TCI 2013 Boosting business renewal through company spin-off at cluster level

Boosting business renewal through company spin-off at cluster levelAlberto Pezzi

Breakout Session: Entrepreneurship and SME support in clusters

5 September 2013

BOOSTING BUSINESS RENEWAL THROUGH COMPANY SPIN-OFF AT CLUSTER LEVEL

Alberto Pezzi Director Competitive Strategy and Cluster DivisionACC10 / Directorate General for IndustryGovernment of Catalonia

Treasurer and member of the Board of Directors TCI Network

Kolding, 5th September 2013

16th annual conference

CLUSTERS and NEW BUSINESS FORMATION

CLUSTERS ARE EVERYWHERE...

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CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES WORLDWIDE

2001199719921980

Emilia-RomagnaToscana(industrial-districts based policies) ....

CatalunyaEuskadiScotlandChihuahuaArizonaMassachussets

New ZealandChristchurchSonomaCosta RicaMorocco

....

SwedenTurkeyLithuaniaBarcelona 22@

AustriaJordanMéxicoCampecheSouth AfricaRhône Alpes.... France

EstoniaDenmarkDominican RepublicSloveniaUKMinas Gerais (BR)...

1990 2003 2006

PakistanKazakhstanPoland….

ParaguayRio Negro (AR)Russia….

2013

Aprox. over 1.400 Initiatives at world llevel(USAID)

Over 1.200 cluster organizationat European level (source: ECO - European cluster observatory)

Source: TCI cluster initiatives database, TCI research and practice

Selected regions and countries withcluster-based development initiatives

SCOPE: NATIONALREGIONALLOCAL-CITY

TCI Worldwide presence

USING CLUSTERS FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH

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AND(Vs.)

“domesticated” clusters

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“wild”clusters

USING CLUSTERS FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH

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AND(Vs.)

“domesticated” clusters

€Apply managerial

techniques and practices to increase cluster

performance

Observe clusterdynamics and try to learn and take advantage from it

“wild”clusters

BOLOGNA (ITALY)

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THE CITY IN 3 WORDS

AND A UNIQUE INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY

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Food industryConsumers’ habitsHygiene regulationDistribution, etc.

Social & marketchanges

BOLOGNA: .. THE FAT

BOLOGNA: .. THE ERUDITE.. and THE ENTREPRENEURIAL

Silk industry(silk millmechanicaltechnology)

Indicative timeline

mid XVII century

XIX century 1900 1925 1950 1975 2000

textile

Food industry

RepairMetal workLight mechanics…

Mechanical industry

Packaging machinery

Medical devices

Others: farm machinery, tool machinery, motoreductors,etc.

Motorcycle

Specialized skills

BOLOGNA: .. “THE CLUSTERIZED”

1930

1940

1950

1960

1980

1990

1970

1920

CarpigianiPreciArca

Flli Zucchini

Cevolani

CAMCorazzaC&M

ZanasiO.M. Billi

FIMA

Zamboni

Ferriani

ICAGrandiMenegatti Farmomac

SM Mod.

WrapmaticCassoli

STMZambelli Famar

Pantecnica

MAB

BCF

MG2BTB

Smabo

Marchesini

AMCVM

Impak

BFB

CarnaticPIMI

Vame

Baumer AmoteK

TinarelliTecnotrend

Montpack

Companies created by alumni of theInstituto Aldini Valeriani

Source: Curti- Grandi, Per niente fragile, Bologna capitaledel packaging, 1997.

N. Fima

Spin-offs from ACMA (1940-1990)

BUSINESS CREATION THROUGH SPIN-OFF: THE RISE OF THE PACKAGING INDUSTRY CLUSTER IN BOLOGNA

Business evolution is not only about business and technology

New generation of high speed microdosing machine for aseptic environmentsBolognese-style silk mill

(begin of XVII century) ?Specialized skills

Entrepreneurship

Market opportunities

COMMUNITY HISTORY AND IDENTITY MATTERS - 1

KEY INGREDIENTS: 1 - DEMAND

DEMAND / MARKET

KEY INGREDIENTS: 2 – KEY ENABLERS

INNOVATION /TECHNOLOGYDEMAND / MARKET

KEY INGREDIENTS: 3 – THE COMMUNITY AND ITS “CHAMPIONS”

Innovation as social process

Sophisticated demand

Non-tech innovation

CHANCE

INNOVATION /TECHNOLOGYDEMAND / MARKET

TERRITORY / BUSINESS CULTURE

Packaging machinery cluster Bologna Diamond years 1940-60

• Sophisticated and diversified demand of packaged goods from retail sector and

particularly from food industry (packaged meat, etc.)• Changes in consumers’

habits

• Strong mechanical culture in the territory

• Technical School Aldini Valeriani (est. 1880)

Other related sectors:Mechanics: • motorcycles• tooling machineryElectronics:• medical devices• measurement systems

• Family owned SMEs• Family and personal linkages • Strong emulation spirit• “Co-opetition”

Related andsupportingindustries

Context for firm strategyand rivalry

Demandconditions

• Social capital• Flexible production• Customization• Client oriented

Factors (input)conditions

• Entrepreneurial spirit • Availability of capital• Radical innovation

technology: “Z wheel”• Transmission of contextual

knowledge through spin-off

COMMUNITY HISTORY AND IDENTITY MATTERS - 2

ONLY IN BOLOGNA?

CLUSTERS ARE THE LABS OF FUTURE GROWTH

What we need is an entrepreneurial society in which innovation and

entrepreneurship are normal, steady, and continous.

Peter F. DruckerInnovation and Entrepreneurship, 1986

THANKS !