MOST ATTRACTIVE METROPOLIS FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INVESTMENT
#19th IN THE WORLD
#7th IN EUROPEIBM/EY/PWC 2015/2016
Number of new companies setting up a branch
Number of new jobs from those companies
CLUSTERS ARE NATURALLY ABOUT BUSINESS
« CLUSTERS ARE CRITICAL MASSES – IN ONE PLACE –
OF UNUSUALCOMPETITIVE SUCCESS
IN PARTICULARFIELDS »
(M. PORTER -1998)
- KNOWLEDGE- RELATIONSHIPS- MOTIVATION
MAKING
MORE PRODUCTIVE USEOF INPUTS
AND THAT DISTANT RIVALSCANNOT MATCH
MOTIVATION Local Pride Diversify Expand Lead
RELATIONSHIPS Network Collaboration Import-Export Global Busines
KNOWLEDGE Visibility
Cross-
Fertilization Innovation Anticipation
THE WBOB PROCESS OF BUSINESS & CLUSTERS
WITHIN BETWEEN OUTSIDE BEYOND
chemicals
Textile weaving
Heavy trucks
Automobile parts
Aeronautical parts
Pharmaceutical
Dermocosmetics
HVC
Foods
e
1500s - Silk woven textiles
KNOW WHERE YOUR CLUSTERS ARE COMING FROM
LYON IS INVENTING TOMORROW’S TRANSPORT
Navya, the robotic shuttleI This driverless minibus adopted Lyon
and in more and more places in the
world (Switzerland, Australia,…)
I In 9 months, this autonomous vehicle
has been entirely reworked with part of
the original R&D team
The TRANSPOLIS
projectI Passenger and freight transport
technology experimentation platform
I One-of-a-kind in France
I Confirmed since end of 2014
1st bike sharing system in 2005
3 car-sharing systems set up in
Lyon and operational in 2015,
with priority given to the use of
electric vehicles
Launch of the OPTIMOD and
ONLYMOOV servicesI Real time traffic information and
forecasts to make getting around the city
even easier
BEYOND CLUSTERS: CITY COMPTETITION
CLUSTERS AS BUSINESS UNITS?
200 CLUSTERS IN FRANCE
(~700,000 COMPANIES INVOLVED)
WHAT FUTURE?
SURVEY OF OVER 150 CLUSTERS BY:
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CONCLUSION
Clusters are all about business
Clusters are movies, not pictures
The business flow should lead to a stage beyond cluster where:
• The Ecosystem becomes the selling point
• City competition takes the lead
• Clusters are becoming Business units
Frédéric Miribel