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

1. The future role of clusters as driver for regional
development, entrepreneurship and innovation in
Emerging Industries
Dr. Gerd Meier zu Köcker
Director
iit – Institute for Innovation and Technology
Volos, 22 May 2015

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Where are we today?
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 –
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Sources: 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
Sustainable
strategic
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…