Using Innovation Audit for Fostering Innovation within the Region – Strategy in Lower Saxony Stefan Austermann 12. October 2006
Mar 27, 2015
Using Innovation Audit for Fostering Innovation within the Region – Strategy in Lower Saxony
Stefan Austermann 12. October 2006
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Structure
Host organisation and European experience
Innovation Audit – the tool we use
Implementing this tool into company support structure in Lower Saxony
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NBank: Lower Saxony Company Support Organisation
New since 2004 Covering whole Lower Saxony Most of Lower Saxony support
products gained Bank structure for financing
reasons Regional networks
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Overview: NBank Products
Company Support
Coaching ESFGrantsLoans
Niedersachsen-Kredit
Niedersachsen-Kleinkredit
Niedersachsen-Innovationskredit
GA gewerblich
GA Infrastruktur
TouristischeEntwicklung
Innovationsprogramm
Patentverwertung
Personaltransfer
Messeprogramme
Meister BaFöG
Gründungscoaching
KfW-Gründercoaching
Beteiligungscoaching
Strategiecoaching
Finanzierungscoaching
Nachfolgecoaching
Förderung von Qualifizierung
Förderung von Arbeitsplätzen
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Network for Innovation Support in Lower Saxony
Innovation Financing
Ministry for Economy
Innovationszentrum
NBank:
Policy Consulting Evaluation of RTD
Grants
Innovationsnetzwerk
Network of Innovation Support Organisations
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Internationalisation Support at NBank
Department “Internationalisierung” EIC and IRC located here Easy Signposting, information gathering Combination with funding for internationalisation
measures
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EIC Hannover
Staff 3,5 FTE, Company support and Information in
general Special working fields: European funding,
Framework Programme ETI „EcTIST“
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IRC Lower Saxony/Saxony-Anhalt
Staff 3,5 FTE
Co-operation service through the IRC-Network
Innovation Support through non-financial assists
Development of Innovation Audit tool
Implementing that tool within the region
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What is Innovation?
.... More than just the sucessful application of research findings...
........ Result of complex interactions between persons, organisations and their environment...
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What is Innovation?
Companies are heart of the
innovation process
Invention Adaption
Value innovationProcess innovation
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Is Innovation Measurable?
Are we able to identify the SME readiness for innovation?
Can we identify the best practices?
Can we trace common sets of practices and SME success?
Yes, there is a proven correlation between competitiveness and the ability to innovate!
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The experts from the IRC Network…
Best practices SME outcomes
• Shortening time to marketShortening time to market
• Increased number of novel productsIncreased number of novel products
• Lower schedule varianceLower schedule variance
• Reduced integration effortReduced integration effort
• Increased supplier supportIncreased supplier support
• Higher user satisfactionHigher user satisfaction
• Reduction of development Reduction of development expensesexpenses
• etc.etc.
• Guideline AGuideline A
• Guideline BGuideline B
• Guideline CGuideline C
• Guideline DGuideline D
• Guideline E Guideline E
• Guideline FGuideline F
• etc.etc.
relationships
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IRC Innovation Audit
A best practice reference tool that:
identifies priorities for which practices to undertake first supports incremental improvement actions helps guidance for improving common issues quantifies the association with specific practices delivers case studies helping to coach activities
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Innovation Audit – A FrameTThe innovative ability of a company is influenced by seven process fieldshe innovative ability of a company is influenced by seven process fields
The IRC Innovation Audit has been developed to identify and evaluate a company‘s ability The IRC Innovation Audit has been developed to identify and evaluate a company‘s ability to innovate.to innovate.
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Supporting environment for innovation
ISinnovation sources
ISinnovation sources
OMorganisation and
management
OMorganisation and
management
SPsupport
SPsupport
BMbenchmarking
BMbenchmarking
processes
IP
innovation preparation
IP
innovation preparation
TRtechnology range
TRtechnology range
PDproduct
development
PDproduct
development
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IRC Innovation Audit – maturity model
To Prove - 5 Quality features respectively capability levels characterise
the execution of processes relevant for innovation
To Optimise – measures are suggested
Based on the principle of process optimisation
Company visit, intensive and structured discussion
Detailed report including a graphical evaluation (ar. 20 pages)
Final discussion of the results, To-Do List
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IRC Innovation Audit
The maturity modelThe maturity model
performperform
managemanage
documentdocument
measuremeasure
improveimprove
...processes...processes
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5 capability levels estimate 35 processes which are relevant for innovation inside an organisation
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Maturity and the ability to innovate – the costs
The costs increases The costs increases progressively within the progressively within the quality improvement of the quality improvement of the processprocess
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managemanage
documedocumentnt
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5 quality features5 quality features
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Operation mode of the tool and examples
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Operation mode of the tool and examples
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Operation mode of the tool and examples
Impact and quality of process’ Impact and quality of process’
implementation determine the level implementation determine the level
of innovation abilityof innovation ability
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Regional Impact – Added value for the Companies
Marketing towards companies fosters interest in the topic innovation
Use of the tool by companies strengthens their competitiveness Through regional offer off such service, more companies within
the region will be more competitive Service for mature companies Service for “old” sectors
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Regional Impact – Regional Strategy
“Selling” this service as non-monetary but added value Using regional Network for Marketing Combining this Service to offers from regional partners Combined actions lead to intensive use within the region Combining Innovation Audit with innovation funding Combining Innovation Audit with consultancy funding Funding is more effective in terms of economic Impact
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Regional Impact – Example “WachstumsImpuls”
Regional partner from Hannover region Hannover Impuls Aim to work with existing older companies Helping them in their further development Having positive feed-back within the region
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Regional Impact – Example “WachstumsImpuls”
The Project: A competition for the best innovation development project
Companies propose projects Best ideas are selected Companies “win” a 1-year-consultancy by external partners for
realising the Projects At the beginning they have an Innovation Audit which shows, how
the strategy has to be created After one year the company with best results will be awarded. 33 proposers, 13 Winners audited and now working with the
consultants
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Conclusions
Regional public financing institutes look for non-monetary services
Innovation Audit brings direct added value to the companies Such service can be combined to other (Financing) Instruments Audit can be a part within an integrated part of regional
innovation development project or strategy.
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Thank you very much
Stefan Austermann
NBank, IRC Lower Saxony/Saxony-Anhalt
Phone +49 511 30031 360
E-mail: [email protected]