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Sylvia Schwaag Serger sylvia.schwaag-serger@iked

Enabling local services for SME development - linking local services to national programmes IKED/INSME International Roundtable, February 26, 2004. Sylvia Schwaag Serger sylvia.schwaag-serger@iked.org. What should be done locally, regionally, nationally, internationally and why?

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Sylvia Schwaag Serger sylvia.schwaag-serger@iked

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  1. Enabling local services for SME development -linking local services to national programmesIKED/INSME International Roundtable, February 26, 2004 Sylvia Schwaag Serger sylvia.schwaag-serger@iked.org

  2. What should be done locally, regionally, nationally, internationally and why? Local services / policies vs. more centralized initiatives / policies Importance of linking different policy levels SME Development - levels of policymaking

  3. Local level Advantages Proximity (’being in the field’) Fewer levels of bureacracy (efficient utilization of resources) Ability to adjust quickly to changes in local circumstances Disadvantages/shortcomings Danger of lock-in, path dependency, vested interests (’not seeing the greater picture’) Acting within a ’set framework’ National / intl. level Advantages Policy coordination, (’seeing the greater picture’) (optimal allocation of resources) Ability to affect framework conditions Policy learning and exchange Policy evaluation Disadvantages/shortcomings Bureaucracy, red tape, ’heavy-handed policy’ Long response times

  4. Overall objective (national innovation system perspective): to strengthen Sweden’s position as internationally leading innovation country and to promote commercialization of research-based business ideas Programme objective and means: instruments for strengthening existing Swedish incubators and Swedish incubator system Current phase: pilot program 2003/04 14 projects selected based on ability/willingness to provide business value-added to research startups Aim is to stimulate pluralism and competition in Swedish incubator system Matching funding from participating regions/incubators Further information: jan.nylander@vinnova.se Linking local services to national policies in practice: Sweden’s National Incubator Programme

  5. Local level Strengthening local innovative environment/capacity through supporting incubator Promoting local networks within which incubators act National level Strengthening national innovative capacity by promoting commercialization of R&D Selection process Capacity-building / training for incubator managers Evaluation Policy exchange Linking local services to national policies in practice: Sweden’s National Incubator Programme, contd.

  6. Linking policy levels: Strengthening regional linkages and networks (Öresund region) Comparing and assessing national policies (Baltic Programme) Regional competence development project IKED’s activities in SME development...

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