Karlsruhe
Nottingham
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Clusters linked over Europe: Management Guide for Development Matching and Internationalisation of Clusters
…Becoming a network:
First Fast Track 2007:
18 Partners15 Regions14 Countries
…including expertise from DGs Regional Policy, Enterprise, Research and Information Society
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Clusters linked over Europe: Management Guide for Development Matching and Internationalisation of Clusters
Objectives of the CLOE network’s operations:
Identification of best practice methods, tools and processes by exchanging experiences
Fostering co-operation between small and medium-sized enterprises within the European clusters
Becoming visible not only within the partner regions but also outside Europe
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Clusters linked over Europe: Management Guide for Development, Matching and Internationalisation of Clusters
Campaigns of the CLOE network:
set-up of the Internet based platform www.clusterforum.eu
workshops with participation of industry
world-wide marketing campaign
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Clusters linked over Europe: Management Guide for Development, Matching and Internationalisation of Clusters
The CLOE alliance has elaborated a Cluster Management Guide to efficiently build up the cluster
foster networking
strengthen a cluster‘s
position in the inter-
national market
Download available on www.clusterforum.eu
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Clusters linked over Europe: Management Guide for Development, Matching and Internationalisation of Clusters
The Cluster Management Guide provides guidelines along and beyond the famous 5 fields of action
Work with the Cluster Management Guide helps to cover these 5 fields of action and to even increase a cluster‘s activity to 7 fields of action
Example: Karlsruhe‘s most successful cluster: CyberForum – Cluster of Excellence
Economic Development Karlsruhe
Clusters linked over Europe: Management Guide for Development, Matching and Internationalisation of Clusters
Famous 5 fields of action Major initiatives
1. Information and Communication
- Improve and intensify existing activities
2. Training and Qualification
- Use best practises of most successful cluster companies of HR Development throught the iRegion (...compete for talent...)
3. Cooperations - Proactive Stimulation and Coaching of Cooperation Projects with Cluster Organisations
4. Marketing and PR - Develop a strong basis for company/project financing (VCs, Banks, etc.)
5. Internationalisation - Proactive Stimulation and Coaching of Internationalisation
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Clusters linked over Europe: Management Guide for Development, Matching and Internationalisation of Clusters
…Significant advances into proactive Cluster Management with 7 fields of action…Extended fields of action Major initiatives
Field #6: Interactive iRegion Platform with leading-edge internet approaches
- Web 2.0, Blogging, Social / Entrepreneurial Networking-BusinessMatching- Virtual Elements to make Structures understandable for Individual Citizens, Businesses etc.
Field #7: Ecosystem for HighTech Entrepreneurial Development
-repeating patterns in successful HighTech company Development-Availability of research work and empirical, experience-based work and Know-How- Willing and contributing members ready to show commitment - Clear need to access and use proven business Know-How
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Pioneer- Growth Maturity Turnaround
Stage Stage Stage Stage
Company Value
With these 7 fields of action, it is our challenge to provide Tools to cope with the challenges of managing a fast-growing Hightech-Company
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Clusters linked over Europe: Management Guide for Development, Matching and Internationalisation of Clusters
CyberForum Karlsruhe: example of rapid growth and improvement after the implementation of the
Cluster Management Guide:
Anzahl Mitglieder
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Impacts of the “virus networking and effective management“ exemplified by Karlsruhe‘s Cluster of
Excellence CyberForum:Founded in 1997: “Network of Founders” <100
members
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Clusters linked over Europe: Management Guide for Development, Matching and Internationalisation of Clusters
2004: Affiliate Program starts >500 members
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Clusters linked over Europe: Management Guide for Development, Matching and Internationalisation of Clusters
From “Network of Founders” to “Network of HighTech Companies”
>600 memers
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Clusters linked over Europe: Management Guide for Development, Matching and Internationalisation of Clusters
2010: “Network of HighTech Companies” and “Cluster of Excellence” Sep.2010: 863
members
Knowledge-Transfer, Networks, Moderated Platform
Germany’sCluster of Excellence
“Embedded Software”
New integrated initiative
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Clusters linked over Europe: Management Guide for Development, Matching and Internationalisation of Clusters
Be aware: The “networking virus” is highly contagious!
Information Technology Automotive Energy Nanotechnology
Special Interest Groups:
French-German-Swiss IT-Network IT2Rhine
…
New Initiative: Creative Industries...Lab…Games…Design…Media
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…So why do companies co-operate??
… to receive public financial support … because the OEM wants them to co-operate
… because the co-operation brings concrete benefits
for the company
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“Nobody is as clever as everybody“
Our Partners: