Tekes strategy

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Tekes strategy

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How?

Means

What?

Services

What willchange?

Focusareas

For whom?

Customers

Why?

Objectives

Challenges in the innovation environment

Mission statement and values

Growth and wellbeing from renewalTekes funds leading edge research, development and innovation projects.

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Priority to growth-seeking, innovative SME’s Increased focus on forerunners and strategic

innovations Customer success in global value networks Services and non-technical contents as

important as industry and technologies Tekes will play a more essential role in the innovation

services cooperation network A more customer-oriented and flexible approach

Strategy in a nutshell

Growth and wellbeing from renewal

Funding will be targeted as follows

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one third for projects carried out by universities and research institutes

two thirds for enterprise R&D and innovation projects

Project funding for different types of enterprises one third for young SMEs

roughly one third for established enterprises with less than 500 employees

less than one third for enterprises with more than 500 employees if external impacts on other actors are significant, or if the company is essentially reinventing its business operations

Regardless of the channel used, all projects funded will be based on customer ideas and plans.

Funding targets 1/2

Funding through different operating methods

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around 40 % for customer initiatives based on demand

around 20 % for research programmes of the Strategic Centres for Science, Technology and Innovation (SHOK)

around 25 % to focus areas through Tekes programmes

around 15 % to other strategic choices

Regardless of the channel used, all projects funded will be based on customer ideas and plans.

Funding targets 2/2

The key customer group is SMEs seeking growth trough internationalisation

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Other important funding targets: High-risk, growth-oriented development projects by

companies of moderate growth

Projects of large enterprises if external impacts onother actors are significant, or if the company isessentially reinventing its business operations

Multi-disciplinary public research teams capable of laying a good foundation for research oriented business operations and new fields of spearheading expertise

Public service development selectively under partnership programmes with the Ministries responsible for the services

Strategy by customer groupFor whom?Customers

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Focus on forerunners will cut down on the number of projects funded and means increased financing for individual projects

Increased funding for young companies will mean higher risks for Tekes and result in greater benefits and also more failures

Services and industries as well as technological and intangible development will be equally important

International cooperation as a cross-cutting goal – Tekes funds the internationalisation of R&D and innovation and the planning phase of globalisation of business activities

More flexible funding for innovative experiments will bolster the role of users and speed up the takeup of research outcomes

Customer-driven value network programmes and projects will underline focus on customers and demand

Novel operating models in public research will generate new business activities and areas of expertise crucial for Finland

What will change?What willchange?

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Mission statement Tekes promotes the development of industry and services

by means of technology and innovations.

This helps to renew industries, increase value added and productivity, improve the quality of working life as well as boost exports and generate employment and wellbeing.

Values We encourage renewal

We influence through our insight

We act responsibly

Mission statement and values

Changes that will challenge us to renew

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Global division of labour is changing and operations are moving to global value networks

Social structures will change due to urbanisation and ageing of population in industrial countries

Demand for environmentally sustainable solutions will grow, while ecological issues are not as yet of interest to everybody

Demand for tailored and individual solutions will grow, driven by demanding end users and user groups

Technologies will advance and be transferred rapidly around the world

Development will be guided by usability and user experience, throwing technology into shade

Challenges in the innovation environment

Tekes invites forerunners renewing research and business and enterprises of international growth to take up the challenge

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Tekes funds enterprises and public research organisations operating in Finland

For justified reasons, developers of public services and third-sector actors may also be eligible

Tekes targets its funding above all at forerunners of R&D and innovation activities that renew business operations and the business sector

SMEs aiming for significant growth are a key customer group

Foreign actors may receive a preliminary funding decision from Tekes when preparing their establishment in Finland

CustomersFor whom?Customers

Tekes offers R&D and innovation funding for its customers

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Tekes funding encourages the customers to engage in diverse innovation activities and renewal

Tekes targets funding at projects that would be less ambitious or extensive without public funding

Customer initiatives competing for Tekes funding are on the same starting line regardless of the geographical area

Tekes shares justified risks of innovation activities

Tekes evaluates the projects and business plans of its customers but does not take part in their preparation

Tekes advises its customers in the use of other national and international funding sources and puts together joint service solutions if the customer so wishes

ServicesWhat?Services

Tekes listens to the customers and acts agilely and rapidly guided by customer needs

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Tekes organisation and operating mode support efficient operation and combinations of skills that help to renew the business sector

Effectiveness is achieved through customer successes

Tekes has four core processes for its customer service provision: funding, customer management, programmes, guidance

The core processes bring the expertise and resources of the areas of responsibility and units together into efficient operation

Tekes draws on international cooperation in all of its core processes

MeansHow?Means

Tekes aims for sustainable wellbeing of the economy, people and the environment

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The objective is to improve productivity, renew business life and increase the wellbeing of humans and the environment

The aim also is to enhance capabilities needed to create innovations

Tekes influences society primarily through economic activity

Research and innovation activities also have other positive impacts on the wellbeing of humans and the environment

To reach its objectives, Tekes must be a forerunner in innovation funding

ObjectivesWhy?Objectives

Tekes aims for sustainable wellbeing of the economy, people and the environment

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Productivity and renewalSustainable growth which requires increased productivity and renewal of industrial life

Wellbeing of humans and the environmentEffective specific measures will be implemented to improve the wellbeing of humans and the environment

Capabilities for innovation activitiesMore skills that can be utilised and enhanced in research and innovation networks

Tekes of the futureAn inspiring, influential and responsible actor

ObjectivesWhy?Objectives

Services and intangibilityas value creators

Business models

Digitalisation

Naturalresources and

sustainableeconomy

Intelligentenvironments

Vitalityof people

Strategic research areasdetermined by the Strategic

Centres for Science, Technology and

Innovation

Focus areas

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Priorities

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Energy and raw material efficiency Renewable energy solutions New forest and biomass solutions Sustainable solutions for mineral

resource use and water consumption

Natural resources and sustainable economy

Priorities

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Health promotion Efficient and high-quality social and health

care service system Work and learning that regenerate human

skills and capabilities Affective and meaningful free time

experiences

Vitality of people

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Intelligent environments

Priorities

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Smart energy systems and sustainable material economy

Safety and security of the living environment which makes good use of digital systems

User-oriented products, services and processes

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Priorities

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Radical renewal through business concepts

Diverse innovation activities

Business in global value networks

Priorities

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Service innovation, immaterial resources and intellectual assets enabling value creation

Globally scalable, locally tailored comprehensive solutions

Value creation based on service solutions and intangible assets

Priorities

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New ICT enabled business processes Knowledge and information-based

business concepts Connecting real and virtual worlds

Renewing services and production by digital means

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Strategic Centres for Science, Technology and Innovation (SHOK)

New environments for knowledge creation

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Develop and apply new cooperation, co-creation and interaction methods that speed up the innovation process

Choices based on economic and social relevance, corporate strategies and existing competence base

Shared choices - companies, universities andresearch institutions are involved in the process

Long-term public funding and operative continuity is ensured for selected areas

Tekes is the main public funding organisation