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IRE – Valencia – 12 & 13 December 2002
Innovation in traditional sector
SMEs in Tuscany
by Francesco Gravina - Regione ToscanaDepartment of economic development
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Tuscany
Italy %
Area sq km 23.000 301.000 7,6Population millions 3,5 57,5 6,1GDP 2001 billions euro
130 1.523 8,5
GDP 2001 on 2000 1,7 % 1,7 % 0Employment 2001 on 2000
1,0 % 1,5 % -0,5
Unemployment 2001 5,1 % 9,5 % -4,4
General information
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Classes Tuscany NEC Italy
1-19 34,0 17,4 19,5
20-49 40,4 35,3 35,8
50-99 14,3 25,2 22,3
100-199 7,7 13,8 12,9
200-499 2,4 6,2 6,5
500 and over 1,2 2,1 3,0
TOTAL 100,0 100,0 100,0
Distribution of enterprisesby number of employees
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Localized sector of Tuscan industry
Sectors of a large size in absolute terms and of importance as compared to national competitors (textiles, clothing and knitted goods, pulp and paper, footwear)
Sectors of a small size in absolute terms but of importance as compared to national competitors (leather goods, tanning, gold and jewelry articles, marble, etc.)
Sectors of a small size in absolute terms and of scant weight (niche sectors) as compared to national competitors (the various compartments of mechanical engineering, pharmaceuticals, ceramics, etc.).
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The birth of high-tech sectorsof Tuscan industry
Came about in three main waves dating back:1. to the first half of the century and regards the group
of enterprises of larger size; these are firms belonging to the earliest phase of Italian industrialization, financed with both public and private capital, the ownership of which lies prevalently outside the Region;
2. to around the sixties, involved machinery-building firms; these are the units which were driven by the process of industrialization of the sixties and the seventies;
3. to the period 1970-1990, a cluster of firms operating above all in the sector of ICT, optics and electronics.
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Classes Tuscany NEC Italy1-19 3,7 4,9 4,520-49 7,6 9,5 8,950-99 16,1 20,6 17,0100-249 20,1 30,3 26,0250 and over 34,6 46,2 40,4TOTAL 100,0 100,0 100,0
R&D of enterprisesby number of employees in 1997
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Tuscany
North-Centre Italy
Public research bodies a
1.929 26.379 31.023
Business enterprises
1.930 55.800 61.117
Total 3.859 82.179 92.140
Public research bodies
6,2 85,0 100,0
Business enterprises
3,2 91,3 100,0
Total 4,2 89,2 100,0a Universities excluded
R&D personnelfor research and enterprises in
1998
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R&D ExpenditureBusiness Enterprise Sector (% of
GDP)
Castilla Y Leon
LanguedocRoussilon Catalunya
Tuscany
Lombardy
Bretagne
Madrid
Auvergne
Ile de FranceP iedmont
Emilia Romagna
Veneto
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Berlin
Rheinland-P falz
60
80
100
120
140
0 0,5 1 1,5 2 2,5 3
GD
P pe
r in
habi
tant
(EU
R 12
=100
)
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R&D ExpenditureGovernment Sector (% of GDP)
Emilia Romagna
Madrid
Languedoc-Roussilon
Ile de FranceTuscany
Bretagne
Auvergne
Lombardy
Catalunya
Castilla Y Leon
Veneto Piedmont
60
80
100
120
140
0 0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4 0,5 0,6 0,7 0,8
GD
P pe
r in
habi
tant
(EU
R 1
2=10
0)
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Geography of the research system
Three Universities: Florence, Pisa and Siena Two special academic institutions: Scuola Normale
Superiore and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa The Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – CNR The Istituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata
INOA The Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare – INFN The Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia INFM
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Support to innovation and to technology transfer
Centres providing services to sectorsTecnotessile – Promomoda – Ceseca – Internazionale marmi e macchine – Polo scientifico di Navacchio
Centres for incubation and animation BIC
Centres for innovation and technology transferConsorzio Pisa Ricerche – Etruria Innovazione – Pontech – LucenseFirenze Tecnologia
Structures offering financial services Fidi Toscana – MPS Merchant
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The regional policy for innovation
1. The RITTS Tuscany exercise2. The RIS+ pilot project Technologies for
cultural heritage3. The TRIP project Applicom 4. The Innovative Actions5. The ERDF Objective 2 Programme
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The RITTS Tuscany exercise
Assessment of the regional policy Analysis of the structure and trends of
regional economy by means of demand and requirement for innovation of enterprises, scientific and technological supply
Guidelines of a regional strategy for innovation and organizational model and tools for the implementation of the strategy
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The RITTS Tuscany exercise Action Plan
Objective A: support to innovation of traditional SMEs: valuation of experiences / targeting of system innovation / projects for external dissemination
Objective B: creation of innovative clusters: identification of priorities / demonstration projects / creation of mixed R&D laboratories / internationalization
Objective C: creation and consolidation of small high-tech enterprises:sensitization of, and support to, human resourcesscouting/economic intelligencedefinition and setting-up of financial toolshigh-tech incubatorsmarketing of scientific-technological supply
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The RIS+ Tuscany pilot project Technologies for cultural heritage
Project objectives To aggregate a cluster - competitive at the international level -
integrating the competencies which are available in the different sectors which manage cultural patrimony: research, business and public institutions.
