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ECLAC's project on "Public-Private Alliances for Strategic Export
Development"
From Research to
Innovation
Finnish case
Dr. Heikki Kotilainen
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Vaisala Corp.
EXPENSIVE INVESTMENTS OF AN ENTERPRISE
WORLD CLASS
TECHNOLOGY
# Skills & Equipment
# Products
# Partners
GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION
X
# Marketing, sales,
distribution, after sales
# Customer contacts, trust
# Partners
It is not only a matter of money, but also a matter of time
to achieve the target
Invest thoughtfully, utilize effectively!
Strategic thinking!
Research and Innovation
New knowledge
Curiosity
Business models
Customer needs
Research
Innovation
R&D
WORK
Linear model
Scientific excellence
”If innovation is the commercial
application of existing knowledge
in a new context, technologically
driven innovation is only one
form of this. Innovation is distinct
from research, which results in
new knowledge and from the
entrepreneurial function that spots
market opportunities for products
and services. It is the result of the
interaction of these two
functions”
”Innovate for a competitive
Europe”,
A new Action Plan for
Innovation,
European Commission, 2004
Turnover/earnings
Growth and Employment
Meet R&I
RESEARCH PARADIGMS
Old paradigm (LINEAR MODEL)
BASIC RESEARCH
APPLIED RESEARCH
DEVELOPMENT
New paradigm (CONCURRENT MODEL)
Basic research
DEMAND
Applied research
Development
TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS
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PROBLEM
SOLVING
MARKET
SOCIETAL & BUSINESS
CHALLENGES
SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING
The Triple Helix
Confederations of
Industry
EU Commission
-state aid
-regulations
-FP
Industry
Industry
Industry
Industry
Industry
Clusters
Banks
Venture Capital
Business angels
Semiprivate
SITRA
Finvera
Industrial Invest
Centres of Excellence
Technology/Science
Parks
Knowledge Centres
Sectorial Institutes
Tech Transfer offices
Institutes, labs
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Science &
Technology
Policy Council
Universities
Research
institutes
Ministries
Agencies
Patent offices,
Government
IPR
Regional centres
TE-centres
ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCING
START-UP GROWTH
ADOLESCENT
GROWTH
MATURE GROWTH
PUBLIC R&D SUPPORT
•SELECTIVE
•PROACTIVE
•TREND SETTER
DIRECT PUBLIC
OPERATIVE SUPPORT
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
EQUITY SUPPORT
VC FINANCING
•SELECTIVE
•TREND FOLLOWER
TIME
Tekes funding for private enterprises
Funding Instruments and the Innovation Process
Planning of
production, logistics,
marketing and
exports
Market
demand
Business
Plan
Technology
strategy
Production,
Development of
Market entry
new or improved
products, processes Funding from:
Own cash flow
and services
Venture capital
Finnvera Oyj
Banks
Technology
enablers
Tekes funding:
Loan
Exploratory award 70 %
Capital loan 80 %
Capital loan
Grant
50-70%
50-60%
25-50%
Results of completed projects
2001
Completed projects
Academic theses
2002
2003
2004
2005
2,464 2,038 1,892 1,980 2,092
713
715
968
999
1,109
1,421
1,219
1,439
2,451
2,660
Patent applications by research organisations
114
107
141
141
113
Patent applications by companies
398
451
435
591
572
New or improved products
319
349
402
465
487
New or improved services
119
170
202
301
315
New production processes
149
149
187
187
189
Publications
DM 218475
09-2006 Copyright © Tekes
Technological success rate of enterprise research
projects concluded in 2002
concluded
1145 projects
611 mio. €
16 %
No information
240 projects, 100 mio. €
84 %
905 projects
511 mio. €
54 %
Success as
expected or
better
525 projects
278 mio. €
3%
19 %
Stopped or failed projects
37 projects, 17 mio. €
Success less than
satisfactory, 155 projects
99 mio. €
23 %
Otherwise as expected,
but late 188 projects
117 mio. €
Number and volume of projects
57305,
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THE GENERAL OBJECTIVES OF THE NATIONAL
TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMMES
•To promote the industrial competitiveness to keep up with the global
market change
•To give input to the industrial innovation process
•To create new knowledge to fulfil the needs of research,
Industry and society
•To create the critical mass and centres of excellence in important
technological areas
•To enhance the co-operation between industry and universities and
research institution
•To promote international co-operation
•To support research education and to educate internationally oriented
research managers
•To enhance the research and high-tech image of the country
Industrial SMEs participating in R&D
cooperation
Finland
Denmark
Sweden
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Germany
Great Britain
EU
Austria
Portugal
Greece
Spain
Italy
0
5
10
15
Source: European Innovation Scoreboard 2003
20
25 %
DM 58774, 36054 and 36109
08-2004 Copyright © Tekes
Cooperation between companies
Share of cooperating companies of all innovating companies
Finland
Sweden
Denmark
Ireland
Great Britain
France
Netherlands
Belgium
EU
Austria
Germany
Spain
Portugal
Greece
Italy
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Source: Towards a European Research Area - Key Figures, Special Edition. EU 2001
70%
EUREKA
a catalyst
for
collaboration
What is a EUREKA project?
