policy principles for cluster success or innovation in a horizontal world annalee saxenian, dean and...
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Policy principles for cluster success or
Innovation in a horizontal world
AnnaLee Saxenian, Dean and Professor
UC Berkeley School of Information
Innovation 100: World Economic Forum
Palo Alto CA, September 3-4, 2008
The modern corporation
The corporate R&D lab
From corporate hierarchies to regional ecosystems
Taipei, Taiwan
Tel Aviv, Israel
Bangalore, India
Vertical integration
Hierarchies
Job ladders
R&D lab
Planning
National/multinational
Specialization
Decentralization
Job-hopping
Innovation networks
Entrepreneurship
Cross-cluster/global
Policy principles for cluster success
No recipes . . . but institutions that:Attract talent, upgrade skillsBuild, maintain infrastructure (e.g. telecom) Spread risks of experimentation (VC)Support search for partners: local & globalFacilitate collaboration (e.g. standards)Benchmark progress
Design: often public-private collaborationsPublic sector controls regulation, rightsPrivate sector has information, resources
Thank you!