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IRE – Valencia – 12 & 13 December 2002

Innovation in traditional sector

SMEs in Tuscany

by Francesco Gravina - Regione ToscanaDepartment of economic development


Tuscany

Italy %

Area sq km 23.000 301.000 7,6Population millions 3,5 57,5 6,1GDP 2001 billions euro

130 1.523 8,5

GDP 2001 on 2000 1,7 % 1,7 % 0Employment 2001 on 2000

1,0 % 1,5 % -0,5

Unemployment 2001 5,1 % 9,5 % -4,4

General information


Classes Tuscany NEC Italy

1-19 34,0 17,4 19,5

20-49 40,4 35,3 35,8

50-99 14,3 25,2 22,3

100-199 7,7 13,8 12,9

200-499 2,4 6,2 6,5

500 and over 1,2 2,1 3,0

TOTAL 100,0 100,0 100,0

Distribution of enterprisesby number of employees


Localized sector of Tuscan industry

Sectors of a large size in absolute terms and of importance as compared to national competitors (textiles, clothing and knitted goods, pulp and paper, footwear)

Sectors of a small size in absolute terms but of importance as compared to national competitors (leather goods, tanning, gold and jewelry articles, marble, etc.)

Sectors of a small size in absolute terms and of scant weight (niche sectors) as compared to national competitors (the various compartments of mechanical engineering, pharmaceuticals, ceramics, etc.).


The birth of high-tech sectorsof Tuscan industry

Came about in three main waves dating back:1. to the first half of the century and regards the group

of enterprises of larger size; these are firms belonging to the earliest phase of Italian industrialization, financed with both public and private capital, the ownership of which lies prevalently outside the Region;

2. to around the sixties, involved machinery-building firms; these are the units which were driven by the process of industrialization of the sixties and the seventies;

3. to the period 1970-1990, a cluster of firms operating above all in the sector of ICT, optics and electronics.


Classes Tuscany NEC Italy1-19 3,7 4,9 4,520-49 7,6 9,5 8,950-99 16,1 20,6 17,0100-249 20,1 30,3 26,0250 and over 34,6 46,2 40,4TOTAL 100,0 100,0 100,0

R&D of enterprisesby number of employees in 1997


Tuscany

North-Centre Italy

Public research bodies a

1.929 26.379 31.023

Business enterprises

1.930 55.800 61.117

Total 3.859 82.179 92.140

Public research bodies

6,2 85,0 100,0

Business enterprises

3,2 91,3 100,0

Total 4,2 89,2 100,0a Universities excluded

R&D personnelfor research and enterprises in

1998


R&D ExpenditureBusiness Enterprise Sector (% of

GDP)

Castilla Y Leon

LanguedocRoussilon Catalunya

Tuscany

Lombardy

Bretagne

Madrid

Auvergne

Ile de FranceP iedmont

Emilia Romagna

Veneto

Nordrhein-Westfalen

Berlin

Rheinland-P falz

60

80

100

120

140

0 0,5 1 1,5 2 2,5 3

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R&D ExpenditureGovernment Sector (% of GDP)

Emilia Romagna

Madrid

Languedoc-Roussilon

Ile de FranceTuscany

Bretagne

Auvergne

Lombardy

Catalunya

Castilla Y Leon

Veneto Piedmont

60

80

100

120

140

0 0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4 0,5 0,6 0,7 0,8

GD

P pe

r in

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(EU

R 1

2=10

0)


Geography of the research system

Three Universities: Florence, Pisa and Siena Two special academic institutions: Scuola Normale

Superiore and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa The Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – CNR The Istituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata

INOA The Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare – INFN The Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia INFM


Support to innovation and to technology transfer

Centres providing services to sectorsTecnotessile – Promomoda – Ceseca – Internazionale marmi e macchine – Polo scientifico di Navacchio

Centres for incubation and animation BIC

Centres for innovation and technology transferConsorzio Pisa Ricerche – Etruria Innovazione – Pontech – LucenseFirenze Tecnologia

Structures offering financial services Fidi Toscana – MPS Merchant


The regional policy for innovation

1. The RITTS Tuscany exercise2. The RIS+ pilot project Technologies for

cultural heritage3. The TRIP project Applicom 4. The Innovative Actions5. The ERDF Objective 2 Programme


The RITTS Tuscany exercise

Assessment of the regional policy Analysis of the structure and trends of

regional economy by means of demand and requirement for innovation of enterprises, scientific and technological supply

