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Trans-National ClusterPANEL + София
Barcelona, Dublin, Milan, Munich
Associated Region
WEST-EAST
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Munich-Bavaria
• Oktoberfest - Beer• FC Bayern
• Bavaria– Alps -mountains /
lakes– castles
• Laptop and Lederhosn
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Munich Region-Economy
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Region of Munich Start-up Support
Networking events, meetings,...
Competition many and strong actors Research ca. 10 (inter-) national institutions
Industry mix of big companies, high-tech SMEs, services and skilled crafts
VC the capital of VC in Germanycapital city
Bavaria: Offensive Zukunft / High-Tech Offensive: investment in innovation support, 5-10 a, about 4000 Million of Euro
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GründerRegio M
• about 30 members– universities, business,
finance, region, start-up supporters
• projects– hochsprung, effekt!, PANEL
• focus: start- ups / spin-offs
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PAXIS Pilot Action of Excellence on Innovative Start-Ups - by EC
22 regions -
5 networks
• Accompg. Measures • conferences• SUN-SUP-network• newsletter, www• polit. recommendation
• EDE
• 6 projects (NAC)
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PANEL II
• Benchmarking – Universities/Entrepreneurship– Seed / Early Stage Financing– Incubators/Technology parks– Motivation to Entrepreneurship
• Concepts– Euro - Entrepreneur– Guide Map: Foreign Investors
Providing Access and Networking for Entrepreneurial Links
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PANEL-PAXISBenchmarking
• Munich Business Plan Competition
the problem of large numbers, example Munich ...
• 1996 - 2002: 2791 jobs created
• 327 companies, 87 % survived to date
• annual budget (via sponsors)
• estimate: 0.5- 0.75 Mio Euro, 4 people
• investments: 280 Mio. Euro first round: 86 % VC, 10 % publ., 3 % BA, ...
• MBPW collects best output of many measures
• need of input from expert opinions
• criteria ? e.g. in line with regional policies, effectivity, ...
Caveats:
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PANEL II
• Benchmarking Procedure– Higher Education and Entrepreneurship
Providing Access and Networking for Entrepreneurial Links
• Expert questionnaire on suggestions / selection of 10-20 best practices in a region
• categorization: stages, a successful entrepreneur goes through
• expert interviews: with user, manager and sponsor of each measure
• ranking scale: effectivity of the measure: output to input (expert opinion based)
• do ranking of measures within each region within category
• idea: pick the three most successful in each category and rank them on
European level in “benchmarking session”:
• presentation of the measures
• each expert from region casts vote on a fixed scale
• average votes on measure gives ranking of measure on European level
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0,1-1 Mio. Inh 5-10 Mio. Inh 10-100 Mio. Inh
Subject specific
Beyond subject
Local Cluster
Regional Cluster
Federal Cluster
local competence
techn. and sectorial competence
Martinsried Erlangen
Augsburg
Formation of Clusters
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Extend. PANEL Cluster
Around 10 - 15 Mio. people 2 flight hours
• Barcelona: 3.6 Mio (1.5)
• Dublin 1.5 Mio (1.0)
• Milan 3.7 Mio (1.3)
• Munich 2.5 Mio (1.2)
• Sofia 2.7 Mio (1.1)
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Bulgaria and Bavaria
• 8 Mio. people
• 110 000 sq km
• Danube River
• 12 Mio. people
• 70 sq km
• Danube River
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Sofia because...
• Slavic centre of political stability
• high percentage of univ. grads
• strong values in natural sciences
• “High-Tech-Tage” Sofia 05-06/’03
• German Faculty at TU Sofia
• 2500 Bulgarian students in Bavaria
• Lindner AG: Business Park Sofia
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W. v. Humboldt (1810)
Bulgaria
J. Schumpeter (1939)
Education Research
Entrepreneurship
• Trend to Knowledge / Information-based Society
• Innovation Needs and Less Time to Market
University Model
Culture
Mobility
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PANEL+Sofia
GDP p. inhabitant in EUR
19 600 36 000
64 000 6000 27 000
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Spin-offs from Public Research
Start-ups Germany “2000” from 80 Mio. people
ZEW Mannheim 12.2002
Sectors: 10 % high-tech prod. 45 % techn. service 45 % knowl.int. service
Start-ups in all sectors255.000
Start-ups in research and knowledge intensive sectors others25% 75%
Start-ups through univ. graduates non-acad. Start-ups37700 60% 26700 40 %
Spin-off based on new knowledge/technolog. other acad. Spin-off6800 18% 30900 82%
Exploiting Spin-offs Competence Spin-offsStart-ups w Transfer Effect Start-ups no Trans.E.with R&D w/o R&D2600 38% 4200 62 % 25% 75% 4700 18 % 22000 18%
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Suggestion
You Get
• European links + Bavaria
• platform of meetings, events...
• exchange of “tacit knowledge
• transfer of best practice
• “smart investments”
• common projects
Sofia : Associated Region to PANEL
You Bring
• Political support of
region/country
• high motivation and open-mindedness
• power to convince
• knowledge/labor force
• some money
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PANEL + София
Europe grows together!