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Giovanni Colombo - EIT Executive Committee

Some hints on Clusters and the EIT

Vienna, 18th April 2012

European Cluster Conference

Vienna, 18th – 20th April 2012

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EIT - the model

Key:

Education

Innovation

Research

the glue:

entrepreneurship co-location

centre

KIC bridging the knowledge

dimensions through

• BM novelty; legal status and steering role of KICs

• a priori and a posteriori performance evaluation

• polarisation on achievements and model

• local relevance

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The manifold strengths of the cluster model

driver: technological complementarity

driver:

social commonalities

cluster cluster cluster

global scale

local, regional scale Characterising elements:

• financial autonomy

• sustainability of (new) business models

• role of local dynamics

• funding tools an enabling mechanisms