Transcript Networks and Clusters as Instruments for Internationalisation

Networks and Clusters as
Instruments for Internationalisation
ClusterCOOP Launch Event
Budapest, 13 July 2011
Lysann Müller, VDI/VDE-IT, Germany
Initiative Kompetenznetze Deutschland
To facilitate the economic development of
the regions in Germany by promoting and
supporting regional technology networks
and prepare them for national and
international competition.
www.kompetenznetze.de
BalticNet-Plasmatec
Participating countries of survey
Poland, 5
Greece, 5
Croatia, 3
Luxembourg, 1
Germany, 27
Sweden, 8
Denmark, 9
Hungary, 10
France, 18
Austria, 10
Norway, 11
Spain, 15
Technology areas of clusters of the survey
28, 15%
37, 19%
New Materials /
Manufacturing
Energy /
Environment
Information
Technology
11, 6%
30, 16%
Life Sciences /
Biotechnology
Health / Medical
Technology
14, 7%
Micro / Nano / Opto
Mobility
17, 9%
28, 15%
24, 13%
Other
Internationalisation strategy implemented 2007
14%
10%
Total
agreement
Broad
agreement
37%
39%
Broad
disagreement
Total
disagreement
Internationalisation strategy implemented 2010
5%
20%
Total agreement
19%
Broad agreement
Broad
disagreement
Total disagreement
56%
Reasons for internationalisation
Increasing international visibility
Access to know-how and technologies
not avalable within the own cluster
Easier access to targeted markets
Improvement of overall competitiveness
Establishment of new networks
in related fields
Contribution to assure world-wide leadership
Loose exchange of experiences and
information at international level
Benchmarking with the top performers
in related fields
Attracting external partners to settle
down in own cluster
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10% 12% 14% 16% 18%
Barriers for internationalisation
Lack of financing or
other monetary reasons
Lack of time or capacity
Lack of trust between
partners
Language barriers
Geographical distance
No concrete common
starting points for…
Conflicts of interests /
Partners are…
Lack of a common
technological basis
Other
0
10
20
30
Percentage of mentions [%]
40
New successful international cooperation activities
during the last three years
Outside Europe, in new
technology or application fields
Networks / clusters without
internationalisation strategy
Networks / clusters with internationalisation
strategy
Outside Europe, in same
technology or application fields
At European level, in new
technology or application fields
At European level, in same
technology or application fields
0%
10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Percentage of mentions [%]
Who is responsible for internationalisation?
Cluster organisation
Companies themselves
Management board
Internal working group
Externals
Others (please indicate in the box below)
0
5
10
15
20
25
Percentage of mentions ( %)
30
35
40
45
Due to the successful implementation of our internationalisation
strategy, the cluster is known at international level.
%
45
40
35
30
25
20
Cluster organisations are not
responsible for int.
15
Cluster organisations are
responsible for int.
10
5
0
Strongly
agree
Mostly agree
Mostly
disagree
Strongly
disagree
Being involved in European programmes/projects supporting international
cooperation among clusters, e.g. PRO INNO EUROPE, Europe INNOVA,
INTERREG (not R&D programmes in FP6/FP7) had a positive impact on the
internationalisation activities of the companies within the cluster.
%
35
30
25
20
15
Cluster organisations are not
responsible for int.
10
Cluster organisations are
responsible for int.
5
0
Strongly
agree
Mostly
agree
Mostly
disagree
Strongly
disagree
„A cluster allows each member to benefit as if it
had greater scale or as if it had joined with
others formally – without requiring it to sacrifice
its flexibility.“
Michael Porter
Thank you very much for your
attention!
Kompetenznetze Deutschland Office
Lysann Müller
c/o VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH
Steinplatz 1
10623 Berlin
Tel.: +49 (0) 30 310078-154
Fax: +49 (0) 30 310078-222
E-Mail: [email protected]
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