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Systems of Innovation and Policies Economics and Policy of Innovation DEAMS, 8-5-2017 Claudio Cozza AREA Science Park, Trieste. The system in a picture. Various breakdowns. National System of Innovation Regional System of Innovation Sectoral System of Innovation.
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Systems of Innovationand PoliciesEconomics and Policy of InnovationDEAMS, 8-5-2017Claudio CozzaAREA Science Park, Trieste
Various breakdowns • National System of Innovation • Regional System of Innovation • Sectoral System of Innovation
The organisations / main actors • Firms; • Education system (Universitites); • Public Research Organisations (PROs); • Financial institutions; • Political institutions. (Institutions can be meant both as “actors” or as “sets of institutional rules”).
A first definition (Freeman, 1987) A national system of innovation (NSI) is a “network of institutionsin the public and private sectors whose activities and interactions initiate, import and diffuse new technologies”. As a consequence, they influence the direction of a society technological change. Two elements: actors and their interactions.
1st type of interaction:vertical = clients/suppliers Type of relations: more stable, based on trust less uncertainty lower transaction costs codes, common languages tacit knowledge
2nd type of interaction:horizontal = competitors Type of relations: technological cooperation networks of firms uncertainty, due to the persistence of competition spatial concentration
Education system and Scientific Research Investments (mainly by Universities and PROs) in: • Human Resources • Cultural improvement of society • Development of techno-scientific competences • Exchange of knowledge and personnel • Basic and Applied Research • Diffusion of results • Collaboration projects
Role of government andtechnological policies • Policies aimed at creating and developing specific technologies: • R&D funded by the government; • Policies protecting newly-born industries • Policies for the reinforcement of competition • Policies for IPR protection
Role of government andtechnological policies (2) • Policies aimed at: • The development of technological infrastructures (including telecommunications, transport, buildings etc.) • The development of formal organisations and networks supporting innovation: • Generic (chambers of commerce, industrial associations, etc.) • Specific (Technological Industrial Districts, Scientific Parks, Technological Poles, etc.)
The EU Innovation Policy Lisbon Strategy EU2020 targets • 2000 − The European Council launched the Lisbon Strategy, aimed at transforming the EU by 2010 into ‘the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion’ • 2002 − In Barcelona, a further aim was added, namely to spend by 2010 at least 3 % of GDP on research, of which two thirds should be financed by the business sector • 2010 – Launch of the Europe 2020 Strategy. Different targets with different thresholds by country (Italy: 1.53% by 2020)
Have Lisbon Strategy targets been achieved?
The Italian NSIMain EC data source:RIO (Research and Innovation Observatory)https://rio.jrc.ec.europa.eu/en
Low R&D expenditures Estimation for Italy in 2015: 1.33%
Distribution of R&D expenditures Universities Public sector Business
Increasing distribution of R&D expenditures across Italian regions... North-Western Italy
Italian R&I:recent policy initiatives • The revision of ASN • The new research system assessment • The innovative start-up laws (2012 and 2015) • The tax credit reform • The patent box • The doctoral reform • Launch of the National Research Plan (PONREC 2014-2020)
Italian policymakers for R&I • MIUR for research and MISE for innovation are the main players for the national R&I funding mix. • Also other ministries are involved • The Digital Italy Agency (AgID), has the responsibility to fund R&D in ICT. • EU structural funds and FP funding are relevant but not yet at a comparable degree to the central budget. • In Italy institutional funding continues to play a major role. • Regions do not invest large amount of resources in R&D, their involvement usually happens into the framework of the PONREC.
R&D EXPENDITURES AND GDP GROWTH (average 2000-2013) R&D Expenditures (% on GDP) GDP Growth rate (%)
R&D EXPENDITURES IN THE REGION Year and source: 2014, Eurostat; *BiH: Agency for Statistics, 2012; *Albania: UNESCO and national sources
R&D HUMAN CAPITAL IN THE REGION Sources: R&D Personnel: Eurostat, 2013 data (2011 for Montenegro and Serbia); Albania: UNESCO and national sources PHD Graduates: Eurostat, 2013 data (Albania, INSTAT 2013)