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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? 9-3-2017 Webinar Innovation Ecosystem Assessment 2

Overview • What is an Innovation Ecosystem? • Why is it important? • How to assess it? • Material facilitating the assessment 9-3-2017 Webinar Innovation Ecosystem Assessment 3

What is an Innovation Ecosystem? What? Why? • The innovation system in which an DIH is operating How? Material • 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 9-3-2017 Webinar Innovation Ecosystem Assessment 4

The current scientific perception of IE ... Culture Social and relational capital What? Values, lifestyles, attitudes Why? Institutions How? IPR, standards, norms Innovation Frameworks Material Society Consumers, User Innovators Mediators Social Entrepreneurs, Education Applied research, Clubs, Collaborative innovators, citizens Public and private educators associations, trade unions, Innovation on all levels cluster managers, NGOs Supply Public Sector Business PS actors generating and and Firms of all sizes and sectors demanding innovation generating and demanding Demand Cities, hospitals, administrations innovation … Financers Innovation Input Banks, venture capital, Policies philanthropists, crowds Ps influencing innovation framework conditions (RTI) Research and demand patterns Universities, RTOs, citizen (energy, environment, scientists ... Infrastructure mobility, health, defense, ICT, Internet, databases, Co- home …) Creation Platforms … Warnke et al. 2016 9-3-2017 Webinar Innovation Ecosystem Assessment 5

... takes account of recent trends in innovation thinking What? Why? • User innovation How? Material • 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) 9-3-2017 Webinar Innovation Ecosystem Assessment 6

Why is it important? (1) What? Why? • Innovation does not evolve in a vacuum. How? Material • 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. 9-3-2017 Webinar Innovation Ecosystem Assessment 7

Why is it important? (2) What? Why? • Digital Innovation Hubs (DIH) are embedded in an Innovation How? Material 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 operation 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. 9-3-2017 Webinar Innovation Ecosystem Assessment 8

How to assess the Innovation Ecosystem? What? Why? How ? Five steps towards the assessment: Material 1. Overview 2. Inventory of functions and actors 3. Cooperation network 4. SWOT 5. Conclusions on action points 9-3-2017 Webinar Innovation Ecosystem Assessment 9

1. Overview What? Why? Provide a short description of ecosystem, include How ? Material • 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 9-3-2017 Webinar Innovation Ecosystem Assessment 10

2. Inventory of functions and actors (1) What? Why? Based on innovation system framework (slide 5) identify and How ? Material 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 9-3-2017 Webinar Innovation Ecosystem Assessment 11

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 9-3-2017 Webinar Innovation Ecosystem Assessment 12

2. Inventory of functions and actors (3) Innovation input and supply What? Actor category Actor type Name Location Size Core competencies Role Why? (number of staff or (technologies, (also relates to the How ? persons, services, processes, key functions of the finance/year) advice, consulting, DIH) Material regulation etc.) Education and Schools Education training 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) 9-3-2017 Webinar Innovation Ecosystem Assessment 13

2. Inventory of functions and actors (3) Innovation input and supply - example What? Actor category Actor type Name Location Size Core competencies Role Why? (number of staff or (technologies, (also relates to the How ? persons, services, processes, key functions of the finance/year) advice, consulting, DIH) Material regulation etc.) Education and Schools Education training Universities Jagiellonian Krakow, Poland 200 IT tools IT-Training, IT-skills University, Departments of Applied Computer Science. Crakow University of Krakow, Poland 70 Robotics Training in robotics Technology, Faculty technologies of Mechanical Engineering Vocational education Continuing Krakow, Poland 20 IT, robotics, Training, skills Education Centre for manufacturing Computer Applications Continuing training Training, skills Other Summary assessment of actor category (1: very weak, 2: weak, 3: average, 4: strong, 5: very strong) 4 9-3-2017 Webinar Innovation Ecosystem Assessment 14

2. Inventory of functions and actors (4) Innovation input and supply What? Actor category Actor type Name Location Size Core competencies Role Why? (number of staff or (technologies, (also relates to the How ? persons, services, processes, key functions of the finance/year) advice, consulting, DIH) Material regulation etc.) Research, Universities Technology Technology and development, Innovation actors 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) 9-3-2017 Webinar Innovation Ecosystem Assessment 15

2. Inventory of functions and actors (5) Innovation input and supply What? Actor category Actor type Name Location Size Core competencies Role Why? (number of staff or (technologies, (also relates to the How ? persons, services, processes, key functions of the finance/year) advice, consulting, DIH) Material regulation etc.) Capital Banks Provide finance providers/funding VC Provide finance Crowds Provide finance Philanthropists Provide finance Public bodies Provide funding (national, international) Other Summary assessment of actor category (1: very weak, 2: weak, 3: average, 4: strong, 5: very strong) 9-3-2017 Webinar Innovation Ecosystem Assessment 16

2. Inventory of functions and actors (6) Innovation input and supply What? Actor category Actor type Name Location Size Core competencies Role Why? (number of staff or (technologies, (also relates to the How ? persons, services, processes, key functions of the finance/year) advice, consulting, DIH) Material regulation etc.) Intermediary Associations Provide brokerage organisations 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) 9-3-2017 Webinar Innovation Ecosystem Assessment 17