Business Sustainability Process

Northeast Ohio

April 2010

Business Idea / Case Development Process      

Context

Value Proposition

Focus

Deliverables

Workload

Required

Resources

Commitments

      BusinessSustainability    Map Model Information Knowledge Portfolio Governance

Reference Process Flow, Value Chain,

Georeference, Asset

Inventory

Localization, Optimization, Simulation, Interaction

Quantitative, Qualitative,

Collaborative Social Media, Forums, Apps

Learned, Contracted, Embedded | Curricula,

Internships, Robotics

Cluster

Focused, Community

Based, Investment

Minded

Cooperatives & Councils-- Compliance,

Variance, Off-Radar,

IgnoranceCluster / Platform

Name                         

                                                                     

                                                                                                                                                      

                                                                                                                                       

Resource

Links:                          

• The Ag-Bioscience Cluster is a hot-bed of business opportunities 10+ product areas (platforms or clusters)

• Necessity is sparking innovation and generating more business ideas / cases than there is capacity to promote 170+ business ideas, cases, support structures

• Business sustainability is at least as important as business idea / case developmentGreen process steps establish blue “context” and steps beyond

• Knowledge delivery about sustainable business planning essential for successCollective leadership / collaborative decision-making

• Business ecosystems development prompts interdependent business ideas / casesResources are reinvested in the community with minimal leakage

• The Ag-Bioscience Cluster is a hot-bed of business opportunities 10+ product areas (platforms or clusters)

• Necessity is sparking innovation and generating more business ideas / cases than there is capacity to promote 170+ business ideas, cases, support structures

• Business sustainability is at least as important as business idea / case developmentGreen process steps establish blue “context” and steps beyond

• Knowledge delivery about sustainable business planning essential for successCollective leadership / collaborative decision-making

• Business ecosystems development prompts interdependent business ideas / casesResources are reinvested in the community with minimal leakage

Business Sustainability - Overview

Business Idea / Case Development Process      

Context

Value Proposition

Focus

Deliverables

Workload

Required

Resources

Commitments

      BusinessSustainability    Map Model Information Knowledge Portfolio Governance

Reference Process Flow, Value Chain,

Georeference, Asset

Inventory

Localization, Optimization, Simulation, Interaction

Quantitative, Qualitative,

Collaborative Social Media, Forums, Apps

Learned, Contracted, Embedded | Curricula,

Internships, Robotics

Cluster

Focused, Community

Based, Investment

Minded

Cooperatives & Councils-- Compliance,

Variance, Off-Radar,

IgnoranceCluster / Platform

Name                         

                                                                     

                                                                                                                                                      

                                                                                                                                       

Resource

Links:                          

• Develop process flow and value and supply chain maps for 8 product areas in NEO

• Develop asset and resource inventory maps in support of 6 project localities in NEO

• Develop, test, and deploy online data collection / ground truth tool that provides the opportunity for NEO partners to enrich and verify assets related to specific product areas in their communities

• Develop, test, and deploy online mapping tool that provides the opportunity for NEO partners to map assets in their communities

Business Sustainability - Map

Business Idea / Case Development Process      

Context

Value Proposition

Focus

Deliverables

Workload

Required

Resources

Commitments

      BusinessSustainability    Map Model Information Knowledge Portfolio Governance

Reference Process Flow, Value Chain,

Georeference, Asset

Inventory

Localization, Optimization, Simulation, Interaction

Quantitative, Qualitative,

Collaborative Social Media, Forums, Apps

Learned, Contracted, Embedded | Curricula,

Internships, Robotics

Cluster

Focused, Community

Based, Investment

Minded

Cooperatives & Councils-- Compliance,

Variance, Off-Radar,

IgnoranceCluster / Platform

Name                         

                                                                     

                                                                                                                                                      

                                                                                                                                       

Resource

Links:                          

• Engage five stakeholder groups in identification of business ecosystems that are centered on specific product areas in their localities

• Develop a resource network within NEO to work with stakeholder groups in the development of their business ecosystems

• Identify opportunities for new and expanded businesses associated with each stakeholder business ecosystem

