1. Economics of innovation centers
Conditions for designing social infrastructure
Centre for strategic research “North-West”, Sanatov Dmitry
Workshop “Skolkovo public spaces and innovation process”
Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO, May 18-20, 2012

2. 1
The strategic goal of the creation of the
innovation centers – to develop high-tech
activity in the country
Main questions: (1) what will be a source of knowledge and technology competences,
(2) where is consumption market?
Unpacking and development Strong university
of own / national intellectual
assets Knowledge-making (science institutes)
MODEL 1
Recruitment of the companies-customers
The search for But if you have library of science knowledge…
knowledge source and …and possibility of new knowledge
reproduction
competencies, which
can become the driver
of growth
Recruitment of the Recruitment of talents
external intellectual
capital Recruitment of start-up’s
MODEL 2
Recruitment of completed innovation businesses
But if you have great scale of your market
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3. …enter into number of leading Knowledge Economy Regions?
Axis f competitiveness
Source : Vacature – M.Hinoul
LRD, Vlerick Business School
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4. …or to become the centre of market?
Markets of R&D
World Bank
World Bank
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5. Unique knowledge… or… Specialized development
European centers China
- to develop unique knowledge - Investments to infrastructure
Specialization on technology transfer, but in geographical
Specialization on aspect
technology E-Town in Beijing: plan - 1 thousand square km, with a total
transfer: from the area of Beijing in 16 km
source of Bio-pharmaceutical park
knowledge to the
consumer of
products
Пример IMEC (Бельгия)
Emphasis on
unique
technologies http://www.bdainvest.com
The largest in Northern China
exchange of patents with a
focus on research and
development in the oil and gas
industry (Daqing, China)
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Пример Holst Centre (Нидерланды)

6. 2
Morphologically similar strategy lead to
different types of solutions
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Fundamental science Pre-incbation Incubation Acceleration Scaling
university & communities business-incubation accelerator Industrial parks
science institutes
Saclay
Philip Yo (Singapore): “We have no time and money
for the study of neutrino. We are not in a position to
engage in fundamental science” (Expert RA)
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7. Priorities in different models of innovation centers
Primary tools Secondary tools
• Special education programs • Completing finish parts of
MODEL 1 (agglomerating of universities, new commercialization chain (industrial
Innocentre – school, etc.) infrastructure but under condition of
source of new • Strong links with fundamental robotics and “smartization”, network
ideas and science construction)
knoweledges • Professional communities
• Public spaces
• Urban identity
MODEL 2 • Infrastructure development • Completing of commercialization
Innocentre – • Standards of urban environment , chain (up to generation of new
entrance to housing policy and strong ideas)
market architectural concept • Public spaces
• Catching talents and ideas
throughout the world
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8. Model 1
Example 1.1. Space for spin-offs
Innovation centre as a way of
commercialization of excessive
competences (Philips and
Eindhoven High Tech Campus)
•Strong business model
•Social services only formatted and
only in STRIP (plus stadium outside
campus)
•Spin-offs – priority
•Start-ups – only for ecosystem
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9. Model 1
Example 1.2. Living lab
Specialized public
spaces as a new
management tool in
innovation policy
3”I”: instruments, interiors,
interactions (Oasis, Finland)
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10. But the generation of knowledge also could be copied…
Карта инновационных зон Китая
Agenda – how to replicate of knowledge generation
process (main risk for Model 1)
Карта LivingLab в мире
? China Torch Program
openlivinglab.eu
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11. Model 2
TYPE 1 TYPE 2 TYPE 3
Incubation Acceleration Scaling
Incubation and spin-off process. Acceleration and engineering. Industrial orientation and adaptive
Main element – incubator. Main element – special business real R&D.
Function – support for small estate, including labs, clean rooms, etc. Main element – industrial park (or
innovation business. Function – accumulation and modular consortium).
Key condition – permanent links with commercialization ready technologies. Function – realize ideas, product
source of knowledge (science Key condition - infrastructure manufacturing (innovations mainly in
institutes, R&D centers, labs, etc). readiness, legislative support and processing).
Priority location – center of big city. restrictions. Key condition - enabling infrastructure
Example: Harbin innovation zone (part Priority location: suburban territory. and tax conditions.
of Harbin economic zone) , which Example: Daqing economic zone with Priority location: outside city, 1-2hours
includes 3 b-incubators. specialization in oil technologies. connection to centre of big city.
Example: E-Town in Beijing.
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12. 3
Engineering of social policy depends on
economic model
Only basic set of social services is standard.
MODEL 1 MODEL 2
Basic social services
Tendency to lean on the infrastructure of the existing system of Tendency to autonomous social systems.
nearest settlement.
Only a few services are autonomous (kindergarten, regular sport,
public nutrition, stomatology)
Housing policy
It is not a priority question. Need only for supporting activity during Forwarding specific of housing policy (investments to houses before
night and week-end time. new residents)
Public spaces and event policy
High openness and high availability of public spaces. High role of demonstrative decisions
Controlled activity on the basis of public spaces (clubs on interests, The high efficiency of one-time meetings
communities of practice, VNO, CNO, and integrated commands). Orientation on the magnitude of the events
Discussion culture and special infrastructure. Managed research process
Conditions that stimulate random innovations (serendipity).
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13. Social policy principles
• Principles for communication (professional societies, open innovation, etc.)
• Principles that ensure effectiveness of specialists work (kindergartens and schools for
children, the availability of sports and other services)
• Principles that ensure social stability (crosscultural communications, security, etc)
• Principles that provide orientation on innovation (promotion of innovative activities and
innovative labour market organization, the promotion of innovative solutions in design,
construction and operation of social facilities, etc.)
• Principles that ensure SKOLKOVO interactions with the surrounding territories
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14. …transfer of technologies and talents must be accompanied by
import of urban environment and models of communication
Итальянский квартал в Тяньцзинь
3 main social policy directions in Tjanjin,
which are oriented to attract innovators form
other countries:
3.Affordable housing
4.Familiar conditions of life
5.Special events (forums, briefings
companies, discussions)
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