SMEs and HEIs in Innovation Partnerships

SHIP Project

Alliances. The new paradigm in economic development

University Business Forum18-19th October 2016Miramar Palace, San Sebastián - Spain

José Pietri, SHIP Project – MindShare Consulting, Paris

Why HEIs?

• The University as a ‘regional evolution mechanism’ (OECD, HBR, MIT - 2010)

• Innovation hubs surround great Universities – MIT, Stanford, Cambridge

• Silicon Valley is no accident.

How do HEIs benefit?

• Tremendous body of knowledge trapped in academia that never sees the light of day.

• Monetise R & D

• HEI as the ENGINE of local economic development

• HEI at the heart of Business/Government interaction

Raiders of the Lost Archive

Why Local Government Participation?Example Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Driving Local Economic Development• Loss of Population

– > 13,000 inhabitants in 2010• Productivity Gap

– only 70% compared to West Germany• Income Gap

– Only 80% compared to West Germany

Alliance ACTIONABLE Actions

• Development of support programme road maps which emphasizes the role of Agencies as signposting brokers

• Development of an SME/HEI Innovation programme• Development of a training programme to demystify

innovation within enterprises• Development of a register of HEI know-how and

promotion• Development of a ‘Knowledge Centre’ Route Map to help

companies identify needs and solve technical problems• Development of collaborative activities and improvement

targets

The Regional AllianceHalle GERMANY

The Capital City National AllianceBucharest ROMANIA

The Software Testing Innovation AllianceSPAIN

The Cross-Border AllianceUK/ROI

no longer

www.innovationalliance.eu