European Commission Enterprise and Industry Cluster excellence and the transformative power of service innovation Carsten Schierenbeck Support for Innovation

European CommissionEnterprise and Industry

Cluster excellence and thetransformative power of service innovation

Carsten Schierenbeck Support for Innovation – Unit D2


Regions for Economic Change conference - Fostering Smart and Sustainable Growth in Cities and Regions, 23.06.2011, Brussels


European Cluster

Excellence Initiative

European Cluster

Excellence Initiative

EuropeanCluster

Observatory

EuropeanCluster

Observatory

Cluster Partnerships(Cluster-IP)

Cluster Partnerships(Cluster-IP)

Structural Funds

FP7

INTERREG

ExpertisePolicy Cooperation

Analysis

New and better tools

Quality support

Current EU-Initiatives in support of clusters

www.europe-innova.eu/web/guest/cluster-cooperation/overview


“It is important to ensure that clusters are defined in terms of the new market and knowledge relationships needed for emerging sectors to thrive. It is even counter-productive to reinforce traditional sectoral clusters as these may inhibit the necessary mobility. Firms in traditional sectors are far more likely to find innovative growth by forming new linkages and applying new technology to their existing products and services. This can be facilitated by opening the clusters to cooperation with and learning from other clusters in the same or other sectors.”

(2006 Aho Group Report “Creating an Innovative Europe”)

WIRE2011, 7th - 9th JUNE 2011Lecturer:

Are clustering efforts helping to close the innovation gap?


Manufacturing and service orientation in EU-27 NUTS 2 regions

Source: European Cluster Observatory (2010) Regional service and manufacturing orientation in Europe


Europe‘s productivity growth gap and the role of services

Source: McKinsey Global Institute (2010) Beyond austerity: A path to economic growth and renewal in Europe


Service innovation as a driver for industrial innovation

……making the whole economy more productive and making the whole economy more productive and competitivecompetitive

……providing fuel for innovation in other industriesproviding fuel for innovation in other industries

……shaping own service sectors as engines for growthshaping own service sectors as engines for growth

……transforming industrial sectors and creating new industriestransforming industrial sectors and creating new industries

...providing solutions for addressing societal challenges...providing solutions for addressing societal challenges

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New types of specialisation emerging from existing competences

BuildingFixtures

Forrest Products

Heavy ConstructionServices

ConstructionMaterials

3. Construction

12. Chemical ProductsOil & Gas

Power Generation

5. Power & Energy

Aerospace

Metal Manu-facturing

ProductionTechnology

AnalyticalInstruments

Automotive

2. Mechatronics

Heavy Machinery

Environmental

Tobacco

ProcessedFoods

AgriculturalProductsFishing

1. Food

Pharma-ceuticals

MedicalDevices

4. Life Science

Communic. Equipment

Information Technology

6. ICT

Jewelry

Leather

ApparalTextiles

Footwear

Lighting

Furniture

7. Fashion & Design

Publishing & Printing

Hospitality & Tourism

Sporting

Entertain-ment

8. Experience Industries9. Transportation

10. Financial Services

11. Business Services13. Plastics

Health

CreativeIndustries

Mapping of Mega-Clusters in Denmark (FORA)


Source: http://descargas.turistec.org/mapa_soluciones_I.pdf

turistTEC Balearic Islands cluster map


Scope for industrial policy to unlock the Scope for industrial policy to unlock the transformative power of service innovationtransformative power of service innovation

Activity level Firm level (Enterprise)

Sectoral level (Business environment)

Market level

Assimilation policies

- Innovation metrics

- Support to public RTD

- Facilitation of knowledge transfer

- Business incubation, growth support & internationalisation

- IP support and innovation management

- Access to finance and investment readiness

- Sectoral innovation metrics- Technology and service innovation foresight- Cluster mapping and analysis

- Market foresight & emerging industries watch- Industry-led self-regulation, interoperability standards & certification

- Legal & regulatory framework for services (eCommerce)

Targetted policies

- Specific RTD programmes- Promotion of ICT use (eBusiness)- Promotion of new business models in services and new service concepts in manufacturing

- Specific enterprise and industrial innovation support schemes for service firms

- Specific risk financing schemes for services

- Sectoral industry and cluster policy initiatives in service sectors (user involvement, cooperation, cross-sectoral linkages, new forms of clustering)- Public private partnerships demonstrating service and organisational innovation

- Deregulation / liberalisation of specific services- Lead Market Initiatives on new services

Soft & hard infrastructure

- Research institutions for services- Specialised training institutions for services

- Service parks and incubation centres

- Strategic infrastructure projects (e.g. broad-band access, logistic & service hubs) - Living labs, design centres

- Supervisory authority

Horizontal policies

- Tax incentives- State Aids- Public procurement- Education & training

- Entrepreneurship policies for start up‘s- Mobility programmes- Public procurement

- IPR policies- Sector-specific standardisation, such as in ICT

- Internal Market for services (e.g. Services Directive)- Competition policy, including merger controls


Support for Industrial Innovation Unit, Industrial Innovation and Mobility Industries Directorate

European Commission, Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General

For more information please contact : [email protected]

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/innovation/supporthttp://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/innovation/policy/clusters

Links:Commission Communication “Towards world-class clusters in the European Union” and the annexed Staff Working Document (17.10.2008): http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/innovation/policy/clustersCluster cooperation overview: http://www.europe-innova.eu/web/guest/cluster-cooperation/overview

Expert Panel on Service Innovation in the EU (2011) final reporthttp://www.europe-innova.eu/web/guest/innovation-in-services/expert-panel/publications

European Cluster Policy Group http://www.proinno-europe.eu/ECPG

European Cluster Alliance http://www.proinno-europe.eu/ECA

European Cluster Observatory http://www.clusterobservatory.eu

Cluster partnerships of the European Innovation Platform for Cluster http://www.europe-innova.eu/cluster-ip

European Initiative for the Excellence of Cluster Organisations http://www.cluster-excellence.euEuropean Cluster Collaboration Platform: http://www.cluster-excellence.eu/collaborationEuropean Territorial Cooperation (INTERREG) http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/cooperation/index_en.htmRegions of Knowledge (FP7) http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/capacities/regions-knowledge_en.html

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European Commission Enterprise and Industry Cluster excellence and the transformative power of service innovation Carsten Schierenbeck Support for Innovation