Guidelines of a regional strategy for innovation and organizational model and tools for the implementation of the strategy


The RITTS Tuscany exercise Action Plan

Objective A: support to innovation of traditional SMEs: valuation of experiences / targeting of system innovation / projects for external dissemination

Objective B: creation of innovative clusters: identification of priorities / demonstration projects / creation of mixed R&D laboratories / internationalization

Objective C: creation and consolidation of small high-tech enterprises:sensitization of, and support to, human resourcesscouting/economic intelligencedefinition and setting-up of financial toolshigh-tech incubatorsmarketing of scientific-technological supply


The RIS+ Tuscany pilot project Technologies for cultural heritage

Project objectives To aggregate a cluster - competitive at the international level -

integrating the competencies which are available in the different sectors which manage cultural patrimony: research, business and public institutions.

To develop demonstration prototypes of optoelectronic technology for use in cultural heritage and their examination at work in diagnostic research pilot sites.

Project results New optoelectronic technologies (laser for restoration, 3D and

laser scanner, IR high resolution scanner, environmental monitoring)

Technology evaluation and pilot sites in Italy, Europe and USA Market opportunities / partnership / promotion and

dissemination


Project phases and methodology

Analysis and identification of the main participant agents to be successful in the definition of the project.

Establishment of a co-ordination system between the involved agents: a cluster of Innovation based on technology transfer

Survey on possibilities and opportunities Identification of the concrete actions to

be implemented.


Project start point: handicaps

Lack of integration between scientific and technical competencies in research centres and industry and the expertise of cultural heritage professionals.

Intervention methods are not always based on diagnostic investigations

Lack of protocols Lack of knowledge of the real opportunities of the

market need of specialised information Traditional characteristics of the sector versus

innovation, particularly in the case of the Institutions in charge of the heritage preservation and management.


Project main actors

The Tuscany Regional Authority National government central bodies (Ministry for

cultural activities and heritage, Foreign affairs Ministry, University and Scientific and Technological Research Ministry)

National Research organisation (National Research Council - CNR), Institute of applied optics (INOA), etc.

University departments Opificio della Pietre Dure e Centro di restauro della

Soprintendenza archeologica della Toscana Private enterprises of the sector (industries and

service providers).


Project strategy and objectives Collaboration between public and private agents to

transfer knowledge from research centres to companies in order to produce high-tech optoelectronic products and innovative services in the field of cultural heritage.

Production of prototypes, based on technology transfer, successfully experimented in laboratories, and then validated on masterworks of arts and architectures.

Collaboration to carry out specific experiences and to generate a trust environment.

The final objective is to develop new products and services allowing technological applications to be diffused on a regional, national and international basis.


Project results

Sectors Technologies

Pilote sites

Diagnosis of paintingsIR Scanner

Works of Masaccio and Masolino in Europa and USA

Diagnosis of monuments Georadar

Camposanto Monumentale di Pisa and Toledo Cathedral

Environment monitoringIndoor monitoring in museums

Galleria degli Uffizi

Documentation 3D Scanning

Minerva di Arezzo

Conservation and restorationLaser

La Porta del Paradiso del Battistero di Firenze


IR Scanner


Indoor monitoring in museums


3D Scanning


Laser for conservation


Main strong points of the process Integration competencies between research centre, service and

production companies, restoration laboratories and institutions in the cultural heritage field

Commitment between interested agents, assuring their active involvement and the participation of the different levels of responsibility

Co-ordination and direction role played by the Regional authority Active collaboration between public and private sector in order to

consolidate research, products and services Detailed analysis of the real opportunities existing for new

technologies Active participation of research centres Active involvement of companies Interest of public authorities to integrate innovative solutions for

management of the cultural heritage Promotion and cooperation with national and foreign organizations.


Technological Innovation in Tuscany - ITT

Regional programme of innovative Actions Dissemination process of technological development

within the regional economy through the creation of co-operation networks among businesses, research centres and universities, local public institutions, centres for technological innovation and transfer, business advisory services, training centres and financial organisations.

Integration of scientific, technological and industrial skills in the more developed areas of the region with the resources present in the areas that will benefit from the ERDF financing

Reproducible innovation dissemination methodologies, to be used in the management of the ERDF Objective 2 Programme


ITT Project - Optocantieri

Project Evaluation

Resultspresentation

Pilot sites


Partners of Optocantieri

Project Evaluation

Resultspresentation

Pilot site

OPDICR

Service providers Manufactur

ers

ResearchCentres

Culturalinstitutions

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