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NEW INNOVATION SUPPORT
SERVICES, case Finland
Mervi Käki, CEO, Partner
20.5.2011
Finland
Our experience:
 Practical experience in managing green-field
Technopark projects.
 Practical experience of developing innovation support
programs jointly with public authorities and private
companies.
 Wide international experience of consulting in Europe,
Russia, New Zealand and Botswana.
 Good collaboration with international innovation
support organizations and investors to innovation
infrastructure.
 Commercially
 In society
 In well-being
Innovation = Exploited Competence-Based
Competitive Advantage
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New knowledge, know-how, technology
New product, technical solution, production process
New (expert) service
New design or brand
New business model, value-chain, value-network
New organizational, management or working life model
New way of providing a public service
Source TEKEL
Innovation Circle
COMPANIES
RESEARCH &
EDUCATION
Resources
PUBLIC
SECTOR
Structures or interaction?
EU Authorities
Ministries
National
Academy
Municipalities
Business
Incubators
Universities
Polytechnics
Research
Institutes
Funding
Agency
EU Funds
High-tech
Companies
Traditional
Industry
Companies
STPs
Business
Angels
VCs
Industrial
Parks
National Patents
& Registrations
Bureaus
Invention
Associations
Regional
development
centers
Invest-In
Organizations
Innovation System Development
Public
support
Regional or cluster
development programs
1 – Innovation System
Potential – Analysing
Support of
growing companies
R&D
Education
2 – Willingness to Utilise
& Develop Potential –
Joint Vision & Promotion
5-8 years
Funding models
Legislation
3-5 years
Business
incubators
STP infrastructure
& services
on-going
Inno System
Inno System
ideas
INTERACTION
between people,
companies, universities,
research and region
Products,
processes, services
Innovation Circle
COMPANIES
RESEARCH &
EDUCATION
Resources
PUBLIC
SECTOR
Sir, we have problem…;)
Companies
Authority
STP and BI
Academia
STP and BI
Companies
Short-Term Vision:
STPs & BI as Public Service,
making establishing and
developing of SMEs easier
Academia
Authority
Long-Term Vision:
STPs & Business Incubators
as developers of business
friendly environment jointly
with academia & authorities
How deep is the chasm?
Universities
Research
institutes
Public Sector
Who will
build the
bridge?
Companies
Entrepreneurs
University Education Value Loop
Knowledge
Skills
Degrees
Recruitment
- Faculty
- Staff
- Students
Teaching
Quality of
Life
Research
Societal
service
Knowledge
Joy
Expertise
Innovations
Cross-Collaboration
 Finland develops Multi-Disciplinary and
Cross-Organizational collaboration
approaches.
 In Research
Information and
Communication Technologies
Industrial
Systems
Management
Bio- and
Chemical
Processes
Energy
Business
Design
I
Technology
in the Community
Business
Microtechnologies
Research
and Electronics
Technology
Applied Materials
 In Education
 Basically in Everything!
The Role Applied Reseach in the
Innovation System
Basic
research
Applied
research
RESEARCH
Development
work
Source: VTT
Where is Applied Research in Our
Inno System?
Scientific Technological
Programs
Sectors of Basic
Research
Sectors of Applied
Research
Export
Promotions
Funds?
VC?
Basic
Research
Applied
Research
STPs?
R&D for
Business
Industrial
Zones
Business development
Marketing
Internationalization
Traditional Commercialization Process
Idea
R&D
Prototyping
Testing
Launching
to the
markets
4% of innovative ideas generated by science
Commercialization takes up to 10 years
Science &
Education
Applied
Research
R&D for
Business
Business
Development
Business
(relations to
partners, customers,
market demand)
96% of ideas in Europe
Comes from business &
can be commercialized in
2 years
Innovation infrastructure – as key element of
Regional Innovation System
Premises &
Services
Growth Oriented
Innovative
Companies
Regional Innovation System
Business
Incubation
Innovation
Infrastructure
Universities
& Research
Institutes
Technology
Transfer
Fund
Rising
Clustering
Public & Private
Financiers of
Innovations
Public Sector
promoting
innovations &
entrepreneurship
Attraction of
direct
investments
Users Driven Innovation Model
ideas
Education
Joint
Develop.
Work
Markets
Science
Fundament
al Research
Applied
Companies
Society
Users
Customers
ideas
Research
ideas
Tekes Funding is Heavily Concentrated
on R&D in Small Companies
Share of Tekes funding in 2008, %
Size of company by number of employees
Sources: Statistics Finland and Tekes
Growth Process. Innovation Ecosystem.
R&D Funding
20% Public
F i n a n c i n g
40-60%
Public
80%
Public
95%
Public
100%
Public
Science &
Technology Park
100%
Public
Business
Incubator
Invention Foundation
Uni Inno Centres
Corporate Inno Mgt
H o m e
f o r
d e v e l o p m e n t
Classify Clients to Match Tailored Services and
to Focus Development Work
Growth Orientation
High
“an R&D laboratory”
Technical team with some
“Venture Capital
management experience
Targets”
National or international scope
“Prospects”
“a Born Global Company”
Team with technical and
business expertise
Global scope
“an Engineering Company”
“Technological SMEs”
Low
Technical team, little
management experience
Local or national scope
Low
Business Scalability
High
- Consultation
- Mixture / project-oriented
- Product-oriented
Source: Technopolis Ventures
How Finland did it to success?
1. Education system
2. Applied research
3. Open for international
experience, experts and
competition
4. State priorities
5. Funding models
6. Technoparks
7. Encourage regions
8. Networking – promote
cooperation
9. State role as a promoter
10. Strong role of civil servants and
experts
Thank you for attention!
Questions?
Comments?
InnoPraxis International Ltd.
Technopolis Innopoli, Espoo, Finland
www.innopraxis.fi, [email protected]