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What Thailand should do to
promote a Knowledge Economy?
Prof. Dr. Montri Chulavatnatol
Director
Agricultural Research Development Agency
(ARDA)
Email: [email protected]
19 May, 2006
NESDB & WBI, Bangkok, Thailand
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My Answers
• IMINOVATION = IMITATION + INNOVATION
• University Business Incubators
• Innovation Clusters
• Agro-innovation: Enhancing resource-based
economy (RBE)
• Liberate the minds: let million bulbs glow.
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Copy-Imitation-Innovation
Local R&D
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Global
R&D
&
technologies
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Innovation
Imitation
Copy
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IPR
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“Global R&D is much more than local R&D; Speed matters in competition.”
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“Iminovation” = Imitation + Innovation
Local R&D
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Global
R&D
&
technologies
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$
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Innovation
Imitation
Copy
$$
IPR
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“Global R&D is much more than local R&D; Speed matters in competition.”
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Technology Licensing Office (TLO)
& University Business Incubator (UBI)
University
R&D
Technology;
Know-how;
Creativity
Researchers
& students
“Royalty License users:
fees”
Industry &
Commercial
TLO
enterprises
UBI
+
New enterprises;
Start-up businesses
National competitiveness
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Inspire, Teach, Connect, & Create
Inputs:
•Faculty
members
•Researchers
•Students
•Alumni
•Private
business
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UBI:
•Inspiring
•Consulting
•Training
•Networking
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Outputs:
•New
businesses
•IPs
•New
entrepreneurs
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Building UBI system in Thailand
Commission on Higher Education
Ministry of Education
OSMEP
SME Bank
Venture capital
UBI Policy Board
BIs under other
ministries
UBICO: UBI Coordinating Office
UBIs
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Pre-business
support
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Sub-projects
Implementing
units
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Emerging trends of BI
• Services to client companies outside BI.
• BI attached to research/knowledge centers,
eg. UBI
• Innovation centers, eg. Tech parks
• Virtual BI
• Entrepreneurial support systems, eg.
OSMEP, SME Bank, micro-finance, venture
capital, angel funds.
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U-I Link 4G: Public-Private Partnership
(PPP)
• Graduates (main)
Placement center
• Technologies
Tech Licensing Office
• Consulting/
Academic services
Univ. Business Incubator
University:
• Teaching
• Research
• Services
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Industry:
Needs:
•Manpower
• Know-how
Foreign
Tech
suppliers
“More competitive”
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คลัสเตอร์ นวัตกรรม (Innovation cluster)
2. ผู้ประกอบการ
นักลงทุน (เจ้ าภาพ)
Entrepreneurs;
Investors
1. ตลาด ผู้ใช้
(market; users)
สวก
ARDA
4. แหล่ งวัตถุดบิ
Source of raw mat
5. นักวิจัย Researchers
3. แหล่ งเทคโนโลยี
Technology source สร้ าง หรือ ซื้อ; ไทย หรือ เทศ
Build or buy; Thai or global
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R&D in KBE
KBE enhancing RBE of Thailand
GOAL
OBJECTIVES
Knowledge
generation
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PROCESSES
KEY
PLAYERS
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R&D
Universities
R&D centers
Private sector
Industries
Knowledge
diffusion
- $$
Knowledge
Exploitation
(value creation)
(Innovation) +$$$$
Commercialization
Education
Skill development Cluster
“Iminovation”
Tech transfer
Universities
Colleges
Schools
Min of labor
Private sector
BOI
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Domestic market
Exporters
Investors
Industrial parks
S&T parks
Univ Business Incubators
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Innovation centers
Thai agriculture: Priorities?
HEALTH
FOOD
MATERIALS
&
&
Wood
LIFESTYLE
FEED
Rattan
Medicine
Grains
Cotton
Herbs
Fruits & nuts
Silk
Neutraceuticals
Vegetables
Paper
Cosmetics
Meats
Pararubber Ornamental plants
Seafood
Chitin
Pets & sports
ECOSYSTEM
Forest
Biofuel
Coastal
Marine
Biodiesel
Climate
Gasohol
Biodiversity
Biomass
Microbes
ENERGY
NON-FOOD
AGRICULTURE
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Agricultural Competitiveness
PRODUCT
COST &
DIVERSITY
Yield per cost
Variety
Availability
(Seasonality)
QUALITY
QA
Standards
Certification
SAFETY
Consumers
Farmers
Environment
(Organic)
Certification
“RD&E create competitive advantage”
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ARDA: Agricultural R&D Strategies
for Competitiveness
COMPETITIVENESS
R&D Strategy 1:
QUALITY,
STANDARDS
& SAFETY
QA
Test kits
Certifications
(HIGH TECH)
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R&D Strategy 2:
PRODUCTIVITY
IMPROVEMENT
Yield/cost
Post-harvest
Output control
(HIGH TECH)
R&D Strategy 3:
INNOVATION
TO ADD VALUES
Processing
Diversification
Value-chain extension
(HIGH TECH)
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R&D Strategy 4:
DESIGN &
BRANDING
Packaging
Brand
Description
(HIGH TOUCH)
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The Cassava Value Chain
Cassava
Roots
Modified
Starch
Cassava Starch
Tapioca Pearl
Glucose
Waste meal
Food Stuff
Fermentation
Animal Feed
Cellulose
Pellet
Glucose
Syrup
Chip
Commodities: Propylene
glycol, MSG, Acetic Acid,
Succinic Acid
1,3-Propanediol: PDO
(DuPont/Genecor)
Sorbitol
Vitamin C
Lactic
Acid
PLA
Ethanol
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Emerging Bio Products:
value chain extension
CO2 + H2O
plants
photosynthesis
Sugar, starch, oil
Plants
algae
Fermentation
Lactic acid
Fermentation
PDO
Catalyst
PLA
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PHAs
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Sorona
PHAs
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เพิม่ คณ
ุ ค่ าเกษตร
Adding Agro-Values
www.arda.or.th
สำนักงำนพัฒนำกำรวิจัยกำรเกษตร
(สวก)
Agricultural Research Development Agency
(ARDA)
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Let million bulbs
glow
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