1. From Industrial Clusters to Global Knowledge Hubs
Professor Torger Reve
BI Norwegian School of Management
13th TCI Annual Global Conference
Delhi. India, Nov. 29 – Dec 3, 2010

2. A Global Race for Attractiveness
Nations and city regions compete to be the most attractive locations for knowledge intensive industries 2

4. Future corporations need to be:
Knowledge based
Customer driven
Climate robust
Global

5. A knowledge based Norway
A Norwegian agenda setting research project studying 13 cluster industries and developing new knowledge based cluster policies
Torger Reve
Amir Sasson
Erik W. Jakobsen

6. A Shift in Paradigm is Required
Business as Manufacturing
Business as Industrial Clusters
Business as Global Knowledge Hubs

7. Business as Manufacturing
Products
Raw materials
Feedback

8. Business as Industrial Clusters
UPGRADING
INTERNATIONALIZATION
Marine
insurance
Shipping
finance
Advanced
fisheries
Environmental
standards
Maritime
policies
Offshore
oil and gas
industry
Logistics
systems
Maritime lawyers
Ship
classification
services
Shipping
brokers
Effective
ports and
terminals
Advanced
ship equip-
ment
Maritime
R&D
Specialized
ship yards
education
Ship
design IT
management
SHIPPING 8

11. From maritime cluster to
global maritime knowledge hub

12. Business as Global Knowledge Hubs
Talent
Technology
Shipping
Maritime services
Ship industry
Offshore industry
Competent investors
Venture capital
Research,education
& innovation
Economics
Environment

13. A Global Maritime Knowledge Hub shall propel the
Singapore Maritime Cluster
PORT
Networks
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
GLOBAL ECONOMY
TECHNOLOGY
TALENT
VENTURE CAPITAL
RESEARCH
INNOVATION
EDUCATION
SHIPPING
MARITIME
SERVICES
INVESTORS
INCENTIVES
DIVERSITY
OFFSHORE
& MARINE
ENGINEERING
Policies
GLOBAL POPULATION
GLOBAL POLITICS

14. Examples of global knowledge hubs
Boston (Life sciences)
Houston (Oil & gas)
Silicon Valley (IT) 14

16. Life Science Global Knowledge Hub in Boston
Color Legend
Reds: University (21%)All other colors: Biotech (38%)Light Grey: PRO (26% )Black: Cross-sector (16%)

17. Structure of global knowledge hub in biotech industry
REG
IFC
SSS
HCO
PHAR
DBF VC
PRO
Legend
PRO Public Research organizations
VC Venture Capital
DBF Dedicated Biotech Firms
PHAR Pharmaceutical industry
HCO Health care organizations
SSS Specialized supporting services
IFC Institutions for collaboration
REG Regulatory regime

19. Oslo Cancer Cluster “
”Solving the cancer puzzle”

20. Global knowledge hubs have two main dimensions
1. Industrial knowledge base (Hexagon model)
2. Industrial knowledge dynamics
(Network model)

21. The global knowledge hub index: Building the knowledge base
Environmental Attractiveness
Cluster Attractiveness
Educational Attractiveness
Ownership
Attractiveness
R&D Attractiveness
Talent Attractiveness

22. The global knowledge hub index
Envirnomental Attractiveness
The global knowledge hub index
Cluster Attractiveness
Educational Attractiveness
Ownership
Attractiveness
R&D Attractiveness
Talent Attractiveness

23. The global knowledge hub index: Creating knowledge dynamics
Environmental Attractiveness
Cluster Attractiveness
Educational Attractiveness
Knowledge
dynamics
Ownership
Attractiveness
R&D Attractiveness
Talent Attractiveness

24. Industrial knowledge dynamics
Demanding customer relations
Advanced supplier relations
Innovative R&D relations
Knowledge services relations
Dynamic business networks
Cross-cluster relations

25. Life Science Global Knowledge Hub in Boston
Color Legend
Reds: University (21%)All other colors: Biotech (38%)Light Grey: PRO (26% )Black: Cross-sector (16%)

26. Global knowledge hub policies
1. Creating global educational hub
Creating global R&D hub
Creating global innovation hub
Creating global commercialization hub
Creating global knowledge services hub
Creating global competent capital hub
Creating global knowledge networks