1. Introduction to Finnish innovation infrastructure

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1 1 1. Introduction to Finnish innovation infrastructure 2. Tampere: Structural change from traditional industry to knowledge intensity 2.1. Courageous political investment decisions in infrastructure 2.2. Tampere business development strategy: Innovative business development networks 2.3. Business cluster development 2.4. Ambitious business development programs 3. Success factors of innovation infrastructure in Tampere 11/21/02

2 1 1. INTRODUCTION TO FINNISH INNOVATION INFRASTRUCTURE Kari Löytty, Klaipeida /21/02

3 Change in Finnish innovation infrastructure Politics & Administration Research 1970 s Economy P&A Economy Research 2000 s

4 Competitiveness of country Ranking by WEF Finland Norway Sweden Source: The Global Competitiveness Report (WEF) FINLAND USA Sweden Denmark Taiwan Singapore Switzerland Iceland Norway Australia Japan Netherlands Germany UK Tekes

5 The World Competitiveness Scoreboard USA 100 Ranking 1-20 Finland 84,351 Luxembourg Netherlands Singapore Denmark Switzerland 84,292 82,802 81,155 80,429 79,472 Canada Hong Kong Ireland Sweden Iceland Austria Australia Germany UK Norway Belgium New Zealand Chile 68,93 67,687 66,734 66,542 65,606 74,695 74,665 74,106 70,942 79,013 77,761 76,218 76, Source: International Institute for Management Development (IMD) World Competitiveness Yearbook 2002

6 Report of Ministry of Trade and Industry Innovation infrastructure important explanation for Finnish competitiviness Finnish educational level is high + cost effective the share of education is12,2 % of public expenditures (2000) + about 20 % of labour force partisipate adult education - high level of retirement will causes problems in renewing of expertise Amount of top level experts is + high in technical and healt care sciences - relatively low in economical, law and sosial sciences

7 Report of Ministry of Trade and Industry Innovation infrastructure important explanation for Finnish competitiviness Investments in R&D are top level in the world + especially the share of private investments to R&D is top level in Europe - R&D activity in service sector is relatively low but increasing Companies availibility to risk and seed capital is good + companies self-sufficiency is top level in the world The innovation infrastructure has been succesfull + Finland is top in the world in high tech patents + remarkable share of hightech in employment and production

8 Finnish innovation system How the Finnish science and technology policy is formulated and financed

9 copyright: Tekes Resources (about 7300 milj. euros) of the Finnish innovation infrastructure 2001 (directly from State budget) Private Public The Academy of Finland 184 Basic research Universities 834 (364) International finance 115 R&D in private companies VTT The Technical Research Centre 214 (68) Tekes The National Technology Agency 386 Ministries, TE-centres, sectrorial research 287 (209) R & D Businessangels 380 Venture capitalists: Private 287 Finnish Industrial Investment ltd 38 (42) Sitra 64 Foundation for Finnish Inventions 5 (4) Finpro 55 (30) Finnvera 332 (44) Business development Marketing Internationalization DM Copyright Tekes

10 1 2. TAMPERE - STRUCTURAL CHANGE FROM TRADITIONAL INDUSTRY TO KNOWLEDGE INTENSITY Kari Löytty, Klaipeida /21/02

11 Tampere in nutshell 4Tampere region, population Two universities and two polytechnics ( students) and 30 vocational institutes 78 comprehensive and secondary schools ( pupils) Tampere Agriculture, forestry 0,3 Industry 21,5 Construction 4,9 Services 73,3 Total 100 Number of labour about unemployment rate 13.5% Companies (>90% micro size) Strong restructuring from traditional textile and metal industry to knowledge intensive businesses 1970 s 2000 s TAMPERE Helsinki

12 COURAGEOUS POLITICAL INVESTMENT DECISIONS IN INFRASTRUCTURE Kari Löytty, Klaipeida /21/02

13 University of Tampere since 1960 Faculties of Humanities Information Sciences Education Medicine Economics and Administration Social Sciences

14 Tampere University of Technology since1965 World class university in digital signal processing and programming wireless and optical telecommunication automation and hydraulics new materials technology FINLAND T am pe r e Tampere Technology Centre, July 2001 Tampere Technology Centre Hermia since companies, about sqm

15 Särkänniemi amusement park since 1971

16 The meeting and congress centre Tampere Hall since 1990 Annualy about 20 international meetings with partisipants Important part of innovation infrastructure

17 Finn-Medi technology centre since 1994 Health care and biotechnology Core Buildings in Finn-Medi campus Existing in campus area Finn-Medi Alfa (1994) m2 Finn-Medi Beta (1999) m2 Finn-Medi Gamma (2001) m2 Finn-Medi Delta (2003) m2 Finn-Medi Epsilon (2004) m2 Total m2 Finn-Medi Park Inion m2 Under planning > m2

18 1 Media Tampere since 1998 Digital media and communication

19 TAMPERE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY: INNOVATIVE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT NETWORKS Kari Löytty, Klaipeida /21/02

20 1 Tampere Business Development Strategy OBJECTIVE To develop a competitive operational environment for knowledge intensive companies and to attract highly skilled labour to live in Tampere region.

