The Kansas Opportunity Innovation pp yNetwork (KOIN): Working Together to Build Technology‐Based Businesses

NADO KYR W bi   R i l B d S i  NADO KYR Webinar:  Regional Boundary‐Spanning Growth Opportunities

March  10, 2011

AMI is part of Kansas State University’s College of Engineering, a KTEC Center of Excellence, an EDA g g, ,University Center, and a Great Lakes Wind Network Center of Excellence.

MISSION: to advance technologies, people, and companies h h ll b i i i d b i hithrough collaborative engineering and business partnerships.

AMI spans Research to Commercialization • Develop new products• Develop new processes and technologies• Develop the means to bring products to market moreDevelop the means to bring products to market more

rapidly• Develop the means to produce products more efficiently.

Technology Product & ProcessResearch Development Development CommercializationResearch Development Development Commercialization

AMI TBED Strategy to Increase ImpactCommunity: Regional 

Innovation/ CollaborationCollaboration

Company:  Strategic C i i AdCompetitive Advantage

Project:  Product, Process, Technology Development

Development Process Expertise

Technology Expertise

Industry Expertise

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Underlying Assumptions and Beliefs…Basis of AMI TBED Strategy Driving Questions

Innovation enables sustaining global competitiveness

How can AMI best assist Kansas companies to increase

global competitiveness.  companies to increase innovation capacity?

There are key elements required for successful tech ventures

What can AMI do to level the playing field for tech ventures?

Technology‐based companies should not be location limited.

How can AMI best help rural communities to grow tech‐based 

for successful tech ventures. playing field for tech ventures?

businesses?

“Blue ocean” opportunities exist where boundaries are spanned.

How can AMI bring resources together to exploit “blue ocean” 

Successful entrepreneurs are not necessarily smarter…just better 

How can AMI facilitate greater connectedness to new growth 

opportunities ?

connected.  opportunities?

Innovation is a Contact SportInnovation is a Contact Sport

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There are key elements required for f l t h tsuccessful tech ventures.

Access to ideas and technology 

sources

Access to Access to markets

Access to enabling 

infrastructure

Access toAccess to  Access to capital

Access to know how

skilled workforce

know‐how expertise

How can rural America compete?How can rural America compete?

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AMI Regional Innovation Goals

•Increase traded industry wealth generation

AMI Regional Innovation Goals

Increase traded industry wealth generation

•Develop “hard‐to‐copy” regional advantage

•Level competitive playing field (urban, global)

•Weave richer business opportunity environment

•Create proactive development tools for regional agents

KOIN will create an environment that transcends geographic isolation, g g pdiscovers new markets, innovates openly and fosters global competitiveness to be at the intersection of great ideas and newat the intersection of great ideas and new opportunities.

f l b l d d f• Profile innovation competencies, assets, capabilities and needs of regions, communities, and local companies

• Scout new opportunities, especially global opportunities, outside existing markets where clients may have little to no connection access

• Create an actively woven network of technology providers, expertise, capital, etc and business partners that possess complimentary competenciesetc and business partners that possess complimentary competencies

• Facilitate the ability to readily connect and combine opportunities, companies, communities, regions in innovative ways so that the response if 

t th th f it tgreater than the sum of its parts

Kansas LivestockLivestock Foundation

AMI Phosphorus RecoveryTechnology Development

TEXAS

TCFA

AMANA FARMS

How do we find new opportunities?

• Every region is unique

How do we find new opportunities?

• Every region has similarities• Uniqueness and similarities both create 

opportunities• Next question

– How can we exploit these opportunities and decide on the best opportunities to pursue

• Answer– By understanding the region, the interdependences and innovation capabilities

“Blue ocean” opportunities exist where boundaries are spanned

Bridging Small Worlds Building New Worlds

boundaries are spanned.

• Recombinant invention

• Maximizes resources

• Intersection of small worlds

• Clash and Combine

• Minimizes risk

• Changes perspectives

• Challenge assumptions 

• Create new fields

Boundary Spanning to Identify New Opportunities

What is a region?Eco Dev Community

What is a region?

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Multiple States

Nation

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20%

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Multiple Counties

Multi‐city within …

10%

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City Limits

County Limits

0% 20% 40% 60%

County‐Centric View of KansasCounty Centric View of Kansas

What is a region?Eco Dev Community Banks

What is a region?Business 

Community

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Multiple States

Nation

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Community

5%

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Multi‐city across …

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u t p e States

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Multiple Counties

Multi‐city within …

59%

5%

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10%

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City Limits

County Limits

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0% 20% 40% 60%0% 50% 100%0% 20% 40%

Traded Cluster View of a RegionTraded Cluster View of a Region

What does Kansas look like?What does Kansas look like?

What strengths are there in KS?What strengths are there in KS?

The mean or the sum?The mean or the sum?

Regional Analysis –Where to Start?• Focus on traded 

industries• What do we:• What do we:

– Preserve ?

– Extend ?

– Combine ?

• Assess innovation readiness

• Need to redefine clusters in rural regionsregions

• Visualization can reshape the discussion

Access to Business DetailAccess to Business Detail

Connecting Through CompetenciesBusiness Profiles/Clusters not Based on Final Product/Service

Technical Capabilities Technical Capabilities 

Business ExpertiseBusiness Expertise

User UnderstandingUser Understanding

First TierFirst Tier

Second TierSecond Tier

Third TierThird Tier

Network Weaving: Knitting Connectedness

•Most networks are fragmented unless deliberately developed

•Thicker networks help us learn faster, spot opportunities faster, align resources faster, and act faster. They accelerate innovation.

Scattered Fragments Hub and Spoke Network

accelerate innovation.

•Regional assets connected in new open innovationopen innovation networks will expand opportunities

Core Periphery  Network Multi‐Hub Small World Network

Mapping Social ConnectionsMapping Potential Industry 

Connections

AMI Wind Industry Manufacturing Supply 

Chain Initiative

Additional Company Full Profiles14  County Region Pre‐Assessment Project

AMI Regional Innovation Strategy

• Assess what is available – take advantage of 

AMI Regional Innovation Strategy

Assess what is available  take advantage of strengths

• Develop collaborations• Develop collaborations• Identify opportunities • Create a specific plan of attack• Find the resources• Execute the plan

Business Profiling/Supply Chain Network Development

Partner: KDOC

KTEC Technology Cluster Strategy Development

Partner: KTEC

Business Profiling and Innovation Networking

Partner: North Central Regional Planning CommissionRegional Planning Commission

Involve “invested” partners

Focus on “tradedFocus on  traded wealth” creation

Regional Asset Mapping

Partner: Great Plains Development Inc

Regional Manufacturing Park/Incubator IBED Strategy and Business Development

Wind Supply Chain ID and Pre‐profiling Assessment

Partner: South Central

Kansas Army Ammunition Plant Business RedevelopmentDevelopment Inc.

Partner: Harvey County Economic Development Council

Partner: South Central Kansas Economic Development District

Partner: Great Plains Development Authority

Thank You!

B d KBrad Kramer:  bkramer@amisuccess.com

(785) 532‐7044(785) 532 7044

Jeff Tucker:

jtucker@amisuccess.com

(785) 532‐3421 

http://www.amisuccess.com/