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The Swedish Experience
Brics-workshop
Aalborg 13th Feb 2006
Dr Per Eriksson,
Director General VINNOVA
Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems
Knowledge Based Economy and
Global Competitiveness
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The economy is becoming more and more knowledge
based and global
The European Union has set the goal to become the
world's most dynamic knowledge based economy
This makes R&D very important, but R&D has to be
strongly linked to business need, need-driven R&D
Socially sustainable growth is very important in Sweden
R&D expenditure in relation to GDP 2001
Ireland
New Zealand
Norway
Canada (2002)
Universities & colleges
Government organisations
United Kingdom
Business sector
Netherlands
Belgium
France (2002)
Denmark
Germany (2002)
Switzerland
United States (2003)
Korea
Japan
Finland
Sweden
Israel (2002)
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0,5%
1,0%
1,5%
2,0%
2,5%
3,0%
3,5%
4,0%
4,5%
5,0%
Per cent of GDP
Source: OECD MSTI, 2004
Governmental Funding Agencies
Research Council
Science driven research
VINNOVA Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems
Need-driven research and development
Nutek
Regional development
Research and Innovation
Research:
Money transformation to
Knowledge & Competence
Innovation: Knowledge & Competence
transformation to Money
Developing innovation system is to make above efficient, i.e. to make
investment in R&D profitable. Identify bottlenecks and possibilities.
Innovation system
An innovation system is the network and
interplay of public and private institutions
in which production, distribution and use of
new knowledge and technology take place.
Most innovations from interplay, up to 9 of 10!
Innovation System perspectives
National
Sector
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Sector
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Sector
III
Region A
Region B
Region C
Triple Helix
Government
Public sector
Business
University
Depending Actor Groups
Knowledge based economy
From PPP, Public Private Partnership,
To Public Private Univ. Partnership,
i.e. Triple Helix
Different University Culture and History
Humboldt university (“old European way”)
Priests, Teachers, Lawyers, Civil Servants
Entrepreneurial university (“American way”)
Engineers, Agricultural, Medicine
Swedish National Innovation System Characteristics:
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The economy strongly internationally linked
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The big international companies dominates the R&D-system
SME invest very little in R&D
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Universities dominates the public R&D-system and they have a
third task, to cooperate with companies and society
Small sector of Research-institutes
Government invests very little R&D-money in companies
outside the military sector
Innovations
- Process Innovations
Often big companies and no new jobs
- Product and Service Innovation
Often SME and new jobs
Mission for VINNOVA
Promote sustainable growth
by financing need-driven R&D and
developing innovation systems
VINNOVA’s challenge
Long-term economic growth in Sweden is not
strong, despite large investments in R&D
Increasing returns on Swedish R&D investments is
one of VINNOVA’s challenges
Matching money from companies, co-operative
research, need-driven R&D
A new SBIR-like program is needed and introduced
From S&T push to more market driven R&D
Sectorial Research & Innovation System
Programs, matching money from companies
Information & Communication Technology
Biotech, Life science
Manufacturing and Materials
Transport system, Automotive
Working Life Science
Triple Helix Composed Decision Boards
National Research & Innovation System
Programs
Center of Excellence in Research & Innovation
Co-financed: VINNOVA – Industry – University
SBIR, Small Business Innovation Research
Incubators & seed financing, start-ups
Universities in Innovation Systems, Key Actors pr.
Programs for Regional Research &
Innovation Systems
VINNVÄXT (WIN Growth) a new program
Competitive Regions (by letting the regions compete)
Cooperative, Triple Helix and regional based, R&D
The Swedish Experience
Brics-workshop
Aalborg 13th Feb 2006
Per Eriksson,
Director General VINNOVA
Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems
Karlskrona
Karlskrona
The Fundament of Growth
Children, eldery people etc
Local
private
services
Local
public
services
Work places
with a
market
outside of
the region
Infrastructure
Efficient innovation systems
Sustainable growth requires interaction between business,
research, and policy/the public sector – Triple Helix.
Entrepreneurs moves between these actor groups
The interactions result in new products, services,
and processes.
Interaction between
• Business
• Research
• Policy/Public Sector
Triple Helix
Government
Public sector
Business
University
Depending Actor Groups
Knowledge based economy
From PPP, Public Private Partnership,
To Public Private Univ. Partnership,
i.e. Triple Helix
The Swedish Experience
Brics-workshop
Aalborg 13th Feb 2006
Per Eriksson,
Director General VINNOVA
Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems