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By Rene Tõnnisson, presented at the 17th TCI Global Conference, Monterrey 2014.TRANSCRIPT
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How Can Small Countries Use Clusters to Compete on Global Level - The Case of Estonian Smart City Lab Cluster Initiative Rene Tõnnisson
Parallel 2.1 Clusters as a tool to create global innovation winners and increase competitiveness
11 November 2014
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HOW CAN SMALL COUNTRIES USE CLUSTERS TO COMPETE ON GLOBAL LEVEL - THE CASE OF
ESTONIAN SMART CITY LAB CLUSTER INITIATIVERENE TÕNNISSON
SMART CITY LAB, TARTU, ESTONIA
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Tartu.
My Cluster Background
Practical hands on
experiences gained from
management of Smart
City Lab – and Estonian
ICT cluster initiative
Cluster policy experience
gained from European
Cluster Policy Group
(ECPG) – an Advisory
Expert Panel to European
Commission
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Johannes Pääsuke,
Estonian National Museum
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Country where people pay taxes
with smile thanks to ICT• Majority of people
paying taxes over
internet - completing
the tax declaration
takes 5 minutes
• Setting up a company
over internet takes 10
minutes
• Free Wifi Internet
access in public
places as “human
right”
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Leading country on e-Governance
and e-Services• Government internal
working procedures and Meetings without papers
• First country to allow National Parliamentary elections over Internet in 2007, European Parliament elections in 2009 and m-Elections in 2011
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Paradox of Estonian Innovation System
• In spite of some IT solutions, which are world
leading Estonian IT companies have still failed
to transfer them on larger scale to other markets
• Success in innovation does not lie in technical
excellence and solutions but more often in
cooperation networks and partnerships
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THE SMALL COUNTRY CHALLENGE AND HOW
CLUSTER INITIATIVES HELP TO SOLVE IT
• Estonian National Cluster Programme has the
main focus on stimulating and supporting
Export and Internationalisation
• What companies cannot achieve alone - they
can do jointly by coordinated actions and
building a critical mass!
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Cluster for smart e- and m-city
solutions
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SMART CITY LAB
AS TRIPLE HELIX CLUSTER
ICT companies
Universities and
Research Institutes
Cities and Regions
Innovation Agencies
Infrastructure
companies
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SCL MAIN ACTIVITY AREAS
• Joint Marketing in terms of organising targeted
trade mission and participation in trade shows
• Internationalisation in terms of cooperating
with other clusters in Europe and elsewhere
• Product development in terms of using Living
Lab platform
• New business stimulation in terms of Focused
accelerator programmes
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Clusters can help companies not only with
innovation and product development…
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... but also to see the opportunities and
threats on a larger scale and help
companies to better address them!
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Thank you!
Contact Information:Rene Tõnnisson
Smart City Lab, Tartu, EstoniaEmail: [email protected]: +372-5029873