Infrastructure to support the innovative and entrepreneurial projects
Case of the Higher School of Economics
Anastasiya TyurinaHead of Business Incubator at HSE
CEO, HSE Innovation, LTDSeptember, 2012
Higher School of Economics, Moscow, 2011www.hse.ru
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HSE at a glance
National Research University - Higher School of Economics
• The World’s Top-500 universities
• The Russian Top-4 universities
• 4 locations in Russia (Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Perm)
• 31 faculties and schools; 3’100+ staff (faculty and research fellows)
• 16000+ students (Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral students)
• Continuing education: 200+ programmes, 12’000 postgraduate students
• Research: 41 research centers, 13 international labs, 300+ projects a year
• Budget: € 270M, incl. €160M of revenues from education and research activities
Webometrics
Est.1992
Research areas
• Economics
• Sociology
• Management
• Finance
• Linguistics
• Communications
• Logistics
• Computer sciences
• Cognitive sciences• etc.
Marketable products and services (samples)
• New financial facilities
• Customized analytics
• Customer behavior models
• Business intelligence tools and services
• Games and simulators
• Test systems and visualization tools
• Supply chain management solutions
• etc.
HSE business innovation perspectives
Prospective markets
Financial services
R&D management
Marketing
Corporate governance
Insurance
Retail
Healthcare
Creative industries
Education
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Customers and markets
Within university’s structure:
Intellectual property department
HSE InnovationLtd.
State-owned enterprises
Large companies and institutions
Venture Capitalists
Investors and Corporate partners
Commercial services / products
Joint projects and ventures
Spin-off companies
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Innovation and Enterprise Office (INEO)
HSE Innovation Fund
Faculty and students involvement projectsFaculty and students involvement projectsFaculty and students involvement projects
Centers for entrepreneurship andBusiness-incubatorsCenters for entrepreneurship andBusiness-incubatorsCenters for entrepreneurship andbusiness-incubators
IID Program: major accomplishmentsHSE Commercialization System
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Customers and markets
Developers,Researchers
HSE Innovation Ltd.
Investors and corporate partners
IPR licensing
Innovative Projects and Companies
HSE
Product development
projects
IP-assets
PROJECT TEAM
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Innovation Fund applicants
Project & training groups leaders
Incubators residents
Faculty member
Tracks for involvement of entrepreneurs and team members
Entrepreneurship community
IID Program: major accomplishmentsHSE Commercialization Process
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Call for ideas
Innovation Fund
Financial & marketing plan
Assessment / investmentproposal
Project structuring / fund raising
Agreements and project launch
Applications:
Project leader +Faculty member
Contract for project planning
Assessment results and draft proposal
Negotiations,Preliminary agreements
Selected projects
>50<15
<8 <5<15
Product development contract /License agreement+HSE involvement scheme
Selected call winners
Projects selection: HSE Innovation Fund track
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Samples of applicant projects to the 2nd HSE Innovation Fund call
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Product Idea Target markets Scientific leader
“Mobile-English” - content delivery system for mobile devices
Foreign languagedistance-learning and interpreting
Prof. Svetlana MaltsevaHead of Department of Innovation and Business in Information Technologies(Faculty of Business Analytics)
Hedging strategies development
Financial services,Risk-management,Financial consulting
Prof. Nikolay BerzonHead of Department of Stock and Investments Market(Faculty of Economics)
Interactive Atlas for Tourism Industry
Customized Analytics for Tourism industry (B2B, B2C)
Prof. Sergey SmirnovDeputy Vice-rector, Director ofInstitute for Social Policies and Social and Economic Programmes
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Entrepreneurship fostering system
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Centers for entrepreneurship andBusiness-incubators
Centers for entrepreneurship andBusiness-incubatorsCenters for entrepreneurship,business-incubators
Centers for entrepreneurship andBusiness-incubators
Centers for entrepreneurship andBusiness-incubatorsInnovation ManagementChair programs
Centers for entrepreneurship andBusiness-incubators
Centers for entrepreneurship andBusiness-incubatorsCommunity
Education
Selection
Networking
Prototyping
Promotion
Coaching• Moscow• Nizhny Novgorod• Perm• Saint-Petersburg
Specific trainings by various HSE education units
30+ alumni startups New paid service is being developed
HSE{Pro} Coaching program12 contracts for paid services
HSE{10K} business competition Startup of the year – HSE Award
Internet-based services testing Paid service is being developed
> 15 programs, 2 international > 5000 participants a year
> 50 specific events, incl. HSE{Sun} – Summer school
>10000 members >50 service partners
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Entrepreneurship fostering systemHSE{10K} business competition
• 6 years history• 140 applications in May 2011• 80 experts jury• 12 finalists• The Winner - (Mobile DNA-diagnostics)
2nd prize at BIT-2011 (RU), 2nd prize at IBTEC-2011 (USA)
• - winner of BIT 2011 ($200K) finalist of HSE{5K} in 2007
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Entrepreneurship fostering systemAnnual award “Startup of the year”
Startup of the year2011 Final Ceremony: December 8
• Since 2008• 92 nominees by 40+ partner organizations• 50 experts jury• 13 finalists in 5 nominations
– Best Technology– Best Start– Global Startup– Best Social Business– Best Team
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Annual award “Startup of the year”Infrastructural Partners (Nominators)
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Final remarks
Next challenge: interconnection of these systems
I. University-business cooperation
II. Commercialization system
III. Entrepreneurship fostering system
Key risks:
• Lack of time: complexity requires larger transition periods
• Misunderstanding of scale and ratio between systems
• Mistakes in making right offers