Dr @JohnBreslin, Director@Tech_Innovate, @NUIGalway

Collaborative Leadership to Increase the Northern & Western Region’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Capacity

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— Peter Drucker

“What’s measured improves.”

1. What needs to improve?

2. What should we measure?

3. How do we take action?

1. What needs to improve?- Some statistics where there’s

definite room for improvement

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Ireland has the6th lowest startup birth rate in the EU at 7.3% Eurostat (2015, EU average is 10%)

Data mapped using Tableau and retrieved 10 May 2018 fromec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/structural-business-statistics/entrepreneurship/indicators

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Drop in the number of enterprisesfrom 2008 to 2015 CSO

Northern & Western Region

7%⬇Ireland

2%⬆Data retrieved 10 May 2018 fromwww.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/er/bd/businessdemography2015/

DL, MO, SO were the only counties to drop in population (2011 to

2016), and Dublin is 166% greater than at foundation of the State

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Populations of Connacht & Ulster

are lower than they were in 1926 CSO

Data retrieved 10 May 2018 from www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?maintable=CD102&PLanguage=0 and www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?maintable=EP001&Planguage=0

2013Q1 was when the State’s total labour force was at its lowest

(State growth since then is 8%)

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MIDLANDS

⬆1% DUBLIN

⬆13%

SOUTH-EAST

⬆4%SOUTH-WEST

⬆4%

MID-EAST

⬆7%MID-WEST

⬆6%

BORDER

⬆14%

WEST

0%

No Western growth in labour force since 2013

CSO (QLF15: 2013Q1-2017Q4)

Data retrieved 10 May 2018 fromwww.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?maintable=QLF15&PLanguage=0

In the West, employment is only now at the same level as in 2009

(>200k), growing at the slowest rate in the State (QNQ22; QLF15)

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MIDLANDS

⬆20.4% DUBLIN

⬆15.8%

SOUTH-EAST

⬆18.5%SOUTH-WEST

⬆15.2%

MID-EAST

⬆14.2%MID-WEST

⬆12%

BORDER

⬆14.7%

WEST

⬆6.2%

Lowest national jobs growth in the West

since the lowest point of the recession CSO (QNQ22:

low point-2017Q2)

Thanks to @DanOBrien20 for the pointers, data retrieved 10 May 2018 fromwww.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?maintable=QNQ22&PLanguage=0

2. What should we measure?- Need more metrics and insights before we can take

action...

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● Global Competitiveness Index● Bloomberg Innovation Index● Global Innovation Index● European Innovation Scoreboard● Global Entrepreneurship Monitor● Global Entrepreneurship Index● Global Startup Ecosystem Report● World Bank (WB) World Development Indicators (WDI) ● UNESCO’s Institute for Statistics (UIS) ● OECD

Don’t reinvent: reuse best-in-class of existing measures/metrics

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Don’t be Silicon Valley: have own comparative regional advantage

Original slides by Dr Phil Budden and Professor Fiona Murray, MIT

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Foundational Institutions

Ease of Doing Business, Starting a Business, Paying Taxes, Resolving Insolvency, Enforcing Contracts, Property Rights, Government Integrity, Labour Freedom, Trade Freedom, Corruption Perceptions Index 13

Increase innovation and entrepreneurship capacity

Original slides by Dr Phil Budden and Professor Fiona Murray, MIT

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18EQI = Entrepreneurial Quality Index, or the average growth potential (or “quality”) of any given group of new firmsEurostat has some useful data on the survival rates of enterprises after two years, as well as the employment share of two year old enterprises

Institution Total 2017

NUI Galway 24401 1820

Galway Mayo IT 658 51

IT Sligo 246 24

Letterkenny IT 122 10

Dundalk IT 410 36

Athlone IT 359 45

Publications from HEIs in the BMW

Region WOS

UCD = 56367TCD = 54818UCC = 32041

UL = 13538DCU = 12590

MU = 7645DIT = 4318

19Data retrieved 10-23 May 2018 from Web of Science by Clarivate Analytics atlogin.webofknowledge.com

HEI Applicant Filings

University College Cork 386

Trinity College Dublin 360

National University of Ireland Galway 264

Dublin City University 253

University College Dublin 225

University of Limerick 131

National University of Ireland (aggregation) 91

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 87

Dublin Institute of Technology 76

Maynooth University 49

Patent filings from HEIs (1999-2013)

DJEI/DBEI

20Data retrieved 23 May 2018 from dbei.gov.ie/en/Publications/Publication-files/ An-Analysis-of-Intellectual-Property-Activity-in-Ireland-Based-on-Existing-Data.pdf

PCT Applicant 2015 2016 2017

CONNAUGHT ELECTRONICS LIMITED (VALEO VISION SYSTEMS)

10 22 28

ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED

12 10 14

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN 11 7 11

FOTONATION LIMITED 1 10 10

PROTHENA BIOSCIENCES LIMITED 8 4 10

X-CELEPRINT LIMITED 4 4 10

JANSSEN R & D IRELAND 9 7 9

NURITAS LIMITED 9

DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY

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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK 4 10 8

Patent filings from Irish organisations

WIPO

PCT = Patent Cooperation Treaty

21Data retrieved 23 May 2018 from World Intellectual Property Organization atwww.wipo.int/ipstats/en/statistics/country_profile/profile.jsp?code=IE

Comparative Advantage

Leading current economic clusters

Leading assets

Leading areas of expertise and talent

Critical problems/challenges

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3. How do we do take action?- A collaborative leadership approach is needed to agree

on metrics and act upon them

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REAP = Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Programme

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Original slides by Dr Phil Budden and Professor Fiona Murray, MIT

MIT REAP Director SJ Maxted

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Gather the innovation ecosystem stakeholders

Original slides by Dr Phil Budden and Professor Fiona Murray, MIT

Define shared metrics to set agenda and create impact via action

Original slides by Dr Phil Budden and Professor Fiona Murray, MIT

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● Increase impact and innovation capacity/entrepreneurship capacity in this region through actions derived from a metric-driven common agenda

● A collaborative leadership group is currently being put together, and will visit the MIT REAP management team in Boston next week

Let’s get the Northern & Western Region of Ireland onto MIT REAP

Thank you! Any questions?@johnbreslinjohn@bresl.in