SERVICE EXCELLENCE.

DELIVERED

Knowledge & Beyond

Through a National Innovation System As a tool for Building a Knowledge Economy .

Connected Kenya | Diani, April 2012

Mike Macharia Founder & CEO Twitter:

BIGGER PICTURE
A key element to competitiveness in the knowledge based economy is ''interconnectedness" or linkages. The nation that fosters an infrastructure of linkages (networks) among firms, universities gains through and governments, advantage information competitive quicker and product

Hence the need of a National Innovations Syste

diffusion

Building Block 1 of A Mature National Innovation System

Media & Perception Innovative/Crea tive Risk Tolerance Entrepreneurshi p Attitude & Attitude : BelievingEducation in Ourselves Prejudice . -Tribalism

THINK Different(ly) ACT Different(ly)

Building Block 2 of A Mature National Innovation System

Teaching Higher Degrees Tertiary Workforce Dev. R &D Primary & Secondary Upgrade our industry from raw material-

intensive labour- intensive activities to knowledge and technology-intensive sectors.

Building Block 3 of A Mature National Innovation System

University Government R&D Non-profit private Research Linkage R & D and Commercialization

Consistent & deliberate efforts to create a sustainable research and development framework.
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Building Block 4 of A Mature National Innovation System

Example :The US semiconductor industrys development in the late

Health & Medical Environment Arts & Culture Defense & Security Energy

60s and early 70s.

Building Block 5 of A Mature National Innovation System

Technology Transfer Cooperative Research Technology Incubators Diffusion Innovation Awareness Conferences

it is necessary to promote linkages, knowledge flows, and technology diffusion within the cluster.

Building Block 6 of A Mature National Innovation System

Cluster Networks MNCs, Large Co SMEs Emerging exporters Innovative companies R&D Performing firms Start-ups / Spin offs Industry bodies Advisor services Investors /

Direct investment, policies should aim to be selective by discriminating in

favour of those investors whose strategies and

organisations complement advantages

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national

Building Block 7 of A Mature National Innovation System

Leading Customers Direct Customers End users / Stakeholders Government Procurement International Customers

Seek Replicable Business Models that can be re-sold, Re-used & IPRed globally .

Building Block 8 of A Mature National Innovation System

R&D & Business links, Recruit & Retain Companies Import/Exports & Infrastructure (Physical & Info/comms)

Internet, Voice & Video become conduits of knowledge, having the power to become richer by selling and buying knowledge.

Building Block 9 of A Mature National Innovation System

Patents IPA Copyright

Building Block 10 of A Mature National Innovation System

Private Equity Venture Capital Debt Equity Grants Stock Market PPP

A well developed risk capital market, that nurturing entrepreneu rship

Building Block 11 of A Mature National Innovation System

Tax rates R&D Break Export Taxes Double Taxation

Emphasis on growth rather than distribution in its overall policies.

Building Block 12 of A Mature National Innovation System

Education Funding Bodies, R&D Funding Bodies, Technology and Innovation Policy Advisory Bodies Standards, regulations & Contract legal system Fiscal & Tax Policy Trade/ Procurement Policies County and Regional Government Decision Making Processes

Government operates as an informed and demanding champion of policies.

The Future: A Mature National Innovation System

Research and Development expenditure Education Funding Bodies, R&D Funding that is well- coordinated Bodies, Technology and Innovation Policy Emphasis in Universities and public education on engineering and sciences; linkages and cooperation between business & public sector organizations; Technology policy that is aimed at
Advisory Bodies Standards, regulations & Contract legal system Fiscal & Tax Policy Trade/ Procurement PoliciesCounty and Regional Government Decision Making Processes

HOW IT ALL COMES TOGETHER BHAG

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OUR CHALLENGE ON KNOWLEDGE & BEYOND

The surplus society has a surplus of SIMILAR companies, employing SIMILAR people, with SIMILAR educational backgrounds, coming up with SIMILAR ideas, producing SIMILAR things, with SIMILAR prices and SIMILAR quality. the best way to predict the future is to create it Peter Drucker

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MAKING INNOVATIVE IDEAS HAPPEN WHAT THE IDEA IF

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WHY NOT

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