advancing knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship & innovation for economic growth and social...

A E G I SA E G I SAdvancing Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurship &

Innovation for Economic Growth and Social Well-being in Europe

Primjer dobre prakse: FP7: AEGIS, 2010-2012

OBZOR 2020 Osijek, 15.09.2014.

Slavica Singer; Croatian Competitiveness Council

Obzor 2020, Sveučilište J. J. Strossmayera u Osijeku, 15.09.2014.

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Primjer dobre prakse

● FP7 projekt AEGIS - “Advancing Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Economic Growth and Social Well-being in Europe”

● prof. dr. sc. Slavica Singer, Professor Emeritus, Ekonomski fakultet Sveučilišta Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku i članica Nacionalnog vijeća za konkurentnost


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AEGIS was a part of...

● SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMMETHEME 8Socio economic Sciences and Humanities

● AEGIS – Advancing Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurship & Innovation for Economic Growth and Social Well-Being in Europe

Collaborative Project (Large-scale integrating project)

● WP 2.2. Knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship and national innovation systems

● Innovation system and knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship: CroatiaD2.2.8


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Sudionici

● 21 institucija

o PLANET, Grčka, koordinator (konzultantska firma)

o Sveučilišta................................................. 13

o Instituti, istraživački centri...................... 6

o Ostali......................................................... 1

● 16 zemalja


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Sveučilišta

o Università Commerciale "Luigi Bocconi“, Italy o National Technical University of Athens, Greece o Lunds universitet, Swedeno Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlandso Technische Universität Dortmund, Germanyo Université Louis Pasteur, Franceo University College London, UKo Unidade de Estudos sobre Complexidade e Economia, Portugal o Aalborg Universitet, Denmarko University of Sussex, UKo Zhejiang University, Chinao Universiteit Maastricht, The Netherlandso Finansovaya akademiya pri pravitelstve rossiyskoy federacii (The Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian

Federation), Russia


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Instituti, istraživački centri

o Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.v., Germany

o Institute for Management of Innovation and Technology , Sweden

o Magyar tudomanyos akademia kozgazdasagtudomanyi intezet (Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Hungary

o Centrum ekonomickych studii Vysoke skoly ekonomie a managementu, o.p.s. (Centre for Economic Studies, University of Economics and Management), Czech Republic

o Centre for Development Studies, India

o Centrum analiz spoleczno- ekonomicznych- fundacja naukowa (Center for Social and Economic Research), Poland


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Ostali

o Croatian Competitiveness Council, Croatia


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Project content

● Key words: o knowledge-based entrepreneurshipo Innovationo Growtho Social well-being

● Research focus: the interactions between knowledge, innovation, economic growth and social well-being in Europe.

● Rationale: o The main ideas behind this proposal are related to the perception of knowledge-

intensive entrepreneurship as a necessary mechanism and an agent of change mediating between the creation of knowledge and innovation and its transformation into economic activity.

o In particular, knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship represents a core interface between two interdependent systems: the knowledge generation and knowledge diffusion system, on the one hand, and the productive system, on the other.

o both systems – and therefore also entrepreneurship - shape and are shaped by broader social context – including customs, culture, and institutions. The project will therefore investigate also the social consequences and the effects on knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship on social well-being.


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Main objectives (research thrusts) 1

● At the micro level - to study in depth the very act of knowledge-

intensive entrepreneurship, its characteristics, boundaries, scope and incentives. o knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship and innovation in high

technology as well as in low technology sectors and in services.o in addition to science and technology and the supply side, it will

pay a lot of attention to the demand side and to the social and cultural dimensions; and it will examine in depth the organization, networks and strategies related to knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship.

o the development of a conceptual framework for knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship will represent an important milestone for the pursue of these micro-level objectives, that will be the core of the first set of work packages (1.1 – 1.8) that will start at the very beginning of the project (month 1) and will end at month 27.

o different methodologies including econometric analysis, network analysis, case studies and surveys will be used for this part of the research


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● At the macro level - to study the link between knowledge entrepreneurship,

economic growth and social well-being, also extending to the socio-economic processes that help transform the “animal spirits” (John Maynard Keynes) into a self-reinforcing process for broader societal prosperity.

● to identify how it works within the contexts of various shades of capitalism in Europe and elsewhere, expanding beyond the growth accounting and endogenous growth approaches to novel concepts of the underlying issues of social well-being such as inclusion, cohesion, equity, opportunities, and social care.

● The macro level objectives will be pursued by two sets of work packages (2.1-2.4., 3.1-3.2), that will start in month 9 and end in month 27.

● From a methodological perspective: use of rigorous econometric techniques where entrepreneurship capital is an explanatory variable of economic growth, empirical analyses of firm entry and exit in various sectors, history-friendly theoretical modeling that examines the effects of firm entry in the various stages of evolution of an industry, and comprehensive qualitative analyses of growth and knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship in a set of regions across Europe.


