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Innovation Ecosystem Assessment

Webinar 16.12.2016

Contact information:

• Dr. Thomas Reiss

(Fraunhofer ISI, Karlsruhe) +49 721 6809 160  thomas.reiss@isi.fraunhofer.de

Objectives

• Provide background information and practical guidance for

elaborating an assessment of the Innovation Ecosystem

• For that purpose 4 question will be dealt with:

– What is an Innovation Ecosystem (IE) – Why is it important? – How to assess it? – How to come to conclusions and action points?

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Overview

• What is an Innovation Ecosystem?
• Why is it important?
• How to assess it?
• Material facilitating the assessment

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What is an Innovation Ecosystem?

• The innovation system in which an DIH is operating
• Composed of all actors which are relevant for innovation

via

– Providing input and supply to innovation – Articulating demand for innovation – Setting framework conditions for innovation

• Characterised by linkages and interactions between actors
• Guided by political, legal, societal, economic,

environmental framework conditions

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What? Why? How? Material

The current scientific perception of IE ...

9-3-2017 Webinar Innovation Ecosystem Assessment 5 Infrastructure ICT, Internet, databases, Co- Creation Platforms … Institutions IPR, standards, norms Culture Social and relational capital Values, lifestyles, attitudes

Innovation Frameworks

Policies Ps influencing innovation framework conditions (RTI) and demand patterns (energy, environment, mobility, health, defense, home …) Education Public and private educators

• n all levels

Financers Banks, venture capital, philanthropists, crowds

Innovation Input Innovation Supply and Demand

Mediators Applied research, Clubs, associations, trade unions, cluster managers, NGOs Research Universities, RTOs, citizen scientists ... Society Consumers, User Innovators Social Entrepreneurs, Collaborative innovators, citizens Public Sector PS actors generating and demanding innovation Cities, hospitals, administrations … Business Firms of all sizes and sectors generating and demanding innovation

What? Why? How? Material

Warnke et al. 2016

... takes account of recent trends in innovation thinking

• User innovation
• Social innovation (social benefit, other ways of doing)
• Collaborative innovation (commons based peer

production, open source...)

• New innovation intermediaries (clusters, clubs, trade

unions, crowds...)

• Venture philanthropy
• Social and relational capital (prerequisites and capabilities

for interaction)

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Why is it important? (1)

• Innovation does not evolve in a vacuum.
• Innovation does not proceed in a linear mode from basic

research to applied research, to development, to design, to production until marketing.

• Innovation is not generated by a single “innovator”
• Rather, innovation processes are characterised by a broad variety of

linkages, interactions and feedbacks between a diverse set of actors and activities.

• Companies are not part of a single industry, but members of an

innovation system that is composed of diverse actors which together create and capture new value through both collaboration and competition.

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Why is it important? (2)

• Digital Innovation Hubs (DIH) are embedded in an Innovation

Ecosystem (implicit or explicit).

• It is crucial for DIH to develop and improve their Innovation

Ecosystem in order to operate in a most efficient way.

• Ecosystem assessment as important first step (see experience

from pilot HUBs).

• Added value for DIH:
• Identify weak points and gaps within the regional system that hamper
• peration of DIH in order to create and support innovation.
• Support developing strategies and implementing measures for

enhancing the regional Innovation Ecosystem in a systematic way based on a gap analysis.

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How to assess the Innovation Ecosystem?

Five steps towards the assessment:

• 1. Overview
• 2. Inventory of functions and actors
• 3. Cooperation network
• 4. SWOT
• 5. Conclusions on action points

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• 1. Overview

Provide a short description of ecosystem, include

• Geographic delineation
• Size (population)
• Main economic sectors

– Industrial sector in the region

• Characteristics related to the socio-cultural context, e.g.:

– attitude towards innovation – openness – traditions – lifestyle – other relevant considerations

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• 2. Inventory of functions and actors (1)

Based on innovation system framework (slide 5) identify and characterise

• Key functions and
• Key actors of the Innovation Ecosystem
• Use the following tables (provided as template)
• If necessary, provide additional comments as bullet points
• Prepare draft inventory based on desk research
• Discuss results during DIH meeting/workshop

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• 2. Inventory of functions and actors (2)

