A coral reef approach to

innovation-based

economic growthMoscow Urban Forum 2014

Patrick Cheenne

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World innovation clusters2

Source : MIT Technology

Review, July 2013

Renault

PARIS-SACLAY

STRONG IP PROTECTION

GOOD WEATHER

LIBERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS

ENTREPRENEURIAL CULTURE

FLAG = GOVERNMENT CLUSTER

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Paris

Orly

Versailles

Sud parisien

BIOTECH VALLEY

Est parisien / Cité Descartes

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Roissy-CDG

AIRPORT AREA

La Plaine Saint-Denis

CREATIVITY CLUSTER

Paris-La Défense

BUSINESS DISTRICT

15% of french R&D3

Source : ARD/EPPS

PARIS-SACLAY RESEARCH

& INNOVATION

Le Havre

Massy TGV

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Why?4

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“The aim of innovation policies, by contrast, is to

foster the development of technologies that don’t yet

exist and whose business models and markets are

unknowable.

Organizations capable of inventing these

technologies must be attracted or built, and the

result of their labors must be channeled into

economic growth.

That means we’re not talking about a process of long-

term planning but one of continuous

experimentation. “ D. Breznitz, op. cit.

Innovation-based growth5

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The reef as an ecosystem6

“Coral reefs are diverse

underwater ecosystems held

together by calcium

carbonate structures

secreted by corals. Coral

reefs are built by colonies of

tiny animals found in marine

waters that contain few

nutrients. “

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A stakeholders approach7

Space

Content

Networ

ks

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Building campuses8

CAMPUS

NORTH

CAMPUS

WEST

CAMPUS

EAST

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Creating content9

Smart Energy

Management Cluster17 000 employees

31 institutions

SystemX

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Connecting people10