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Diverse Europes: Urban and Regional Openings, Connections and Exclusions Armada Hotel, Istanbul

Diverse Europes: Urban and Regional Openings, Connections and Exclusions Armada Hotel, Istanbul. Karel Skokan, Jiri Blazek, Petr Rumpel, Pavla Zizalova, Petr Chladek VSB-Technical University of Ostrava Charles University in Prague University of Ostrava. Constructing Regional Advantage:

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Diverse Europes: Urban and Regional Openings, Connections and Exclusions Armada Hotel, Istanbul

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  1. Diverse Europes:Urban and Regional Openings, Connections and ExclusionsArmada Hotel, Istanbul Karel Skokan, Jiri Blazek, Petr Rumpel, Pavla Zizalova, Petr Chladek VSB-Technical University of Ostrava Charles University in Prague University of Ostrava Constructing Regional Advantage: Case study of knowledge bases in Czech Regions ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  2. Content of policies forConstructing Regional Advantage/B. Asheim et al./ • Knowledge creation and innovation are strongly shaped by specific knowledge base(s) • Proactive and trans-sectoral, platformoriented policies (transcending traditionalindustry specific policies): • Related variety (spillover effects) • Differentiated knowledge bases (synthetic,analytical and symbolic) • Distributed knowledge networks ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  3. Creating Regional Advantage: Towards State-of.the-Art Regional System Policies in Europe European research project which examines the main drivers of the competitiveness of regions Partners • Sweden • Finland • Norway • Netherlands • Germany • Austria • Czech Republic • Turkey ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  4. CRA - Creating Regional Advantage: Towards State-ofthe-Art Regional System Policies in Europe Czech Republic Participation in Case Studies • ICT Services in Moravia Silesia Region of the Czech Republic • Biotechnology in Prague Region • Mechanical Engineering in South Moravia Region ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  5. CRA Research in the Czech Republic Regions Moravia Silesia Prague South Moravia ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  6. Moravia Silesia Region • Former Old Industrial Region New developing industries • Engineering • Automotive • Information and Communication Technologies • Hydrogen • Environmental Technologies ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  7. ICT in Moravia Silesia ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  8. ICT Sector • ICT Manufacturing (NACE 30..,…) • ICT Wholesale (NACE 51..,…) • ICT Services (NACE 72..,…) ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  9. ICT Services in Moravia Silesia • New developing industry in MS • Main focus NACE 72 ICT Services • ICT Cluster established in 2006 • 45 firms in ICT cluster • However more than 200 firms located in the region • Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciencewith over 3000 students and 500 graduates annually ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  10. CRA - Regional Advantage Drivers Research results based on CRA theory and research in firms about • General Firm Information and their Knowledge Providers • Knowledge Exchange – Market and Technology Knowledge • Innovation Performance • Policy Initiatives ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  11. 1. Basic Characteristics of Firms ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  12. Main sectors of the firms ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  13. Employment Growth MNC ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  14. Main activities for achieving competitiveness • Tailor made product – services • Product development • Marketing • Standardized products – services • Design • Other activities ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  15. Main activities for achieving competitiveness ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  16. Main activities for achieving competitiveness Production of tailor made services ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  17. Educational level of employees Higher than Bachelor’s degree ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  18. Educational Background of Employees Engineering background ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  19. Importance of knowledge sources INSIDE OUTSIDE ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  20. Recruitment of higly skilled employees Technical universities and the same sector ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  21. 2. Knowledge Exchange A. Market Knowledge concerning new developments, market trends, market development, etc. ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  22. Market KnowledgeType of contact organisations Customer – most important ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  23. Market KnowledgeLocation of contact organisations Mainly in the region ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  24. Market KnowledgeSector of contact organizations ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  25. Knowledge Exchange B. Technological Knowledge required as input in production, new product/process development, and technological improvements ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  26. Technological KnowledgeType of contact organisation ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  27. Technological KnowledgeLocation of contact organisations ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  28. Technological KnowledgeSector of contact organisations ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  29. Market and Technological Knowledge ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  30. TOP 10 OF THE MOST FREQUENT CONTACT ORGANIZATIONS ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  31. 3. Innovation Performance Which type of product attributes to firm performance? New products ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  32. Introduction of new product ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  33. Employees in R&D Mostly YES ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  34. 4. Policy initiatives in Moravia Silesia Initiatives for Innovation • EU structural funds programmes (national) • MIT Programmes for entrepreneurs (national) • Programmes for employment policy (national) • Regional ICT cluster initiative (regional) • MS Regional programmes ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  35. EU structural funds programmes Majority only heard of ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  36. MIT Programmes for entrepreneurs(Ministry for Industry and Trade) Majority only heard of ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  37. Programmes for employment policy (national) Majority did not heard of ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  38. Regional ICT Cluster Majority used – are members ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  39. MS Regional Programmes Majority did not heard of ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  40. Why the firms do not received support of any initiatives? No selected reason or Lack of time for preparation ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  41. What support for firms? ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  42. Conclusions Preliminary resarch results: • ICT Services have growth potential in Moravia Silesia • Promising partners for IT firms • IT cluster • Technical Universityof Ostrava • Educational level high – above Bc. Degree • Recruitment of employees mostly from regional university or the same regional industry • Own R&D in majority of firms ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  43. Conclusions • The level of networking still not very high • Cooperation networks still not firmly established in the region • Market knowledge from customers in the region • Technological knowledge from suppliers outside the region /MNC/ • National policy initiatives not used much • Own way to development ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

  44. Thank you for attention Karel Skokan VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava Faculty of Economics Czech Republic karel.skokan@vsb.cz ICT Services in Moravia Silesia

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