Overview: Innovation input and supply categories

• Education and training institutes
• Research, technology and innovation actors
• Capital providers, funding
• Intermediary organisations

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• 2. Inventory of functions and actors (3)

Innovation input and supply

Actor category Actor type Name Location Size (number of staff or persons, finance/year) Core competencies (technologies, services, processes, advice, consulting, regulation etc.) Role (also relates to the key functions of the DIH) Education and training Schools Education Universities

Training, skills

Vocational education

Training, skills

Continuing training Training, skills Other Summary assessment of actor category (1: very weak, 2: weak, 3: average, 4: strong, 5: very strong)

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• 2. Inventory of functions and actors (3)

Innovation input and supply - example

Actor category Actor type Name Location Size (number of staff or persons, finance/year) Core competencies (technologies, services, processes, advice, consulting, regulation etc.) Role (also relates to the key functions of the DIH) Education and training Schools Education Universities Jagiellonian University, Departments of Applied Computer Science. Krakow, Poland 200 IT tools IT-Training, IT-skills Crakow University of Technology, Faculty

• f Mechanical

Engineering Krakow, Poland 70 Robotics Training in robotics technologies Vocational education Continuing Education Centre for Computer Applications Krakow, Poland 20 IT, robotics, manufacturing Training, skills Continuing training Training, skills Other Summary assessment of actor category (1: very weak, 2: weak, 3: average, 4: strong, 5: very strong) 4

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What? Why? How? Material

• 2. Inventory of functions and actors (4)

Innovation input and supply

Actor category Actor type Name Location Size (number of staff or persons, finance/year) Core competencies (technologies, services, processes, advice, consulting, regulation etc.) Role (also relates to the key functions of the DIH) Research, Technology and Innovation actors Universities Technology development, technology dissemination RTO Technology development, technology adaptation, technology dissemination Citizen scientists Technology development Business research Technology development, technology adaptaion Other Summary assessment of actor category (1: very weak, 2: weak, 3: average, 4: strong, 5: very strong)

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What? Why? How? Material

• 2. Inventory of functions and actors (5)

Innovation input and supply

Actor category Actor type Name Location Size (number of staff or persons, finance/year) Core competencies (technologies, services, processes, advice, consulting, regulation etc.) Role (also relates to the key functions of the DIH) Capital providers/funding Banks Provide finance VC Provide finance Crowds Provide finance Philanthropists Provide finance Public bodies (national, international) Provide funding Other Summary assessment of actor category (1: very weak, 2: weak, 3: average, 4: strong, 5: very strong)

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What? Why? How? Material

• 2. Inventory of functions and actors (6)

Innovation input and supply

Actor category Actor type Name Location Size (number of staff or persons, finance/year) Core competencies (technologies, services, processes, advice, consulting, regulation etc.) Role (also relates to the key functions of the DIH) Intermediary

• rganisations

Associations Provide brokerage Clubs Provide brokerage Trade unions Training, skills Clusters Provide brokerage NGOs Training, skills, market formation Other Summary assessment of actor category (1: very weak, 2: weak, 3: average, 4: strong, 5: very strong)

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Overview of innovation demand actors

• Business actors
• Societal actors
• Public sector actors

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• 2. Inventory of functions and actors (7)

Innovation demand

• 2. Inventory of functions and actors (8)

Innovation demand

Actor category Actor type Name Location Size (number of staff or persons, finance/year) Core competencies (technologies, services, processes, advice, consulting, regulation etc.) Role (also relates to the key functions of the DIH) Business actors Large firms NN1 City-1 10,000 employees OEM, automotive Demand: processes, technologies SME Technology application Other Summary assessment of actor category (1: very weak, 2: weak, 3: average, 4: strong, 5: very strong) 3

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What? Why? How? Material

• 2. Inventory of functions and actors (9)

Innovation demand

Actor category Actor type Name Location Size (number of staff or persons, finance/year) Core competencies (technologies, services, processes, advice, consulting, regulation etc.) Role (also relates to the key functions of the DIH) Societal actors Consumers n/a n/a 3 Million (potential consumers) n/a Market formation Elder population n/a n/a n/a Demand for ICT supported assistance Chambers of Commerce Environmental

