Global Knowledge Hubs

Associate ProfessorBI Norwegian School of Management

MOC Network Cluster Research Workshop Harvard Business School, Dec 12, 2010

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Educational Attractiveness

• Initial investments outside the direct control of industrial actors.

• Educational choices determine the “raw material” upon which industries can be built or dismantled.

• An ever increasing role in the “knowledge economy”.• Industries differ in the essentialness of various

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Educational AttractivenessGraduate Students

– Level and growth of graduate students in the subject.Foreign Graduate Students

– Level and growth of foreign graduate students.Popularity

– Percent of total and growth of graduates taking education in the subject.Doctoral Candidates• Percent and total and growth of doctorate students in the subject.Degrees Conferred• Level and growth of total degrees conferred.Craft Certificates• Level and growth of Craft Certificates

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Talent Attractiveness IEducated Workers

– Level and growth of educated workers.• Engineers• Scientists• Business Administration and Economics

Foreign Workers- Level and growth of foreign workers in the sector.Foreign Educated Workers• Level and growth of foreign educated workers in the sector.

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Talent Attractiveness IISexiness barometer• Level, growth and net of the number of success/failure stories (content

analysis of major newspapers). Economic incentives- Level and growth of average salaryEmployee turnover• Level and growth of employee turnover (inverted U-shape)

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R&D AttractivenessScientific Output

– Level and growth of academic publications in the subject.Scientific Availability

– Level and growth of # of academics working in the subject.Foreign Scientific Availability

– Level and growth of foreign academics working in the subject.Innovative Output

– Level and growth of patent registrations.– Product, process and organizational innovation.

R&D Investment and Intensity– Level and growth in R&D investments.– Percent out of turnover and growth of R&D investments.

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Ownership AttractivenessForeign Ownership

– Level and growth of the value of foreign ownership.Venture Capital

– Level and growth of the value of venture capital investment.Competent Capital

– Industry Competent Owner- Largest owner and how many other firms owned in the same industry.

– Regional Competent Owner: Local owner.– Cluster Competent Owner: Industry by location.– Generalist Owner. Education

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Completeness

Regional Agglomeration

Global Agglomeration

National Agglomeration

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Cluster attractiveness

• Global Agglomeration– Relative to global specialization.

• National Agglomeration – Relative to national specialization.

• Regional Agglomeration• Completeness

– Value Chain – And the availability of related clusters

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Air PollutionClimate Change

Biological DiversityFood Supply

Environmental Toxics

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Cluster Dynamics• Connectivity

– Competition– Cooperation– Establishment and Bankruptcy. Churn ratio.

• Linkages• Strength and extent of inter-organizational, public sector,

financial institutions, consultants, alliance partners relations in contributing to innovation and internationalization

• Overlapping networks– Intra industry labor mobility– Inter-industry labor mobility

• Knowledge investment

Value Creation

Global Position

Productivity

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