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The Greek high tech industry momentum Corallia Clusters Initiative as an innovation ecosystem catalyst
Prof. Vassilios Makios [[email protected]] Dr. Jorge-A. Sanchez-P. [[email protected]] Dr. Nikos Vogiatzis [[email protected]]
[Greece]
A favorable environment
…and Greece’s competitive advantage TODAY
• Highly competent engineering force
• The market is relatively young thus talent competition not fierce
• Productivity at high level
• Strongest asset: talented and highly skilled minds of young scientists and engineers
• ... Deep knowledge and wide range of scientific capabilities
• … high level of education (Masters/ Doctorates)
• ... Professionals with valuable experience
• ... Dedication, loyalty, adaptability and focus on a target
[Corallia]
Vision Mission & Role
Vision
Mission
The promotion of technology and innovation, particularly through innovation cluster development, as part of the country’s strategic
goal to boost competitiveness in specific sectors where Greece has the capacity to attain a significant competitive advantage
Role
Industry-led cluster
Innovation focus
[What and Why]
Innovation Clusters
The definition of a cluster…
• Porter (1998) defines a cluster as “geographical concentrations of interconnected independent companies and institutions in a particular field , linked by commonalities and complementarities, where enough resources and competences amass and reach a critical threshold, giving it a key position in a given economic branch or activity, with a decisive sustainable competitive advantage over other places, or even a world supremacy in that field”
• …a cluster is not just a collection of similar businesses (an industrial district or association) but also an amalgam of commercial activity and business infrastructure //
• … a cluster is not a network. Networks are composed of firms that co-operate on a joint development project complementing each other to overcome common problems and achieve collective efficiency. Networks can be horizontal or vertical and the can be developed within or independently of clusters.
Clusters: An Economic Development Tool
• Capture economic relationships among specific industry sub-sectors
• Provide a set of tools to help define economic development strategies
• Can improve short-term industry attraction efforts through identification of industry gaps and definition of specific advantages
• Can help define medium-term strategies for retaining, establishing, and growing regional industry
• Can aid the devising of long-term strategies to sustain industrial growth within a region
Cluster Initiatives targets and objectives
*From the Cluster Initiative Greenbook, Örjan Sövell, Göran Lindqvist, Christian Ketels, Foreword by Michael E. Porter, Ivory Tower, www.cluster-research.org
[World-class Clusters]
The mi-cluster paradigm
Corallia cluster development model
Phase-2:
Wide scale deployment for the
attainment of a viable competitive
advantage and critical mass in selected thematic area
Phase-1: Implementation of pilot program
Phase-0: Preparation
Study/ Mapping of
thematic area
A phased
development model
with Go-NoGo
decisions and
escalating
investments World-Class
Cluster
Knowledge-intensive, focusing on Research & Development of innovative, state-of-the-art, highly competitive products
Comprised of SMEs, including start-up and spin-offs with exceptional performance in innovation, larger enterprises that lead the way in product development and University & Research bodies that demonstrate technological excellence
Leverages the top-tier Hellenic human capital, constituting the pillars that support competitiveness, entrepreneurship and innovation in the clustering ecosystem
Has strong exports orientation, penetrating regional, European, and world markets, boosting Greece’s competitiveness in the international landscape
mi-Cluster: initiation
Phase-0 (2006)
• Reached critical mass in 2006
• mi-Cluster Members:
• some figures [F/Y 2008]:
[2006] 13 companies
mi-Cluster: cluster development
Phase-1 (2006-2008)
Patras
Thessa lon ik i
Athens
Greece
• 130 actors including industry academia, research, financial institutions, public actors, buyers & suppliers
• Main geographical concentration in Athens (74), South Greece – Patras (27) & Northern Greece – Thessaloniki (10)
mi-Cluster
today Patras
•mi-Cluster members have developed products, which are currently sold in the global market •Analog/MS/RF/Digital IP and ASIC design
•Embedded software
•System design
•EDA tools
NG Residential
gateways: Ethernet
Switch, ADSL2/2+,
SoftPBX, USB2.0,
WiFi a/b/g/e, SD
Flash Card UWB,
GPON,
VDSL, HDTV
Integrated flow and
acceleration sensors
On-Board cameras
Electronic Design
Automation (EDA)
software tools
Integrated video coders
MPEG 4-10/AVC or H.264
Single-chip
transceivers for
wireless data: WiFi,
WiMax
Integrated transceivers
of DECT wireless
telephony
Integrated circuits for
Gbit Ethernet and
wireless (GSM, 3G, WiFi,
WiMax) comms
Analog, Mixed-signal and RF
integrated circuits
Integrated PCMCIA systems for
wireless laptop access
mi-Cluster
products
• mi-Cluster companies backed by Private Investors or Multinational companies established abroad:
• More than €30Μ from private investors over the last 10 years
• Recent acquisition of the Elxys Innovations by Ceragon, Blind Type by Google, Athena Semi by Broadcom
• Over €80Μ investment of multinationals, directly for the development of design centers operating in Greece (Sitel, Nanoradio, Bytemobile)
mi-Cluster
investments
Boost entrepreneurship, competition & employment
• > 100 industrial members with strong R&D based in Greece • > 1 patent application per 10 researchers annually • > 4,000 highly specialised jobs • Steady partnerships with private investors & VC’s
Cluster collaboration activities / promotion of
state-of-the-art R&D
• Industry – Industry & Industry – Academia Cooperative R&D projects • Events: Career Days / Professional orientation Forums / Roadshows, events and
meetings in Europe & US aiming to attract human capital [repatriation of talent] • Industry – Academia cooperation for the design of specialised Curricula – targeted to meet the current needs of the market
Regional Spread
• Critical mass and stronger geographical concentration • Infrastructure development (similarly to the Microelectronics Innovation Center in
Athens) to act as a facilitating hub for: • business relationships • common research activities • collaborations
among entrepreneurs and investors in regions that demonstrate sufficient concentration (e.g. Western Greece / Patras)
mi-Cluster
The Big Picture [through to 2015]