• rganisations

Other Summary assessment of actor category (1: very weak, 2: weak, 3: average, 4: strong, 5: very strong)

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What? Why? How? Material

n/a. not applicable

• 2. Inventory of functions and actors (10)

Innovation demand

Actor category Actor type Name Location Size (number of staff or persons, finance/year) Core competencies (technologies, services, processes, advice, consulting, regulation etc.) Role (also relates to the key functions of the DIH) Public sector actors Local government (Cities) City X public transport agency City X 10 employees Regulation, managing transport infrastructure ICT for urban mobility Regional government (Provinces, districts) Department of finance City Y 15 employees Regulation E-government tools National government Ministry of education City Z 200 employees Public administration, regulation E-learning tools Hospitals Children’s hospital City X 300 employees Providing health care, diseases of children E-health solutions Other Summary assessment of actor category (1: very weak, 2: weak, 3: average, 4: strong, 5: very strong)

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What? Why? How? Material

Innovation framework overview

• Innovation infrastructure
• Institutions for innovation
• Policies for innovation

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• 2. Inventory of functions and actors (11)

Innovation framework

• 2. Inventory of functions and actors (12)

Innovation framework

Category Sub-category Name Location Role (also relates to the key functions of the DIH) Infrastructure ICT Provide infrastructure Database Provide infrastructure Internet Provide infrastructure Manufacturing equipment Provide infrastructure Pilot production Provide infrastructure Laboratories Provide infrastructure Demonstration Provide infrastructure Other Institutions IPR Regional, National, EU, World? Standards Regional, National, EU, World? Norms Regional, National, EU, World? Other Summary assessment of actor category (1: very weak, 2: weak, 3: average, 4: strong, 5: very strong)

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• 2. Inventory of functions and actors (13)

Innovation framework

Category Sub-category Name Location Role (also relates to the key functions of the DIH) Policies Influencing innovation framework conditions Regional National EU World? Influencing demand patterns (e.g. energy, health, mobility) Regional National EU World? Other Summary assessment of actor category (1: very weak, 2: weak, 3: average, 4: strong, 5: very strong)

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• 3. Cooperation network (1)

Analyse and illustrate the interactions between the different actors of the innovation system:

• Step 1: use the following tables (slides 26-31) for the

analysis, use the inventory of actors collected in preceding tables (slides 13-24) (copy & paste actors)

• Step 2: illustrate the cooperation network with a graph

according to the example in slide 33

• Prepare draft network (desk research) and discuss results

at DIH meeting/workshop

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• 3. Cooperation network (2)

Type and name of actor Since when (year) Location (city, country) Type of interaction (specify with 0,1,2,3) Innovation demand Innovation input Innovation framework Knowledge Technology Equipment Manpower Finance Infrastructure IPR Standard, norm Regulation Policy support Education and training Schools LaShare Gym 2010 Bluecity 1 Universities Jagiellonian University, Departments of Applied Computer Science. 2014 Krakow, Poland 3 1 Vocational education Continuing training Other

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Instructions:

• 0 = absent
• 1 = weak
• 2= strong
• 3= very strong

Innovation demand not specified into sub-categories

• 3. Cooperation network (3)

Type and name of actor Since when (year) Location (city, country) Type of interaction (specify with 0,1,2,3) Innovation demand Innovation input Innovation framework Knowledge Technology Equipment Manpower Finance Infrastructure IPR Standard, norm Regulation Policy support Research, technology and innovation actors Universities RTO Citizen scientists Business research Other

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Instructions:

• 0 = absent
• 1 = weak
• 2= strong
• 3= very strong

Innovation demand not specified into sub-categories

• 3. Cooperation network (4)

Type and name of actor Since when (year) Location (city, country) Type of interaction (specify with 0,1,2,3) Innovation demand Innovation input Innovation framework Knowledge Technology Equipment Manpower Finance Infrastructure IPR Standard, norm Regulation Policy support Intermediary organisations Robotics Trade Union 2015 City X, Country Y 3 2 Greenpeace 2016 City X, Country 1 2

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Instructions:

• 0 = absent
• 1 = weak
• 2= strong
• 3= very strong

Innovation demand not specified into sub-categories

• 3. Cooperation network (5)

