The future role of clusters as driver for regional development, entrepreneurship and innovation in Emerging Industries

Dr. Gerd Meier zu KöckerDirectoriit – Institute for Innovation and Technology

Volos, 22 May 2015

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Where are we today?

1990 – 2000

Understanding clusters

2000 – 2010

Identification of clusters

2010 – 2015

Creating better clusters

2015ff

Making better use of clusters

What is new ?

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The Drivers behind the New Approaches

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Current trends:

Industrial transformation processes, increasing convergence of technologies and the ermergence of new industries require

• new policy frameworks• new supporting indstruments• systematic policy approach

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Impact of Industrial Transformation Processes

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10 Emerging Industries Selected under ECO II

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Linkages between Clusters and Emerging Industries

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Emerging Industries are Cross-sectoral by Nature

Source: European Cluster Observatory, 2015

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Emerging Industries Insight - Advanced Packaging -

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– Advanced Packaging –

16Sources: gerber and Limmatdruck Zeiler

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Potential for Integration of New Actors in Emerging Industries Related Value Chains

Source: European Cluster Observatory, 2015

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Impact on Cluster Initiatives and Cluster Managements

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Service Portfolio of Cluster Managements

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An Integrated Service Portfolio Provided by Cluster Management

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New Cluster Management Service – Innovation Platforms

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From Cluster (Initiatives) towards Cooperative Regions

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The Reality….

Cluster Initiatives

Collaborative R&D project

Associations or regional networks

Regional initiative to increase innovation

Networks of business development agencies

Cluster Games, Geday, Koczy, Zombori, Meier zu Köcker, 2013

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..Towards Cooperative Regions

• Global actors

• SMEs

• Universities

• Research institutions

• Incubators

• Technology Transfer Centres

• Business development agencies

• Governmental institutions, ministries

• Associations

• Chamber of Commerce

• Municipalities

Cluster initiatives can act as co-ordinator

of co-operative regions

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From Internationalisation Towards Cooperative Communities

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Transnational Cooperation Community- Advanced Packaging -

Source: European Cluster Observatory, 2015

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From Internationalisation Towards International Strategic Partnerships

Sustainablestrategic

partnerships

Looking for external partners

Among cluster actors

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Cluster will play an important role in Renewing European Industry……

Cluster policy makers have to learn how to make better use out of clusters

Custer policy is much more than only funding of cluster initiatives

What Remains the same…