21 1 Development of innovation infrastructure in Tampere Building up infrastructure 1960 s 1970 s Foundation of Universities 1980 s 1990 s Building up Technology Centres 2000 s Building up innovative networks

22 1 Tampere Business Development Strategy Competitive operational environment for knowledge intensive companies and skilled labour in the global economy consist of various elements: Quality of material infrastructure Quality of living environment Quality of labour Quality of working environment Quality of networks & clusters Quality of regional innovation system Co-operation & partnership Learning & knowledge Communication Creative tension

23 The regional innovation system consist of active networks between many actors Technology centres and technology transfer organizations Other semi public development companies Financiers (public and private) Venture capitalists (public and private) Universities and research centers Polytechnics Other training centres and private consultants Local authorities National and international networks Etc. and a plenty of interactive relations between them

24 Tampere business development networking model World class research and development Mobile and water hydraulics Signal processing DMI Hypermedia VCR Tampere Technology Centre Ltd Media Tampere Ltd Specialiced development The Centre of Expertise Program etampere Business Development Strategy: Coordination and financing Information society research Professia Ltd Finn-Medi Research Ltd Tampere Convention Bureau Biomaterials BioneXt Optoelectronics ORC Business innovations in the field of tourism and meetings' industry

25 DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS CLUSTERS Kari Löytty, Klaipeida /21/02

26 The most important business clusters in Tampere region Metal, mechanical engineering and automation jobs Information and communication technology jobs Health care technology and Biotechnology jobs Knowledge intensive businesses 7000 jobs High quality meeting and congress business activities support the clusters

27 Mechanical engineering and automation 4mobile working machines a special field of experise utilizing ICT -tecnology 4World-class cluster Olli Niemi

28 Global market leaders in the Tampere Region Global Market Share Kalmar Industries over 50% container handling machinery Sandvik-Tamrock 35% mining and construction machinery Neles Automation over 15% automation for process industry (paper industry) Nordberg-Lokomo 15% mobile rock crushers Tamglass over 70% safety glass machinery (architectural and automotive) Timberjack 30% forest machinery Bronto Skylift over 60% fire and rescue platforms Fastems 70% multilevel FMS Ata Gears 50% spiral bevel gears for marine applications Avant Tecno 40% miniloaders (max. one ton)

29 Information and communication technology 4Wireless data transfer equipment and software 4telecommunications 4wireless multimedia 4signal processing Olli Niemi

30 Tampere - home region of Nokia established 140 years ago as a wood-grinding mill today R&D units in Tampere: Nokia Networks, Nokia Mobile Phones, Nokia New Ventures and Nokia Research Centre the first analog data card in 1993 the first gsm data card in 1994 the first communicator in 1996 the second gen. communicator in 1998

31 Health care and biotechnology Sunrise cluster 4Finn-Medi is an international pool of medical research and health technology 4Finn-Medi comprises around 50 members and organizations including people 4biomaterials and tissue engineering, health informatics and imaging, molecular biology, cell research

32 1 2.4 AMBITIOUS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS Kari Löytty, Klaipeida /21/02

33 The main business development programs in Tampere region 1

34 The Centre of Expertise Program 1 Development and marketing of expertise in clusters Financed by Tampere region municipalities and The Council of Tampere region annualy about 1,3 M per year. Middle Man system generates remarkable private financing for projects. Tampere Technology Centre Finn-Medi Research Centre Professia MECH.TECH & AUT ICT Health & Bio KIBS

35 Active citizens, innovative businesses The objective of the etampere program is to make Tampere the spearhead city of knowledge society development Targeted total volume 132 million euros ( ) Implemented by six independent subprogrammes Coordinated by the etampere office

36 The four dimensions of knowledge society cultural technical -RELab -Technology engine programmes economical -eaccelerator -ebrc social -infocity -ISI

37 Areas of emphasis 2004 Developing expertise and business in information society Active, participating and influential citizenship and new service innovations More in-depth international and national co-operation Application of research results in product development, the creation of products and services

38 Focus areas of BioNext

39 Examples of other business development activities in Tampere region Tampere region International Business Office Tampere region EU office in Brussels Services for start up companies Services for companies changing generations Mentoring services

40 1 3. SUCCESS FACTORS OF LOCAL INNOVATION INFRASTRUCTURE Kari Löytty, Klaipeida /21/02

41 Innovation infrastructure Success factors in Tampere Utilize of national and international resources Courageous investment decisions in political level Public - private partnership innovative business development networks Courageous decisions on development areas (clusters) Allocation of resources to the choosen clusters Ambitious development programs