Regions for Economic Change Innovating through EU Regional

Regions for Economic Change Innovating through EU Regional Policy Prof. Dr. Peter Heydebreck, p. heydebreck@inno-group. com, Brussels 12. /13. 06. 2006 inno AG Karlstraße 45 b D-76133 Karlsruhe Fon +49 721 91345 -50 Fax +49 721 91345 -99 info@inno-group. com

Change in philosophy of innovation policy From securing fair play within the system to coaching the system to become globally competitive. “Towards an innovation capital of Europe!” East of England RITTS 2006 From subsidising the poor to investing into the high potentials. “The regional development subsidy is from July 2006 renamed and redefined to regional investment support” Government bill on regional development, Sweden 2005 From supporting values in their own right (e. g. research) to boosting sustainable economic growth through. “It is an obligation for universities to produce innovation – i. e. new startups and new jobs. ” Antonio Martinez PVA-MV AG www. inno-group. com 24/10/2021 - Slide 2

Drivers of economic growth Competitive regional companies: It is the responsibility of innovation support infrastructure to provide the companies with professional services and leading knowledge from within the region and assist the companies in importing such services and knowledge from outside the region. Sprouts to regional companies: It should be the mandate of the innovation support infrastructure to provide regional organisations with incentives and competence to spin out companies and to support entrepreneurs with need-oriented start-up services and resources. High potential companies from outside the region: It is the task of the innovation support infrastructure to develop and communicate an attractiveness to investors which secures a steady inflow from companies which do not seek subsidies and tax reductions. www. inno-group. com 24/10/2021 - Slide 3

Quality criteria of innovation systems Vision with key stakeholders dedicated to implement a strategy to reach the vision Need orientation and professionalism Critical mass of resources and competences Dedication to mutual learning Effective leadership Transparency and inter-connectivity of the system to system members and non system members Sustainability www. inno-group. com 24/10/2021 - Slide 4

Companies‘ expectations Companies are mostly satisfied with the competence respectively service provided Companies complain about services that have not been delivered, because Companies were not aware that they had a need (wish for proactive awareness raising activities Companies were not aware that there was an offer Companies were not aware how to access the offer (lack of interconnectivity of the supply system, lack of transparency) Companies claim to be generally willing to pay, but state that they would need to be sure of whether the provider delivers value for the money upfront. that it is difficult to get professional problem-solving competence on short notice. www. inno-group. com 24/10/2021 - Slide 5

Innovative companies have higher needs www. inno-group. com 24/10/2021 - Slide 6

Share of innovative companies with links www. inno-group. com 24/10/2021 - Slide 7

SMEs do hardly pay for external services www. inno-group. com 24/10/2021 - Slide 8

Valorisation institutions in Germany Garching Innovation Gmb. H Technologien aus der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Organization for technology transfer for the Max. Planck-Gesellschaft (vertical approach) http: //www. garching-innovation. de Unit in charge of the valorisation of the Fraunhofer. Gesellschaft’s research results for the creation of start-ups (vertical approach) http: //www. ventures. fraunhofer. de Consultancy unit at the service of the Leibniz Institute Researchers (vertical approach) http: //www. wgl. de/extern/leibniz. X Enterprise specialised in the management of IPR in different with a focus on Life Science (horizontal approach) http: //www. ascenion. de Private enterprise assigned by many different German universities and research centres for the purpose of their valorisation activities. (horizontal approach) http: //www. engage-ventures. com www. inno-group. com 24/10/2021 - Slide 9

How to get a good innovation system? There is no best system to copy and paste. There attitudes and processes which support achievement of quality criteria. These include e. g. dedication to mutual learning, benchmarking/-learning, foresight, and profiling. These attitudes and processes must not be delegated to a selected organisation or special department - they constitute a joint responsibility. www. inno-group. com 24/10/2021 - Slide 10