To develop demonstration prototypes of optoelectronic technology for use in cultural heritage and their examination at work in diagnostic research pilot sites.
Project results New optoelectronic technologies (laser for restoration, 3D and
laser scanner, IR high resolution scanner, environmental monitoring)
Technology evaluation and pilot sites in Italy, Europe and USA Market opportunities / partnership / promotion and
dissemination
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Project phases and methodology
Analysis and identification of the main participant agents to be successful in the definition of the project.
Establishment of a co-ordination system between the involved agents: a cluster of Innovation based on technology transfer
Survey on possibilities and opportunities Identification of the concrete actions to
be implemented.
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Project start point: handicaps
Lack of integration between scientific and technical competencies in research centres and industry and the expertise of cultural heritage professionals.
Intervention methods are not always based on diagnostic investigations
Lack of protocols Lack of knowledge of the real opportunities of the
market need of specialised information Traditional characteristics of the sector versus
innovation, particularly in the case of the Institutions in charge of the heritage preservation and management.
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Project main actors
The Tuscany Regional Authority National government central bodies (Ministry for
cultural activities and heritage, Foreign affairs Ministry, University and Scientific and Technological Research Ministry)
National Research organisation (National Research Council - CNR), Institute of applied optics (INOA), etc.
University departments Opificio della Pietre Dure e Centro di restauro della
Soprintendenza archeologica della Toscana Private enterprises of the sector (industries and
service providers).
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Project strategy and objectives Collaboration between public and private agents to
transfer knowledge from research centres to companies in order to produce high-tech optoelectronic products and innovative services in the field of cultural heritage.
Production of prototypes, based on technology transfer, successfully experimented in laboratories, and then validated on masterworks of arts and architectures.
Collaboration to carry out specific experiences and to generate a trust environment.
The final objective is to develop new products and services allowing technological applications to be diffused on a regional, national and international basis.
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Project results
Sectors Technologies
Pilote sites
Diagnosis of paintingsIR Scanner
Works of Masaccio and Masolino in Europa and USA
Diagnosis of monuments Georadar
Camposanto Monumentale di Pisa and Toledo Cathedral
Environment monitoringIndoor monitoring in museums
Galleria degli Uffizi
Documentation 3D Scanning
Minerva di Arezzo
Conservation and restorationLaser
La Porta del Paradiso del Battistero di Firenze
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IR Scanner
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Indoor monitoring in museums
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3D Scanning
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Laser for conservation
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Main strong points of the process Integration competencies between research centre, service and
production companies, restoration laboratories and institutions in the cultural heritage field
Commitment between interested agents, assuring their active involvement and the participation of the different levels of responsibility
Co-ordination and direction role played by the Regional authority Active collaboration between public and private sector in order to
consolidate research, products and services Detailed analysis of the real opportunities existing for new
technologies Active participation of research centres Active involvement of companies Interest of public authorities to integrate innovative solutions for
management of the cultural heritage Promotion and cooperation with national and foreign organizations.
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Technological Innovation in Tuscany - ITT
Regional programme of innovative Actions Dissemination process of technological development
within the regional economy through the creation of co-operation networks among businesses, research centres and universities, local public institutions, centres for technological innovation and transfer, business advisory services, training centres and financial organisations.
Integration of scientific, technological and industrial skills in the more developed areas of the region with the resources present in the areas that will benefit from the ERDF financing
Reproducible innovation dissemination methodologies, to be used in the management of the ERDF Objective 2 Programme
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ITT Project - Optocantieri
Project Evaluation
Resultspresentation
Pilot sites
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Partners of Optocantieri
Project Evaluation
Resultspresentation
Pilot site
OPDICR
Service providers Manufactur
ers
ResearchCentres
Culturalinstitutions
Technologyupgrade