Innovation, Creativity, and EntrepreneurshipKnowledge Economy 2020

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Knowledge economy vision 2020

• What should a balanced and sustainable Knowledge Economy look like by 2020 and how do we get there?

• Need for an informed public debate on where the new jobs, sources of growth and innovation are going to come from;

• Challenge to the new government – if this analysis is shared, how far will it inform the post Election decisions on priorities and future directions?

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Growth of knowledge based service industries in Europe and US 1970-2005Note: OECD definition – knowledge based services includes financial and business services, communications, health and education services. Other services includes distribution, hospitality, public administration, other services. Source: TWF estimates from EU KLEMS database

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Business investment in intangible knowledge based assets across the OECDNote: all figures share of market sector GDP. Finland excludes financial sector, US excludes farming. US average of 1998-2000; UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain are 2004; Japan average of 2000-2005; Netherlands and Canada 2005. Source: Australian Productivity Council 2009.

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Rise of the educated and qualified workforce 1970-2005UK, share of total workforce with degree or equivalent (better educated) and share with just basic schooling. Source: EU KLEMS database.

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Rebalancing the economy – new sources of growth and jobs

• Drivers of growth and jobs over past decade no longer available…

- financial services

- property boom

- consumer debt

- public sector

• Must be replaced by big growth areas the UK has some advantage in…

- manu-services (integration of high value services with manufacturing)

- low carbon economy

- creative and cultural industries

- high tech and intermediary services

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Knowledge economy and 1990s recession and recoverytotal employment, EU KLEMs database 1990=100. KE market based is telecoms, high tech, business, financial, and cultural

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Entrepreneurship in the knowledge economyNote: all figures employees, excluding health employment. Knowledge service industries are OECD definition and include business, high tech, and financial services . Other sectors include transport, retailing, hospitality and other services delivered by non-public organisations. SMEs defined as all with less than 250 employees.

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Rebalancing the economy – new means of intervention

• Conventional policy levers – tax breaks, public spending – heavily constrained;

• Low cost solutions must be developed (eg insights from behavioural economics);

• Even greater use of frameworks, regulation, and legal changes (eg privacy, security and consumer protection issues to encourage greater use and acceptance of the new);

• Institution building where necessary (eg knowledge transfer, big scale long term private investment in digital and physical infrastructure);

• Focus scarce resources on fewer key strategic institutions to have biggest impact in critical areas.

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Share of manufacturing firms that could be described as “manu services”Note: all figures 2004, UK is Great Britain. Source: Neely (2009) The Financial Consequences of Servitization of Manufacturing, AIM Research Working Paper, February 2009. The term “manu-services” comes from the TWF knowledge economy programme.

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Rebalancing the economy – manu-services

Vision 2020

• Manu-services at the heart of the 2020 knowledge economy – with similar status and prestige of the City prior to the financial crisis;

• Strong supporting network of innovative, technologically advanced SMEs;

• First choice destination for graduates from scientific, technological, and creative backgrounds.

Policy levers

• “Manu –services first” general policy review

• Exchange rate competiveness

• R&D tax credit

• Industrial policy support

• Innovation policy

• Competition policy

• Enterprise policy

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Rebalancing the economy – low carbon economy

Vision 2020• UK world leader in developing domestic

and export markets for low carbon goods and services;

- implementation of existing technologies (electric cars, more efficient buildings, nuclear power, renewables, better aero engines);

- advanced manufacturing at cutting edge of technological development;

- low carbon services (eg design, consultancy, low carbon trading).

Potential policy levers• Spending Review audit of public support

activities to rationalise and focus on key activities and key institutions;

• Single contact point for business advice and support funded out of the rationalisation suggested above;

• Single low carbon economy fund, linked to the long term ambitions of the Climate Change Act;

• Strong strategic commitment to creating a low carbon associated infrastructure – transport, telecommunications, housing, energy supply;

• Creation of regulatory and planning frameworks that give private investors confidence to invest long term.

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Making the most of the public sector

• Public procurement to encourage innovation and acceptance of the new;

• Development of the medical and healthcare science and technology base in partnership with commercial sector;

• The exploitation of the intangible asset base - such as design - to deliver better services at lower cost;

• The role of educational and creative and cultural institutions such as museums, art galleries, libraries, and design and art schools, and the BBC;

• The pioneering of low cost initiatives through users and communities aimed at changing public and private behaviours and outcomes;

• Meeting the regeneration challenge through developing the knowledge based economy at city and city region level;

• Extending global reach as part of the drive to increase knowledge service exports.

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Public sector net job creation in the regions 1998-2008

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Knowledge Economy 2020

• Publish the report on April 9

• Submit and follow up with the new government

• Develop the analysis and proposals in more detail

• Further Submission to next full Spending Review in Autumn 2010

• Further reports between now and April 2011 - low carbon economy - creative and cultural sector in the innovation eco-system - high tech manufacturing and services - public services: higher education and the NHS - skills and the knowledge economy - SMEs and cities