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Estonian Regional Innovation Strategy ERIS 15
November 2005 Helsinki Regional Innovation
Strategy Director Tatu Laurilatatu.laurila_at_culmi
natum.fi Culminatum Ltd
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Outline

• Context (Europe, Baltic Sea Region, Finland,
  Helsinki)
• Why regional innovation strategy?
• Our approach horizontal
• Key outcomes of strategy process

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Stages of national (or regional) competitiveness
challenge innovation policies
PROGRESS
REGRESS
Investment driven
Innovation driven
Resource driven
Wealth driven

• Exploitation of present wealth in expense of
  future
• Little motivation for change, entrepreneurship or
  innovation

• Significant domestic RD
• Active competition
• Human capital basis of competitiveness
• Differentiated products
• Wide contents of services

• Ability willingness to invest aggresively
• Application of best technology
• Economies of scale
• Bulk end products
• B-to-B market

• Inexpensive basic resources
• little production of investment articles
• Technology import
• Few links to end users

Adapted from Porter (1991).
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Facing the challenge The Lisbon strategy for
growth and employment (Wim Kok, Nov 2004)

• Creative interaction between universities,
  scientists and researchers on the one hand and
  industry and commerce on the other, which drives
  technology transfer and innovation, is
  necessarily rooted in the close physical location
  of universities and companies. There is already
  ample evidence around the world that high-tech
  clusters are built on this interaction, but
  ideopolises for example, Helsinki, Munich and
  Cambridge go further. They have an array of
  other supporting factors notably a
  sophisticated communications and transport
  infrastructure, financial institutions willing to
  provide the necessary risk capital to
  entrepreneurs and specialists in technology
  transfer, supportive public authorities that
  facilitate the network structures driving
  creative interaction and are attractive
  environments for knowledge workers.
• Ideopolises are emerging as the cities at the
  heart of dynamic, high-growth knowledge-based
  regions."

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Cities of the Baltic Sea Region have played a key
role in the world trade
Hanseatic league's formation in Hamburg, year
1241
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RD activites by region in Europe and in Finland
Research and development activities are
centralised both in Finland and elsewhere. The
figures show research and development expenditure
by region in relation to the size of the
population in Finland in 2002, where the level
for the entire country is 100. In 6 regions in
Finland expenditure on research and development
is above the national level, in 8 regions the
level is 50100 per cent of the national level,
and in the remaining 70 regions the level is
below half the national average. (Source Tekes)
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Some political and historical backgrounds for the
innovation strategy process

• The Finnish (and Helsinki) paradox why a very
  competitive and skilful nation (and region) does
  not attract foreign experts or investments, does
  not reach top level in the standard of living
  (current GDP ranking 15th) and is not able to
  eliminate large scale unemployment (7,9 QIV
  2004)
• Traditionally innovation policy in Finland has
  been dictatetd from the national level
• Three major municipalities of the Helsinki region
  (Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa) have pretty weak
  tradition regarding any joint policy making and
  fairly limited experience on innovation
• 9 universities and 8 polytechnics have no
  outstanding track record in the field of
  cooperation either
• Recently the state has put big pressure on the
  metropolitan municipalities and also on the
  academia (universities, polytechnics, GROs) to
  improve regional cooperation

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The vision for Helsinki Region

• The Helsinki Metropolitan Area is a dynamic
  world-class centre for business and innovation.
  Its high-quality services, arts and science,
  creativity and adaptability promote the
  prosperity of its citizens and bring benefits to
  all of Finland. The Metropolitan Area is being
  developed as a unified region close to nature
  where it is good to live, learn, work and do
  business.
• Helsinki Metropolitan Area Advisory Board, 16
  November 2004

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Regional top level think-tank listed key actions
for the future competitiveness in 2003

• Creation of a regional innovation strategy was at
  the top of Helsinki Clubs listing. The key
  motive was to bring Helsinki back to the lead in
  the growth rate nationally (currently we are in
  the national average).
• Culminatum Ltd was given the task to coordinate
  the strategy process in summer 2003. The new task
  was in accordance to the strategic mission of
  Culminatum that is to strengthen the regional
  knowledge base and develop the regional
  innovation environment.
• Some of the key challenges (from June 2004)
• How to get the full triple helix committed to
  the strategy process and its implementation phase
• How to find new sustainable and horizontal models
  of collaboration that can create added value to
  all key players of the innovation system

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Example of Tekes foresight projects outcomes
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A four-pillar Innovation Strategy

• Improving the international appeal of research
  and expertise
• Reinforcing knowledge-based clusters and
  creating common development platforms
• Reform and innovations in public services
• Support for innovative activities

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Example of an action proposal Helsinki School of
Creative Entrepreneurship

Mission In establishing the Helsinki School of
Creative Entrepreneurship (HSCE), we are creating
an entrepreneurial catalyst that will develop
national entrepreneurial capacity, encourage and
support spin-out activity from the universities,
and promote closer interaction between industry
and academia. By strengthening the collaboration
between universities, HSCE is well placed to
develop multidisciplinary learning platforms to
support the development of an innovation driven
economy.

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A four-pillar Innovation Strategy

• Improving the international appeal of research
  and expertise
• Reinforcing knowledge-based clusters and
  creating common development platforms
• Reform and innovations in public services
• Support for innovative activities

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Reinforcing expertise clusters and creating
common development platforms
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Example Forum Virium Helsinki brings together
players in different domains to carry out shared
RD
DIGITAL CONTENTS
The project brings together content, services,
connections and hardware to form a balanced
overall concept. The conditions created enable
the participating partners to carry out Open
Innovation operations easily while significantly
hastening the commercialisation of products and
services on the market.
INTERNET
MOBILE
INTERACTIVE SERVICES
Forum Virium Helsinki
TERMINALS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT
EU POLICIES EUROPEAN INNOVATION SYSTEM
REGULATIONS STANDARDS INFRASTRUCTURE
DIGITAL TV
ACCESS MODES
DISTRIBUTION STRATEGIES CONSUMER SUPPORT
TECHNICAL SERVICES
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Fifteen major corporate players and four public
partners have committed themselves to the project
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A four-pillar Innovation Strategy

• Improving the international appeal of research
  and expertise
• Reinforcing knowledge-based clusters and
  creating common development platforms
• Reform and innovations in public services
• Support for innovative activities
• -gt 26 action proposals

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