By Joan Martí Estévez, ACC10, Government of Catalonia, presented at the 16th TCI Global Conference, Kolding 2013.

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Intercluster collaboration as a powerful
source for innovation in business models
Joan Martí Estévez
Breakout Session: Clusters and smart specialisation
strategies: design and implementation
5 September 2013

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Intercluster collaboration as a
powerful source for innovation in
business models

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The power of hybridation

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The power of hybridation
Consumer goods derived from
aerospace technologies

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The future will be hybrid

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Smart specialization: porous
boundaries between clusters
Railway Cluster Optics Cluster
Furniture Cluster
Agricultural machinery
Cluster
Gourmet food
Cluster
Packaging Cluster
Fashion Textile
Cluster

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Innovation in business models
From markets (What we
were meant to do)

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..to abilities ( What we are
able to do)
Innovation in business models

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The power of cluster managers

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Creating the right atmosphere

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The right atmosphere: strategic
dives of cluster managers
150 intercluster project ideas in a 2 hour speed
meeting

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The right atmosphere:
international mission of cluster
managers
Israel 2013
Boston 2012

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The right atmosphere:
international intercluster
workshops
Norway meets Catalonia

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The right atmosphere:
intercluster conference with
international experts

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Enterpreneu
rs
(projects)
Long
term
Short term
Cluster
Managers
(process)
Intercluster
projects
Facilitation
activities
Strategic
change
process
Who leads what?

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Intercluster leaders
Believers (25-30%)
Followers (50%)
Hidden (20 – 25%)
Change agents, break conventional wisdom, team play
spread the word
They participate in some cluster activitie
They show up when they’re
through difficultues
Source:David Garcia, Fashion Textile Cluster

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Building the intercluster
team
•Shared values
•Small teams
•Focused projects, well
defined
• Horizontal
organization
First people, then strategy

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Intercluster Methodology
Exploring
Opportunities:
innovation topics
Feasibility
analysis
Finance search
Example Optics Cluster-Packaging Cluster:
• Application of Biosensors to food security

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HEALTH +SPORTS +TEXTILE
Intercluster projects
Monitoring marathon runners’ heart performance

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The ambidextrous cluster:
Explore vs exploit

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Joan Martí Estévez
Manager of Cluster Development
(jomarti@acc10.cat)
Many thanks!!!