A EUREKA project is:
– proposed, defined and managed by its
partners (the ‘bottom up’ approach)
– international - partners from at least two
of EUREKA’s 34members
– led by industry; financed locally
– developing hi-tech products/processes/
services for the market
– Could this be Latin-American
approach?
THE FUNDING PRINCIPLE OF EUREKA
The money is invested by national
decision
The money is invested by/in each
country
The success of the companies
contributes to the
Economy, Growth and Employment
of the State
Precision weather
service
Vaisala Oy
 Testbed, a project that is part of the AVALI Technology Programme
launched by the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and
Innovation Tekes in 2005, will continue until August 2007
 The aim of the project is to create an experimental and developmen
platform for observational instruments and systems, analysis and
forecasting models, and services related to the weather and the
environment
 The dense weather and measurement station network making use
of wireless data transmission and including a database and web
user interface, is provided by Vaisala
 The project generates precision weather data for organisations and
private individuals, providing information
on phenomena such as local showers,
fog and ozone levels
 www.vaisala.fi and testbed.fmi.fi
DM 32182
06-2006 Copyright © Tekes
New mobile positioning
technologies
 The Digital Media Institute of the Tampere University
of Technology explored ways of combining different
positioning technologies economically and reliably
 The project generated a broad range of results in the
various sub-fields of positioning technology that will
facilitate the commercial application of positioning
in the immediate future
 The AVALI Technology Programme
of the Finnish Funding Agency for
Technology and Innovation Tekes,
involved a large number of
companies
 www.cs.tut.fi/tlt
 www.tekes.fi/avali
DM 32330
06-2006 Copyright © Tekes
Company emerges from university
research
Plant biotechnology company UniCrop Ltd.
• Develops monoclonal antibody production
technology for the pharmaceuticals industry
• Production in plant sprouts, in closed
bioreactors and in greenhouses with
high level of biosafety
• Production plant is transgenic false flax,
Camelina sativa
• Technology cheaper than animal cell
technology
• Produced first antibodies in plant sprouts
in 2003
• Funding from: Tekes, Sitra, Optiomi Oy,
Bio Fund Management Oy and
Solaris Capital
Pictures: UniCrop Oy
• www.unicrop.fi
DM 32330
11-2005 Copyright © Tekes
Ready to be introduced on global markets
A quick test for diagnosing Hantavirus infections
• Erilab Oy has developed a quick test for diagnosing
hantavirus infections that cause hemorrhagic fever
• The product is unique in the world
• The method is also quick, cost-effective and easy
to apply to the diagnostics of many other diseases
• The easy-to-use quick test can be used on all
continents and in developing countries; the
test does not require laboratory training
• The test is as reliable as the conventional
enzyme immunoassay method
• Resale contracts have been concluded in
10 countries so far
DM 32330
04-2002 Copyright © Tekes
Finnish-built power plant
Winwind Oy
• Winwind from Oulu has developed a new
wind power plant, rated power 1 and 3 MW
• More efficient than competitor’s plants
• Low maintenance costs
• First power plant to Oulun Energia in 2001
• Practical experience has proven the reliability
of the concept
• Deliveries to Finland, Sweden and Portugal
• www.winwind.fi
DM 32330
11-2005 Copyright © Tekes
Roof trusses for global markets
Goal-oriented product development bears fruit
• Sepa Oy has been characterised by R&D since it started
operation
• Sepa Oy specialises in nail
plate truss production
• The aim of R&D has been to
improve both products and
production technologies
• The production system is
completely automated
• Integrated design and
production makes carefully
measured, cost-effective
and material-saving truss
structures possible
• Electronic commerce boosts Sepa´s operations
• With a staff of about 80, turnover amounted to 10 million
euros in 2000
DM 32330
04-2002 Copyright © Tekes
The automatic port of Brisbane
Kalmar Industries
• Fisherman’s Island in Australia is the world's
first fully automatic straddle carrier terminal
• Developed by Australian Patrick Stevedores
and the Finnish Kalmar Industries, with the
help of Tekes funding
• Machines are controlled by radar, dead
reckoning and satellite positioning systems
• Automatic straddle carriers are safer than
manually operated ones and reduce fuel,
energy and maintenance costs
• www.kalmarind.com
DM 32330
11-2005 Copyright © Tekes
Monitoring system provides
information on ship's condition
R.Rouvari Oy
• Hullmos system developed as part of a
EUREKA project
• Transmits data from wave strain to the ship's hull
• Helps to prevent accidents
• Developer R. Rouvari Oy growing rapidly
• Markets especially positive in the Far East
• www.rrouvari.fi
DM 32330
11-2005 Copyright © Tekes
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