Open Innovation –
Recommendations for future cohesion policy
“A new Regional Policy – Innovative ideas for the post-2013 reform”,
EPP-ED hearing, European Parliament, Brussels, November 8, 2007
Jan van den Biesen
VP Public R&D Programs, Philips Research
Source: NASA
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Royal Philips Electronics
• One of the largest global electronics
companies with sales of € 26,976
billion in 2006
• Founded in 1891
• Multinational workforce of 128,100
employees (October 2007)
• Active in the areas of Consumer
Lifestyle, Healthcare and Lighting
• Manufacturing sites in 28 countries,
sales outlets in 150 countries
• 2006 R&D expenditure of € 1.7 billion
Headquarters:
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
– 6.2 % of sales
– 13,000 R&D staff in 25+ countries
• 80,000 patents; inventor of CD
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“… firms that can
harness outside ideas to
advance their own
business
while leveraging
their internal ideas
outside their current
operations
will likely thrive in this
new era of open
innovation”
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From Closed to Open Innovation
from ….
to….
Spin-in of
Technology
External
suppliers
Philips
Research
Companies
Philips
Businesses
Institutes
Philips
Research
100%
Internal supply
Technology
spin-out
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Philips
Businesses
Joint
Ventures
with Philips
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Eindhoven
High Tech Campus Eindhoven
• World-class technology centre of
high tech companies working
together in development of new
technologies
•
•
•
•
•
910,000 m2
50 nationalities
40 companies and institutes
7,000-8,000 people by 2008
€ 500+ million invested by Philips
• Located in one of Europe’s most
innovative regions
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• Letter of Intent 3 Mayors of Innovation
2004
• Letter of Intent and Task Force NL – VL
2004
• Letter of Intent and Task Force NL – NRWF
2005
• ELAt programme in Interreg IIIB
2004 - 2008
– Joint innovation strategy
• CROSSWORKS project Regions of Knowledge FP6
2005 – 2009
– Transnational collaboration with Helsinki, Tallinn
• Euregional Open Innovation ecosystem
• Triple Helix of government – industry – academia
• European top technology region
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Today’s organisation for innovation: ecosystems
people
100,000,000
10,000,000
Innovation Ecosystems
1,000,000
100,000
10,000
Product Development Organizations
1,000
R&D Labs
100
10
1
60's
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70's
80's
90's
00's
Source: Prof. Marco Iansiti, Harvard Business School, 2003
10's
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Proximity matters in innovation
• Innovation is about networking
• Geographical proximity still matters
– Key for creative interaction and transfer of tacit knowledge to SMEs
– In spite of worldwide transfer of codified knowledge via ICT
• Regional dimension of innovation deserves proper policy attention
– New focus on Lisbon agenda in EU cohesion policy
– New “Regions of Knowledge” activities in FP6 and FP7
– New Dutch innovation programme “Pieken in de Delta”
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Knowledge triangle
Innovation
• Key for global competitiveness
• Core of EIT concept
• Corners are addressed by multiple programmes
– EU: FP, CIP, SF, ...
– National and regional programmes
Education
Research
• Corners have different spatial characteristics
– Innovation: regional, with national and international aspects
– Education: national, with regional and international aspects
– Research: international, with regional and national aspects
Essential requirements for FP, CIP and SF beyond 2013
• Efficient allocation of management responsibilities
• Mutual coherence, also with national and regional programmes
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Europe in 2030
?
Competitiveness-oriented scenario
• More R&D and innovation
• More economic growth
Cohesion-oriented scenario
• Better territorial balance
• Better environmental sustainability
Combine best of both in cohesion policy beyond 2013
1. Reinforce innovation clusters to develop leading-edge technologies
2. Stimulate R&D and innovation also through demand-side actions
- Innovative public procurement; governments as launching customers;
lead markets; aggregation of demand; internal market integration
3. Apply technologies throughout EU to address societal challenges,
mitigate negative agglomeration effects, ensure service availability
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Recommendations for R&D&I in future cohesion policy
1. Ensure policy coherence with other EU, national, regional programmes
– Within knowledge triangle, with corners having different spatial characteristics
2. Stimulate R&D&I through supply-side and demand-side actions
– For European competitiveness and cohesion
3. Promote common European goals rather than “closed” regional interests
– Via open programmes, cross-border/transnational/interregional collaboration
4. Avoid segregation of SMEs, large firms and research organisations
– As complementary actors in Open Innovation
5. Provide SMEs with innovation vouchers
– For knowledge, advice or services from public or private R&D labs
6. Involve business sector in strategic planning
– In Triple Helix approach
7. Make European Research Area multi-level Open Innovation ecosystem
– With EU institutional and legal complexity as particular challenge
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