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● At the policy level - to translate the analytical findings into diagnostics tools for country and sector specific assessments of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship and into concrete, operational policy recommendations, by taking into account different national/regional and sectoral systems of innovation within the member states of the European Union.

● Furthermore, the project will investigate the implications of the dynamism of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship in some key large fast growing countries – i.e. India, China and Russia – for European knowledge-based competitiveness.

● Work packages 4.1 and 5 will start in month 9 and end in month 27; work package 4.2 will start in month 18 and end in month 30; work package 6 will start in month 27 and end at the end of the project. This work package will provide a framework regarding a system of policies related to knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship and innovation for economic growth and social well-being, and identify concrete evidence-based policy recommendations to the Commission.


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What to take into account in designing the project? 1

● The objectives of the AEGIS project directly address the content of the specific call

● The project is forward looking as it concentrates on one of the most pressing issues that will critically affect Europe’s ability to maintain and enhance economic growth as well as its diverse, but distinct, socio-economic model(s).

● the AEGIS project will translate its analytical findings into diagnostics tools for country or sector specific assessment of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship. To that effect, the project aims at providing operational policy recommendations


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What to take into account in designing the project? 2

● Progress beyond the State-of-the-Art o Capitalization of existing knowledge

● Methodology and Associated Work Plan ● Deliverables list

o Deliverable 2.2.8: “Innovation system and knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship: Croatia” (NCC)

● Outline: month 9; Draft: month 18; Final paper: month 27.o Deliverable 4.2.1: Knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship in

CEE/NMS: A synthesis of analyses undertaken in tasks 1 to 4 (UCL, IEHAS, CES, NCC, CASE) – Final paper: month 30.

o Deliverable 4.2.2: Success and failure in formation of knowledge-intensive enterprises in four CEECs: Findings, management and policy lessons (UCL, IEHAS, CES, NCC, CASE) – Final paper: month 30.

o Deliverable 4.2.3: CEECs and knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship: A synthesis report of WP results (UCL, IEHAS, CES, NCC, CASE) – month 30


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Structure of the WP 2.2.

● 2.2 Knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship and national innovation systems, led by UCL and ULUNDo 2.2.2 Innovation system and knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship:

United Kingdomo 2.2.3 Innovation system and knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship:

Greeceo 2.2.4 Innovation system and knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship:

Denmarko 2.2.5 Innovation system and knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship:

Swedeno 2.2.6 Innovation system and knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship:

Hungaryo 2.2.7 Innovation system and knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship:

Czech Republico 2.2.8 Innovation system and knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship:

Croatiao 2.2.9 Innovation system and knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship:

Poland


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Participation in other WPs

● 4.2.1 Knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship in CEE/NMS: A synthesis of analyses undertaken in tasks 1-4

● 4.2.2 Success and failure in formation of knowledge-intensive enterprises in four CEECs: Findings, management and policy lessons

● 4.2.3 CEECs and knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship: A synthesis report of WP results


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Issues addressed

● What are entrepreneurial properties of the Croatian innovation system?

● Interaction between national innovation systems and knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship in two main sectors:o Computer and related activities

o Manufacturing machine tool sector


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Risks

● How to handle such huge project – 21 partners?o Consulting firmo Rigorous procedures, milestones, deliverableso Quality assurance o Productive face-to-face meetings

● Collecting empirical data – surveys

● Dropping out from the project due to some internal issues


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Croatian National Innovation System

● Only emerging through building institutional infrastructure based on policy framework (Science & Technology Policy, 2006-2010)o No up-dated policy framework

● 5 levels and its actors (high level policy formulation, system development, intermediary and financial bodies, research performers and supporting infrastructure)o Not well connected, no clear relationships

● Strong dominance of public institutionso Business sector employs only 15%of total researchers and

finance 36% of GERD


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Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurial Opportunities 1

● IKIEO_Croatia = ITO18.59 + IMO16.00 + IIO30.46 = 65.06

● Ranks:o IKIEO 24th

o IIO 26th

o IMO 25th

o ITO 22nd

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Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurial Opportunities 2

IKIEO_Croatia = ITO18.59 + IMO16.00 + IIO30.46 = 65.06Low investment in R&D Burden of government regulations, 27th

Low GERD, 19-20th Efficiency of legal framework, 26th

Low BERD, 19th Cluster development, 20-26th

Low availability of R&D IPR protection, 22-23rd

scientists & engineers, 26th Ease of doing business, 21-22nd people with tertiary education, 20-23rd No provision for innovative products / R&D personnel, 22nd services in public tenders (GEM)

quality of scientific research institutes, 21st

Very limited breadth of the value chain, 26th

Low buyer sophistication, 27th

Undeveloped financial market

domestic credit to private sector, 21st

venture funds, 27th

Low employment in KIS and hi-tech manufacturing, 22nd

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Some questions

● Business sector interested in innovation cooperation, but ...o Lack of people with competences needed for innovative

activities

o Low quality of research institutions

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