Iniciativa Internacional Cambridge- CONACYT: Academia, transferencia de tecnología y capital humano tecnoemprendedor 7 Enero 2010 2º Foro de Innovación para la Competitividad en México: Transformando la economía mexicana en una economía de innovación y conocimiento. Dr Jose Bernardo Rosas Fernandez William Gates Building 15 JJ Thomson Avenue University of Cambridge [email protected]
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Iniciativa Internacional Cambridge-CONACYT: Academia, transferencia de tecnología y capital
humano tecnoemprendedor
7 Enero 20102º Foro de Innovación para la Competitividad en México: Transformando la economía mexicana
en una economía de innovación y conocimiento.
Dr Jose Bernardo Rosas FernandezWilliam Gates Building15 JJ Thomson Avenue
• The University with the largest number of Nobel prizes in the world: 81 since 1904
16861209
Origin of the University
present
81 Nobel Prizes
University of Cambridge Research Funding
HEFCE Funding£99.9m
32%
UK & Foreign Government£15m
5%
Charities£64.6m
21%
Industry£23.2m
7%
UK Research Councils£94.4m
30%
Others£15.6m
5%
University Research Funding 2006/07Total Funding £312.7m
Emergence of a technopole• http://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/ctm/teg/documents/CambridgeTechnopole2008_000.pdf
Constructive chaos
Collaboration
Community
Soft infrastructure
• Legal and regulatory of the University
• Intellectual Prop. policy• Human Resources policy
• Tech transfer; consulting contracts; Contracts with companies; licencing
• Education and training• Student societies
• Networks• MIT-Camb Institute• Cambridgenetwork• Business Angel groups
Saraswati Lakshmi
All through time and cultures – the pursuit of intellect has been held separately from the pursuit of wealth
Reconcile valuesAt ease with differences and similaritiesAcademic excellence is at the heart...Managed through being open and transparentBenefits of networks - Relational and structural social capitalTrust, friendshipsWanting to be part of this “club”Role model effects
• Grants – proof of concept funding• Access to venture capital• Incubation spaces• Science parks and industrial spaces
Build an ecosystem
• Trust and openness• Feel good, positive, open minds• Easier to learn• Risk tolerance – defining this – push your boundaries• Skills, behaviours, emotions• Networks
Critical Mass of International Companies
• Companies understand that to maintain competitiveness they must be increasingly innovative and interdisciplinary
• Relying solely on internal resources for new product development can be a recipe for disaster
• Philips, Intel, Xerox have pioneered a new Open Innovation approach based on inflows and outflows of knowledge to and from external organisations. This is becoming widespread
• The level of scientific and technical know-how floating around Cambridge has attracted large corporations from all over the world
• Several corporate R&D centres have been created
• Cambridge as become an Open Innovation hub
Cambridge High-Tech Cluster
• ~900 high tech firms within 50miles of town centre
Hermann HauserMike MullerTudor BrownJamie Urquhart
Dick Newell, Tom Sancha
Stan BolandSimon Knowles
Icera
Laser-ScanR. O. Frisch
M-SpatialAdrian CuthbertJon Billing
Large private capital investment in 2000-2006
• The entrepreneurial spirit present in Cambridge has attracted substantial private capital (Venture Capital) to fund the formation and growth of start-up companies
• GBP 125 M invested in 2005 GBP 1M of value generated in the last 18 month for shareholders and management teams through floatations, mergers and acquisitions (source: Library House)
• Cambridge + Oxford + Thames Valley = 50% of 2006 VC investment in the UK = 18% of total 2006 VC investment in EU (Euro 4.1bn)
– Cambridge alone ~8% of total VC investment in Eu (source: Ernst &Young)
Source: Library House, 2006
Entrepreneurship Training Road Map
Disclaimer: This is not a definitive list of all the various programmes on Entrepreneurship available at the University of Cambridge.