What makes one region a good place for business? Successful European practices

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1 James Tweed, Oct. 2003 accentus

What makes one region a good place for business?

Successful European practices

James TweedAccentus plc

European Day of the Entrepreneur, Sofia8-9 October 2003

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Outline

• Introduction to BIGEAR network• Some success factors• Some examples

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BIGEAR

Business Innovation and Growth from Exploitation of Academic Research

Aim• To understand and disseminate best

practice approach to exploitation of academic research

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BIGEAR context

• Thematic network• For regions in the field of regional

innovation strategies• Co-ordinated within Innovating

Regions in Europe (IRE) networkVision “provides a platform for all European

regions, which are interested in regional innovation strategies, policies and schemes to exchange experience and get access to good practice”

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BIGEAR members

University departments

Regionalorganisations

Venturecapital

Incubators

Technologytransfer

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BIGEAR Members’ locations

• Deutsche Bank, Germany• Unipress, Poland• Licentia, Finland• BIC NN, Netherlands• London BIC, UK• IC Innovations, UK• UCL Ventures, UK• SEEDA, UK• Accentus, UK• MSEC, UK• U Limerick, Ireland• ITA, Spain• BIC Liguria, Italy• U Firenze, Italy• IJS, Slovenia• U Sofia, Bulgaria• Innostart, Hungary• Danube, Austria• TU Brno, Czech Republic• U Ulm, Germany• CR Lorraine, France

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Outline


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Awareness

BIGEAR Factors model

Exploitation

AcademiaBusiness

R&D - ind, license inCorporate venture

Spin out, license out

Start ups

JVs

Start ups Start ups

Liaison R&D - uni

Regional,National, EU

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Success factors

• Factors which:– If present, will assist business innovation and

growth in a region– If absent, will be a barrier

• Grouped as relating primarily to– Business– Academia– Exploitation– Regional, national, EU

• Assessed using questionnaire at BIGEAR Conference (35 respondents)

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Factors for BIGEAR (examples)

Academia (including research centres)A1. Strong R&D base relevant to businessA2. Awareness of business needs and effective

communication with businessA3. Effective links to market intelligenceA4. Adoption of commercialisation as part of the university

missionA5. Adequate incentives for academics to commercialiseA6. Adequate incentives for universities to commercialiseA7. Availability of resources and programmes to encourage

enterprise culture in an academic environmentA8. Intellectual property policy (e.g. ownership) favours

technology transferA9. Availability of resources for intellectual property

protectionA10. High level of intellectual property protection, including patenting

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Academic factors for region, by locationRegion

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Factor for BIGEAR

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NAC

Strength

Barrier

StrongR&D

Market intelligence

Incentivesacademics

Enterpriseculture

Incentivesuniversities

Resourcesfor IP

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Business factors for region, by location

Region

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Factor for BIGEAR

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NAC

Strength

Barrier

Graduates

SpendR&D

Collaborate

Mobility

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Exploitation factors for region, by location

Region

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Factor for BIGEAR

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NAC

Strength

Barrier

Productdevelop

Entrepreneurs

Supportservices

Balance of roles

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Regional factors for region, by location

Region

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Factor for BIGEAR

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Strength

Barrier

Businesssectorstrength

Encouragetech trans

Public strategyconsistent

Mechanismfor sharingBP

Match e.g. cluster

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Outline


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Other examples from BIGEAR

• Entrepreneurship education (Manchester, UK)• Science city (Ulm, Germany)• Academics in business (Umea, Sweden)• University laboratories in industry (Firenze, Italy)• Funding startups in North Netherlands• Human capital management (London, UK)• Business angels club (Budapest, Hungary)• High tech spin outs from a research centre

(Poland)• Enterprise hubs in South East England (UK)• Licensing technology (Finland)• Corporate venturing (UK)

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Summary

• Considered business – academia links at regional level

• Some success factors• Some examples – can be initiated by

business, academic or regional actors• Further examples at

www.bigear.info

What makes one region a good place for business? Successful European practices

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