NIKOS

INNOVATION, VALORISATION AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

SUCCESFUL COOPERATION INUNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY NETWORKS

Aard J. Groen 1

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Who am I University of Twente NIKOS and school for management& governance Our research center

Outline of presentation

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director NIKOS since 2001

Leader research group lnnovation & Entrepreneurship @ IGS Institute for Innovation

and Governance Studies, University of Twente

Associate editor Technovation Journal for technology entrepreneurship and

innovation management. (Impact factor 2.995, 2010)

Project leader Venture Lab Twente

Activity lead Entrepreneurship support system EIT-ICT-Labs

CvI: Innovation compentency development in manufacturing firms

Working together with Russian universities since 1999 (Mephi) and more recent with

HSE

Prof. Dr. Aard J. GroenProfessor of Innovative Entrepreneurship & ValorisationUniversity of Twente & University of Groningen

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AmsterdamEnschede

LOCATION OF UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE & GRONINGEN

Groningen

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Twente shifts from Textile industry to high tech industry

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Healthcare@UT and RuG/UMCG

MESA+

MIRA

embeddedsystems

CTIT

regenerative- medicine

nano-medicine

IGS-NIKOS

behavioral research; users, communication, learning

!Mechanics,processes,and control

IGS

business development & technology dynamics

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UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE

Founded in 1961 as the youngest of 3 Dutch Technical Universities

Both technical and social sciences Compensation for loss of textile industry in the Twente region Entrepreneurial university:

700+ spin-off companies >7000 jobs created

January, 2011

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An aerial overview

University of Twente Campus

Business & Science park

NIKOSPublic-private-partnership: building an interaction place for industry and universitya.o. Siemens medical imaging, Boeing-ten Cate,

NIKOSNIKOSSPINOZA PRIZE 2009, Prof. Dr. Ir. Albert van der Berg (Lab on Chip)

High Tech, Human Touch April 21, 2010

Professor Albert van den Berg of the University of Twente received the Spinoza Price 2009 for his key breakthroughs in the understanding and manipulation of micro and nano channels, and the application of his knowledge to areas such as new medical equipment. This prize (‘Dutch Nobel Prize’) presented by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) is the most prestigious Dutch award in science and is presented annually to scientists for pioneering research. Van den Berg heads the BIOS Lab-on-a-chip group, part of the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Twente

Spin offs a.o.:

- Micronit: lab on chip production technology

- Medimate: Lab on chip lithium sensor

- Medspray: nano-nozzles for medicine

- Solmate piezo electro 3 D chip design &

production

NIKOSChallenges high-tech high-growth

• Potential high-tech for prosperity and well-being • Unique value propositions

• Use university potential• Quality and qualtity of labour market• Realizing personal ambitions technical

entrepreneurs• Lack of business competencies• Overcoming thresholds & hindrances• Bridging the “Valley of death”

Importance High-tech high-growth

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Research (SRO Innovation Entrepreneurship in IGS)

•Entrepreneurship in Networks/ent.heuristics•Entrepreneurial University-Industry

Interaction•Market oriented business development•Entrepreneurship & business development

in International Perspective •Bio-medical Entrepreneurship•Organizing for Innovation &

Entrepreneurship•Corporate Entrepreurship

Business Development •TOP (25 years, n=450

entrepreneurs)•NENSI (incubator network)•KEB (7 years, >300 firms supported)•Venture Lab Twente (may 2009- •Bepart (Baltic network)•Mephi (Moscow University)•Global starts•International business development

Teaching

•Bachelor programs courses•Minor Entrepreneurship, international management•Technology Venturing and Innovation at Venture Lab

Twente •Msc Business administration:

- Innovation & Entrepreneurship- International Management

•Master Innovation & Entrepreneurship ECIU with Aalborg University; TU Berlin•PhD training in Twente Graduate School

Training & consultancy •Market orientation HTSF•KVGO/VNO-NCW•Manufacturing Industry

Networks•Rabo•International consultancy

Activitities in NIKOS: Netherlands Institute for Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship

Research

Trainingand

Consultancy

BusinessDevelopment

SupportTeaching

Entrepreneurship in

networks

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Innovation & Entrepreneurship @ IGSFrom Technology & Talent to Business in International Networks

Entrepreneurship&

Business development

organizingInnovation

International business

Information

Technology

Health

Manufacturing

Industry

Sustainability

Knowledge

systems (H

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Public sectorService industry

New materials

Smart systems

Human resources

Construction

industry

Empirical fields

Technology

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Competencies for Innovation: (Pieken in de Delta) to develop instruments for improvement of innovation competencies of manufacturing industry, three PhD’s from HRM, Organizating Innovation & Entrepreneurship

VentureLab Twente: (Region, Province, EFRO, UT, Saxion) developing instruments to stimulate High tech High growth companiesseveral PhD’s on Entrepreneurial heuristics, Social media, University-Industry Interaction, Clean tech development.

Global Entrepreneurship: (3 TU professorship) Multi country study on development of solar energy technology based companies

Systemic Innovation in Health Care: Role of Entrepreneurs: (i.c. PwC)

Valuation of R&D: Black-Scholes versus Gauchy distribution based modelling (Casault, Linton, Groen)

Innovation & Entrepreneurship @ NIKOS: Examples of current projects

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VentureLab International

Basic and advanced offerings

Program accessible for every admitted enterpreneur/team on technology venturing

Specific program focus on technology-application areas:e.g. ICT, NANO, MEDICAL, ENERGY

Intensive strategic coaching, access to finance, synergy groupsSelective admittance based on assessment

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VentureLab International… a partner in creating value

... for ambitious people & teams going for fast growthCorporate Venturing Business AccelerationNew Business CreationSoftlanding

... using high tech with an international focus

… a flexible support program tailored to company needs

VLI Concept

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EIT-KIC ICT LabsVision: University-Industry Networks basis for Innovation

Complete and complementary world-class innovation nodes

Berlin

Associate clusters in Budapest, London, TrentoSystematic build-up of ICT Labs beyond the initial nodes

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StockholmEindhoven Helsinki

Each node features at least: One strong research institute One major university One European-based multinational company

Active regional network of SME Full national and regional support

+ Academic and industrial clusters

Paris

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Main goal:To describe, explain developments, design managerial tools, and stimulate international collaboration in university-industry and industry-industry international networks

In 2013 to start in context Russia-Netherlands (NW-EU)

Russian-Dutch Center for Innovative International Business Development

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