Regional Innovation Skills Cases of innovative regional SMEs collaborating with a regional University (Deakin, Geelong) Theme: Future ready dependant on building capability of organisations, people and place – how can we achieve this at across the macro and micro levels
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Regional Innovation Skills
Cases of innovative regional SMEs collaborating with a regional University (Deakin, Geelong)
Theme: Future ready dependant on building capability of organisations, people and place – how can we achieve this at across the macro and micro levels
Established in 1975. History of industry collaboration and engagement such as GM (Holden) and Ford Australia . The 2003-2007 period saw the culmination of activities lead to establishment of Geelong Technology Precinct (GTP) In 2008 Australia's Innovative Regions Centre was opened, at Deakin University's Geelong Technology Precinct (GTP). Deakin University's Geelong Campus at Waurn Ponds. The $20 million Innovative Regions Centre will offer direct support to small and medium-sized businesses in Geelong and other targeted regions.
Regional Innovation Skills
1. Development of innovation skills.
2. Showcase outcomes of funding partnerships.
3. Create a culture of innovation and knowledge.
4. Increase ‘proximity’ between your local industry base and HEIs.
• How do we foster collaboration between SMEs and a regional university?
Innovation?
• Invention: an individual personalised process – where relations form based on expertise and skills for the purpose of translating ideas into concepts and models (Nonaka, 1991).
• Networks: build understanding & trust among individuals and groups on networks across the organisation/s.
• Diffusion: involves boundary-spanners negotiating the exchange of‘ know-how’ between the designers and users of such ‘knowledge solutions’.
Innovation?
• Acceptance: different industry and professional bodies assist the diffusion of new technologies (creates legitimacy) for adoption. – Appropriation (assimilation) of new technologies,
involve a ‘community’ approach to embed the technology within the organisation (Newell et al; 2002).
• Implement: when practices can be transformed and new interpretations and physical manifestations can emerge.
Innovation Process
Development of skills via innovation
1. Innovation skills are broad organisation capabilities when compared to R&D activities.
2. Innovation includes a vast number of non-R&D activities
3. R&D in Australia is the traditional domain of CSIRO, Universities and CRCs
Development of skills via innovation
4. In comparison there is little R&D investment in private sector outside traditional mining & agricultural industries.
5. Patents as a measure of knowledge creation dominated by CSIRO and commercial arms of top 8 universities particularly Melbourne, Monash and U of Q.
Showcase outcomes of funding partnerships
ARC Industrial Transformation Research grants have led to http://www.arc.gov.au/industrial-transformation-research-program
• Technology exchanges from university to SMEs
achieved by acquired licencing rights.
• This allows for commercialisation of technology by industry in partnership with the original creator.