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Innovate InnovationNorthern Netherlands – Momentum of change

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Nice to meet you

3 Willem Foorthuis | Professor Sustainable Cooperative Entrepreneurship

Hanze University of Applied Sciences• schools in diverse Dutch cities• ca. 26000 students • 3000 staff members

CENTRES FOR APPLIED RESEARCH• Healthy Ageing• Labour Market Research• Energy• Entrepreneurship• Area Development• Art & Society

Research partner for SMEs through PROFESSORSHIPS, amongst

which• New Business & ICT• International Business• Leadership in Social Sourcing• User Experience/User Centered Design• Sustainable Cooperative Entrepreneurship


Ongoing interaction of QH partnerstowards a climate supportive for new economic strengths in the region

Regional

Innovation

Smart

Specialisation

Strategies

1. Identify & update regional challenges & missions2. Identify & update essential stakeholders3. Create innovation supportive environments

• physically (campus, hubs etc)• approach & method

Target (SOLL)

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(Digital)Network

MKB NoordOndernemersbijeenkomsten, digitale community,

ondernemerspanel, lobbywerk

Groninger Ondernemers

CourantDigitale nieuwsverzameling + agenda

Kamer van KoophandelO.a. ondernemersplein, ondernemingsscan,

evenementen (tegen betaling

HANNNPortaal voor activiteiten in Noord-NL voor gezond en

actief ouder worden. Verbinding tussen bedrijven,

kennisinstellingen, zorgpartijen en overheden.

MedTech, Life Sciences, Food, Care & Cure, Healthy

Lifestyle en Serious Gaming

Samenwerking NoordIT netwerkorganisatie van Noord-Nederland

Kennisnetwerk KrimpKennisdeling over demografische transitie en

bevolkingskrimp in Noord-NL

Noordelijke Online Onder-

nemers NOOPer kw 1 bijeenkomst, sponsor Rabobank

MKB Noord

Kamer van Koophandel

HANNN

Kennisnetwerk Krimp

Noordelijk Online Ondernemers

SMC050

Samenwerking Noord

Groninger Ondernemers Courant

SMC050Netwerk + evenementen voor professionals, bedrijven

en experts op het gebied van technologische trends

en digitale innovatie

Current & envisaged

’coöperative clusters’,

innovation hubs &

infrastructures

Gronings-Drentse VeenkoloniënInnovatiewerkplaatsen voor Zorginnovatie

Assen / Noord-DrentheInnovatiewerkplaats in ontwikkeling,

aansluitend op Ondernemersfabriek.

Noord-GroningenGebiedscoöperatie in ontwikkeling

Oost-GroningenGebiedscoöperaties in ontwikkeling

Kansrijk Eigen baas & Venture Lab

Zuidwest-Drenthe Gebiedscoöperatie

WesterkwartierGebiedscoöperatie & innovatiewerkplaats.

Coöperatieve structuren

Gronings-Drentse VeenkoloniënInnovatiewerkplaatsen voor Zorginnovatie

Assen / Noord-DrentheInnovatiewerkplaats in ontwikkeling,

aansluitend op Ondernemersfabriek.

Noord-GroningenGebiedscoöperatie in ontwikkeling

Oost-GroningenGebiedscoöperaties in ontwikkeling

Kansrijk Eigen baas & Venture Lab

Zuidwest-Drenthe Gebiedscoöperatie

WesterkwartierGebiedscoöperatie & innovatiewerkplaats.

Closely connected

systems of

‘coöperative clusters’,

innovation hubs &

infrastructures


Current perspective:

Establish permanent cooperation and innovation infrastructure

From QH perspective

Perspective change:


Stakeholders in the alliance: Triple Helix

++ QH However?


Next education

Next business

Next governance

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Smart innovation strategy

Regional cooperativeSustainable development

Innovative regionSustainable growth

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Northern Netherlands has developed a rich innovation infrastructure with support systems and networks

However there has been no significant increase of innovative SMEs

Current policy instruments and initiatives are focussed largely in the city of Groningen with fragmented and usually, bilateral contacts

Other initiatives are spread through the region with limited scope and impact

SMEs are not familiar with current initiatives and, or do not have an urgent needfor existing support offered

Need for orchestrating systems change to support collaborative infrastructuresand cultures

CONCLUSIONS

‘Collaborative clusters’ as orchestrating systems agent…

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Scenario: HEI as a

ParametersKnowledge factory Relational university Entrepreneurial university Systematic university Engaged university

Main role Production of knowledge Exchange of knowledgeActive commercialization of knowledge

Boundary spanning role Development role

Main unit of analysis Innovation outputs Linkages Intermediaries Systems/networks Spaces of governance

Main partnersHigh-tech firms located in proximity

Large manufacturing firmsLarge manufacturing firms and spin-off firms

Regional clusters Regional SME’s

Regional stakeholders

Directionality of engagement

Unidirectional (implicit) Bi-directional (implicit) Bi-directional (explicit) 3 and 4 helix Responsive

Dominant methodology

Industrial surveys Industrial surveysSurveys of university managers

National and regional innovation surveys, case studies

Case studies

Key factors influencing impact

Research intensity / inputs

Geographical proximity

Structural factors

Innovation strategy

Organizational structures

Managerial practices, faculty behaviour / incentives

Regional system configuration

Regional policy, institutional capacity of universities

Number and synergies between universities

University leadership, joined up policies / incentives

Policy implicationsCo-location of firms and universities. Increased funding for research

Some links should be promoted vis-à-vis others

Intermediaries and organizational arrangements / incentives are needed to ensure links

Institutional arrangements are important to ensure linkages

Joining up universities missions and other policies at different levels

From specific HEI perspective


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