Business Sustainability - Model

Business Idea / Case Development Process      

Context

Value Proposition

Focus

Deliverables

Workload

Required

Resources

Commitments

      BusinessSustainability    Map Model Information Knowledge Portfolio Governance

Reference Process Flow, Value Chain,

Georeference, Asset

Inventory

Localization, Optimization, Simulation, Interaction

Quantitative, Qualitative,

Collaborative Social Media, Forums, Apps

Learned, Contracted, Embedded | Curricula,

Internships, Robotics

Cluster

Focused, Community

Based, Investment

Minded

Cooperatives & Councils-- Compliance,

Variance, Off-Radar,

IgnoranceCluster / Platform

Name                         

                                                                     

                                                                                                                                                      

                                                                                                                                       

Resource

Links:                          

• Adapt / add architecture, tools, and applications that include an expanded suite of available information to support business ecosystems development and the business cases within them

Business Sustainability - Information

Business Idea / Case Development Process      

Context

Value Proposition

Focus

Deliverables

Workload

Required

Resources

Commitments

      BusinessSustainability    Map Model Information Knowledge Portfolio Governance

Reference Process Flow, Value Chain,

Georeference, Asset

Inventory

Localization, Optimization, Simulation, Interaction

Quantitative, Qualitative,

Collaborative Social Media, Forums, Apps

Learned, Contracted, Embedded | Curricula,

Internships, Robotics

Cluster

Focused, Community

Based, Investment

Minded

Cooperatives & Councils-- Compliance,

Variance, Off-Radar,

IgnoranceCluster / Platform

Name                         

                                                                     

                                                                                                                                                      

                                                                                                                                       

Resource

Links:                          

• Develop an educational curriculum, structured as a flexible business ecosystem framework by which to design and deliver a set of well timed learning opportunities, for each of the five business ecosystems described in the modeling activity (above)

• Individualized the actual content within the framework for each of the five business ecosystems by including their specific activities, issues, and possibilities

• Provide a single event business ecosystem learning opportunity for interested individuals and groups not included in the five business ecosystems

Business Sustainability - Knowledge

Business Idea / Case Development Process      

Context

Value Proposition

Focus

Deliverables

Workload

Required

Resources

Commitments

      BusinessSustainability    Map Model Information Knowledge Portfolio Governance

Reference Process Flow, Value Chain,

Georeference, Asset

Inventory

Localization, Optimization, Simulation, Interaction

Quantitative, Qualitative,

Collaborative Social Media, Forums, Apps

Learned, Contracted, Embedded | Curricula,

Internships, Robotics

Cluster

Focused, Community

Based, Investment

Minded

Cooperatives & Councils-- Compliance,

Variance, Off-Radar,

IgnoranceCluster / Platform

Name                         

                                                                     

                                                                                                                                                      

                                                                                                                                       

Resource

Links:                          

• Community Investment Portfolio structure and process are designed, developed, and deployed

Business Sustainability - Portfolio

Business Idea / Case Development Process      

Context

Value Proposition

Focus

Deliverables

Workload

Required

Resources

Commitments

      BusinessSustainability    Map Model Information Knowledge Portfolio Governance

Reference Process Flow, Value Chain,

Georeference, Asset

Inventory

Localization, Optimization, Simulation, Interaction

Quantitative, Qualitative,

Collaborative Social Media, Forums, Apps

Learned, Contracted, Embedded | Curricula,

Internships, Robotics

Cluster

Focused, Community

Based, Investment

Minded

Cooperatives & Councils-- Compliance,

Variance, Off-Radar,

IgnoranceCluster / Platform

Name                         

                                                                     

                                                                                                                                                      

                                                                                                                                       

Resource

Links:                          

• Establish formal networks between NEO Ag Bioscience business ecosystems, associated local governments within the region, and the state Departments of Agriculture, Energy, and Development through facilitated meetings

• Analyze policy constraints at local and state levels, and formulate recommendations to local and state government that will facilitate growth of the cluster

• Document current and estimate future returns to investors and communities in terms of improved agroecosystem health, increased wealth, reduced poverty

Business Sustainability - Governance