Commercialisation of
Research at KTH
Miljömingel 2012-01-24
Eric Giertz
Professor Industrial Economics and Management, KTH
Founder KTH Executive School
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Is there really a swedish
paradox?
What message do we send?
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Sweden tops European Innovation Scoreboard (RIS)
2009
Stockholm top region in 2006 EU regional assessment
Source: www.proinno-europe.eu
Grey bars: estimated 2008 data
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European Regional Innovation Scoreboard (RIS)
Source: www.proinno-europe.eu
2009
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Stockholm #6 global innovation region (2008)
Sweden #2 overall and top EU-nation in
The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011
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Source: www.cforic.org
the capability of an economy to maintain increasing standards of living for those who participate in it, by
attracting and maintaining firms with stable or rising market shares in an activity. … ability to anticipate
and successfully adapt to internal and external economic and social challenges, by providing new economic
opportunities, including higher quality jobs.
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Switzerland
Sweden
Singapore
US
Germany
Japan
Score
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5.56
5.48
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5.39
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the set of institutions, policies,
and factors that determine the
level of productivity of a country.
Source: www.weforum.org
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New venture – The universal way to
make good use of research?
• Start up!
• Venture Cup
• Public seed capital
• Holdingbolag, ALMI, Innovationsbron…
• Incubators
• Business angels
• Venture capital
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The route to success differs
for different ventures
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Pharmaceuticals
Software
Complex products
Technology for many different applications
Incremental improvments in processes
Community-based
New design for simple products
Consultancy
Service Production
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Research to improve results
”State of the Art” för commercialisation
Politiciens
Authorities
Support
organisations
Entrepreneurs
Systematicly learn from
experience and provide
more knowledge, good
examples and cases for
different routes to success
Students
Researchers
Teachers
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