Type and name of actor Since when (year) Location (city, country) Type of interaction (specify with 0,1,2,3) Innovation demand Innovation input Innovation framework Knowledge Technology Equipment Manpower Finance Infrastructure IPR Standard, norm Regulation Policy support Business actors Large firms Siemens 2010 Poznan, Poland 2 KUKA Robotics 2014 Katowice, Poland 3 SME Other Societal actors Chamber of Commerce 2014 Poznan, Poland 3

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Instructions:

• 0 = absent
• 1 = weak
• 2= strong
• 3= very strong

Innovation demand not specified into sub-categories

• 3. Cooperation network (6)

Type and name of actor Since when (year) Location (city, country) Type of interaction (specify with 0,1,2,3) Innovation demand Innovation input Innovation framework Knowledge Technology Equipment Manpower Finance Infrastructure IPR Standard, norm Regulation Policy support Public sector actors Local government (Cities) City X public transport agency 2015 City X 3 Regional government (Provinces, districts) Nationa government Hospitals Children’s hospital 2015 City X 2 1 Other

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Instructions:

• 0 = absent
• 1 = weak
• 2= strong
• 3= very strong

Innovation demand not specified into sub-categories

• 3. Cooperation network (7)

Type and name of actor Since when (year) Location (city, country) Type of interaction (specify with 0,1,2,3) Innovation demand Innovation input Innovation framework Knowledge Technology Equipment Manpower Finance Infrastructure IPR Standard, norm Regulation Policy support Policy makers Influencing innovation framework conditions Influencing demand patterns (e.g. energy, health, mobility

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Instructions:

• 0 = absent
• 1 = weak
• 2= strong
• 3= very strong

Innovation demand not specified into sub-categories

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SA: societal actor LF: large firm H: hospital U: university TU: trade union PM: policy maker

Innovation demand Innovation input Innovation framework

Example: visualised cooperation network based

• n data collected in previous tables (slides 26-31)

DIH-x

SA-1 SA-2 SME-3 SME-2 SME-4 SME-1 LF-2 LF-1 H-1 U-1 U-2 TU-1 VC-1 VC-2 RTO-1 RTO-2 PM-1

What? Why? How? Material

• 4. SWOT analysis, principles

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• 4. SWOT analysis in practise (1)
• Format: DIH workshop, half day
• 10-15 participants
• Start with external dimension
• Opening up minds
• Information also relevant for business plan
• Proceed with internal dimension

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• 4. SWOT analysis in practise (2)
• Strengths and weaknesses should include results of a gap

analysis of the Innovation Ecosystem.

• The gap analysis should answer the following questions:
• Which functions are weak or missing?
• Which key actors are weak or missing?
• Which interactions are weak or missing?

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• 5. Conclusions and action points
• Based on the SWOT analysis draw conclusions.
• Identify key action points for enhancing the structure and

function of the Innovation Ecosystem:

• Actions to overcome internal weaknesses and external threats
• Action needed to build an effective DIH network

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Material

• Template (word-document) for carrying out the analysis

and presenting the results

• Templates (ppt) for cooperation network and SWOT
• Background paper with more information about Innovation

Ecosystems

• Literature if interested

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References

• Edquist, C. (2005): Systems of Innovation. Perspectives and Challenges. In:

Fagerberg, J.; Mowery, D.C.; Nelson, R.R. (Eds.): The Oxford Handbook of

• Innovation. New York: Oxford University Press, 181-208.
• Moore, James F. (1993): Predators and prey: A new ecology of competition. Harvard

Business Review. https://hbr.org/1993/05/predators-and-prey-a-new-ecology-of- competition/ar/1 (last access September 2016).

• Kuhlmann, S.; Arnold, E. (2001): RCN in the Norwegian Research and Innovation
• System. Background Report No. 12 in the evaluation of the Research Council of
• Norway. Karlsruhe, Brighton: Fraunhofer ISI, Technopolis.
• Warnke, Philine; Koschatzky, Knut; Dönitz, Ewa; Zenker, Andrea; Stahlecker,

Thomas; Som, Oliver; Cuhls, Kerstin; Güth, Sandra (2016): Opening up the innovation system framework towards new actors and institutions. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI Discussion Papers Innovation Systems and Policy Analysis No. 49, ISSN 1612-1430.

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