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Innovation Research 2020 Sustainable Growth and Business Ecosystems
THEMES 2020 - SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND BUSINESS ECOSYSTEMS
Themes:
I. What are the driving forces in sustainability and growth?
II. How to build global business ecosystems in Finland
III. What are the impacts public innovation funding and growth services
on the economy?
20.2.2020 2RESEARCH THEMES
I.What are the driving forces of sustainability and growth in Finland?
What are the driving forces of sustainability and how can we influence them? One purpose of this call is to measure the raising
phenomena that lead to the sustainable development in small open advanced economy as Finland. This target can not be reached without deep
dialogue with companies, who are seeking new low-carbon possibilities. How to manage innovation environment in order to create sustainable
economy? How to combine carbon-neutral society with company and economic growth? How can public actors increase our innovation system’s
ability to encourage sustainable change? What public actions are needed to solve the puzzle of sustainability and growth?
II. How to build global business ecosystems in Finland?
How to find new practical and methodological approaches to ecosystems? Are there new methodologies that could be developed further to
better assess the success and success factors of business ecosystems? Focus in this theme is on global ecosystems, company-level practical
cases, and internationalization of ecosystems as well as a role of innovations to accelerate dynamics. Business Finland’s company level data on
high potential ecosystems is available. What is or should be, the role of public actors in building and supporting business ecosystems?
III. How to measure the impacts of public R&D and innovation funding and growth services on the economy?
What are the new methodologies of impact analysis and could they be developed further? From the innovative growth perspective, R&D
and innovation activities renew economic structures and increase knowledge spillovers. How can policy tools and actors accelerate this
development? The aim of this theme is to develop new methodologies and test empirically the impacts of public RDI funding and activities in
Finland. More inspiration can be found for example from theories by Bloom et al. (2013) “Identifying technology spillovers and product market
rivalry” or D. Acemoglu, P. Aghion, P. Mohnen, J. Van Reenen etc. Business Finland’s RDI data is available for research purposes.
3STEPS IN 2020
20.2.2020 4Elements of Utilization Roadmap
“Research questions, methods and delivery must be business, market,
and policy driven”
Company Verified Research
related Questions
Policy Briefs
Policy Round Tables
related
Tools for Socio-
Empirical Forums for
methodology transition
Market Economic
to connect with
related Transition
drivers
Research Agenda to serve
Business Drivers development in market Roadmap for Utilization
Stakeholder Needs economy and stakeholder and impacts
perspectives
20.2.2020 5WHAT WILL BE NEEDED FOR PITCHING?
Prepare three documents for research ideas and send them to email address: innovaatiotutkimus (at)
businessfinland.fi (deadline 13.3.2020):
1. Idea gathering - Abstract (max 50 words) and description of the project (max one A4 page)
2. Utilization roadmap – partially co-produced with identified potential beneficiaries (max one A4 page)
3. Team CV, preliminary funding plan and composition of steering group (max one A4 page)
Business Finland asks max. 12 ideas for the 15 min. pitching + 30 min sparring and discussion session (Weeks
13-15 (25.3.-8.4.2020).
Max 6 ideas will be asked to the full project application phase.
20.2.2020 6WHAT WILL BE NEEDED FOR FULL PROJECT APPLICATION?
Compile a full application (including project plan max 15 pages) in case that pitching discussions support it
by using our online services: https://www.businessfinland.fi/suomalaisille-asiakkaille/asiointipalvelu/
1. Description of planned work
• work packages
• research team
• project schedule
2. Stakeholders and funding plan
• Description of supplementing funding (by other stakeholders)
• Stakeholder commitments (preliminary indications for commitment)
• Utilization roadmap
• Composition of steering group
Note: Contents of the idea gathering should equal with the final project plan (and evaluation frame)
Commitment for external funding and international experts: https://www.businessfinland.fi/globalassets/finnish-
customers/01-funding/08-guidelines--terms/forms/ilmoitus_projektiin_osallistumisesta___notification_of_participation_in_project.docx
20.2.2020 7EVALUATION FRAME - WHAT WILL BE APPRECIATED IN EVALUATION
1. Impact and Relevance (50 %)
1.1 Relevance to the call themes as well as innovation and growth policy
1.2 Quality and credibility of research plan
1.3 Quality and credibility of utilization roadmap with the stakeholders
2. International collaboration (20 %)
2.1 Quality and volume of international collaboration (top research groups and
stakeholders) (1) international joint activity; 2) commitment to take part to the project by
international experts
3. Research team (30 %) Multidisciplinary approach in research team
3.1 Multidisciplinary approach in research team
3.2 Resources and knowledge of research team
8IMPACT STEPS FOR INNOVATION RESEARCH CALL
Impacts
Outputs / direct and indirect • Sustainable growth of
results in Finland companies and the economy –
What are the driving forces of
Project activities
new economic growth?
Innovation research / Project activities • The quantity and quality of
• Radical innovations and new
Project activities / funding criteria innovation research increase and
business models renew
• Challenge-based research agenda, meets the global context
economic structure
which develops new methodologies • New innovation policy tools are
• New world-class ecosystems
IMF
for stakeholders established based on strong impact
are built in Finland
Inputs • Utilization roadmaps with system analysis
• Public and private RDI funding
level impact • Exchange of know-how between
and activities generate overall
• Volume of Innovation funding • Team CVs for credibility and research sector, innovation policy
increase in productivity and
• Top-skilled and internationally development of research groups actors and companies is enhanced
competence
oriented research work • Policy Briefs for creating basis for to support renewal of businesses
• Competence base sourced dialogue between stakeholder • Finnish innovation environment’s
from innovation environment groups capabilities to catalyze emergence
actors, Business Finland’s • Round Table Discussions for of new growth increases
strategy and impact supporting the dialogue
assessment • Transition Arenas for creating new
innovation ecosystems
20.2.2020 9Impact Model in Business Finland
Goals
Impacts
Global growth of
Results Business scalability and companies
Activities economies of scale
improve
Inputs
Increase of turnover, World-class
jobs and exports
Funding increase Radical innovations and ecosystems
companies’ own new business models
funding High value added renew economic structure
products and services
Funding improve productivity Competitive business
Capabilities in business, environment
intenarnationalization New companies, trial Trial platforms and
and r&d increase platforms and ecosystems ecosystems attract new
Services are born in Finland global actors to Finland
Amount of customers and
networking (domestically Invest-in jobs and tax
Finnish companies have
and globally) increase income increase
focal involvement in global Impacts on
Customers Entry of Finnish
ecosystems society
companies in the global Well-being of citizens and
Companies acquire new market increase
information about global environment
Themes challenges Spillovers Impacts spill widely over the
society and economy, and improve
Creating new markets productivity and sustainable
Market failures (networks, information, economic growth
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