Toward the Blueprint of Campus-Based Ecosystems for Innovation

Romme, A.G.L.

doi:10.5539/emr.v6n1p84

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“…In this essay, I draw on three sources of data. First, earlier work includes studies of the largest and most prominent campus in the Eindhoven region [33,34] and a study for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in which five Dutch entrepreneurial ecosystems (incl. Eindhoven) were analyzed and compared [22,23].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The criticality of co-locating various activities is best illustrated in terms of the design of the HTCE [33], the largest and most prominent campus in the region. For one, the HTCE was created around a social hub, called "The Strip", which includes many restaurants, shops, conference facilities, and additional services.…”

Section: Campus Locations As Physical Hotspots For Deeptech Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…All lease agreements with residents stipulate that catering facilities cannot be offered in the offices and labs in buildings elsewhere on the campus; as a result, many thousands of knowledge workers walk to The Strip every day for lunch or other (social or business) activities. This promotes informal conversations and knowledge exchanges between (employees of) companies and institutes on the HTCE [33,64] because many people are stimulated to frequently move out of their direct work environment, develop new contacts, and so forth. In addition, the HTCE has collective facilities such as cleanrooms and test instruments that can be rented per day.…”

Section: Campus Locations As Physical Hotspots For Deeptech Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Finally, the HTCE hosts a large number of knowledge brokers, such as EIT Digital, ARTEMIS, ITEA, and HighTech NL. These intermediaries deliberately seek to connect and bring together various parties that may be able to develop entirely new value chains [33]. Some examples of new value chains arising from this campus are Solliance (regarding a new thin-film generation of solar cells/panels), various startups working on specific applications of photonics [65], and LifeSense (developing health solutions in the form of smart textiles).…”

Section: Campus Locations As Physical Hotspots For Deeptech Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Against All Odds: How Eindhoven Emerged as a Deeptech Ecosystem

Romme

2022

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The Brainport-Eindhoven region has developed into a leading location for deeptech entrepreneurship in Europe. Against all odds, it has transformed itself from a region that heavily depended on the multinational company Philips, into a diverse and fast-growing deeptech ecosystem. While this success has not gone unnoticed, there is not yet a clear account of how and why the Eindhoven region emerged as a global hotspot for deeptech innovation and entrepreneurship. Moreover, such an account might provide an exemplary model of a collaborative ecosystem, one that provides an alternative to the “winner-takes-all” entrepreneurial culture of Silicon Valley. This essay explores the performance of the Eindhoven region in terms of three structural conditions. First, the focus on deeptech R&D and entrepreneurship appears to be deeply rooted in the region’s history as well as strong competencies in systems engineering, design thinking, and multidisciplinary collaboration. Second, a collaborative approach to regional policy gives industrial, academic, and governmental actors a correlative position in its “triple helix” governance. Finally, the Eindhoven region benefits from a systemic approach toward co-locating R&D and entrepreneurial activities on five campuses. Overall, the huge complexity of deeptech systems and products apparently requires a truly collaborative approach at all levels of the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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Section: Campus Locations As Physical Hotspots For Deeptech Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Campus Locations As Physical Hotspots For Deeptech Innovationmentioning

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Against All Odds: How Eindhoven Emerged as a Deeptech Ecosystem

Romme

2022

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“…By co-creating with users, it is also possible to better meet the specific needs and aspirations of people in local contexts (ENoLL, 2016). However, co-creation in LLs can also go beyond the final consumer of a specific product or service, by bringing together all relevant actors and stakeholders in the innovation ecosystem for that product/service (Romme, 2017;Walrave et al, 2018).…”

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How to Make Living Labs More Financially Sustainable? Case Studies in Italy and the Netherlands

Gualandi¹,

Romme²

2019

EMR

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In many urban environments, so-called Living Labs have been created. A Living Lab (LL) is an emerging innovation methodology that may serve to reduce the gap between new technology development and the adoption of this new technology by users, by bringing together all key actors in the innovation process: public administration, education institutes, companies, and citizens. However, a substantial number of LLs struggle to translate the customer value created into a sustainable business model. As a result, many LLs are financially not sustainable. Several previous studies found that most LLs primarily rely on public grants; thus, they often stop their activities when public funding ends. In this paper, we draw on a comprehensive literature review and practical evidence from three cases, to develop a framework of various funding options which can be employed by any LL that seeks to become more financially sustainable.

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