SMART SPECIALISATION STRATEGIES FOR INNOVATION -DRIVEN GROWTH Case studies - Group 4

1. SMART SPECIALISATION STRATEGIES FOR INNOVATION-DRIVEN GROWTHCase studies - Group 4 By Dr. Raquel Ortega-Argilés University of Groningen Second Workshop, 10-11 May 2012, OECD-Paris

2. Composition of Group 4 • KOREA – GwangjuPhotonicsCluster • SPAIN – AndalusianAerospaceCluster • TURKEY – East MarmaraAutomotiveCluster • UK – The UK AutomotiveIndustry VERTICAL CASES Second Workshop, 10-11 May 2012, OECD-Paris

3. Understandtheprocess of industrytransformation Ex–ante needs • Positioningtheindustry at the global level – whatothers are doing? What are wegood at? What can we try to do? • Identification, detection, assessment of new technologies –cross-technologydomains • Identification of marketpotential and financialneeds Monitoring-Evaluation • Identificationof successes and failures: companies, application of policiesmeasures, etc. Ex-post support • Creationof spillovers and absorptionof thereturns of theinvestmentsdone byprosperity, ec. growth. Second Workshop, 10-11 May 2012, OECD-Paris

4. Pointsto be included Let’sStart! • WHERE?? Characteristics of theregionwheretheindustryislocated?? Myenvironment! Local inputs! • WHAT??Positioning of theindustry at global level: what can weachieve? What can webringtotheindustry? • FOR WHOM??Characteristics of themarket, currentneeds, potentialneeds, expectedchanges of themarketthat can affect me Second Workshop, 10-11 May 2012, OECD-Paris

5. HOW?? • What others do? Starting process of discovery – looking global competition (what is the future), university work (what are we doing at basic research level), by multinational presence (what multinationals may need locally), potential complementarities with other industries?? • Whatwehave, whatweneed? Infrastructures, human capital, funding, training, re-branding?? • Howmanywe are (criticalmass)? Complementaritieswithothersectors? • Cooperate? With whom (public-private partnerships); (other companies from sub-sectors); (business schools)? Where (locally, internationally)? Second Workshop, 10-11 May 2012, OECD-Paris

6. Let’s LISTEN! PUBLIC CONSULTATION Stakeholders difficulties experienced in the IMPLEMENTATION, DEVELOPMENT and COMMERCIALISATION of specialisation evolutionary processes/patterns Stakeholdersconsideration of policysupportmeasuresneeded: Role of pre-commercialprocurement ?? Thereis a need of transversal policies (human capital and talent??) What can weachieve? Second Workshop, 10-11 May 2012, OECD-Paris

7. Are wedoing ok?? MONITORING Can we show successes and failures? • How I am goingtoevaluatethatcertainactivitieshavebeen a success? • Howtoevaluatepilotactivities, short-termresults and long-termresults • At intermediarylevel (technopol, university, etc.) • At firmlevel (scoreboard, surveystocheck: growth, profits, employment, spin-offs, exports, internationalisationprocesses) • At regional ornationallevel (employment, prosperity, productivity, etc.) Do wehavetochangesomething? Second Workshop, 10-11 May 2012, OECD-Paris

8. INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERSGwangjuPhotonicsCluster • National Plan as a result of aneconomic crisis • Howistheinteractionbetweentheintermediaries and players in thecluster? • How has been done themonitoringprocess of thecluster ? Second Workshop, 10-11 May 2012, OECD-Paris

9. INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERSEast MarmaraAutomotiveCluster • Strenghting R&D and innovation competences through the supply chain: Howtheywill be assessed?? • Increase the R&D capacity, innovation, design and brand building, How? Which are themechanismsthathavebeenappliedtosupportthe sector?? Whichkind of infrastructures? • Whichwerethemainconclusionsextractedfromthepublicconsultation? Second Workshop, 10-11 May 2012, OECD-Paris

10. SECTORS/INDUSTRIESAndalusianAerospace Sector • Whichisthe role of themainplayers in thecluster? • Howthe inter-provincial processhavebeen set? Second Workshop, 10-11 May 2012, OECD-Paris

11. SECTORS/INDUSTRIESThe UK AutomotiveIndustry • National Plan – tohelpthe sector in thetransitionintolow-carbonvehicles • Additionalexplanationneeded: • In thegoal of competitiveness (howthegovernmentincreasedthecompetition in thedevelopment of thesupplychainforthesevehicles)??? • Howtheycreatethe viable environmenttosupportadoption??? Second Workshop, 10-11 May 2012, OECD-Paris

12. Todevelopfurther • Failings in governmentsupport?? • Measurestoovercomethelack of coordination • “intelligent fiscal incentives” focusedonthedesiredoutcomes?? • Establishedcollaborations? • Fewacronymshaveto be check – TSB? • Consequences of theabolition of the regional agencies fortheindustry?? Second Workshop, 10-11 May 2012, OECD-Paris