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The knowledge network in the metropolitan

area

Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen

Dr. Arno Brandt

Brussels, 11. October 2006

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ÖOverview

1. Introduction

2. Knowledge economy and metropolitan regions

3. Innovative potential and network analysis of the cooperative relationships within the metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen

4. Results of the network analysis

5. Proposals for action

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ÖIntroduction

• NORD/LB is a state bank of the federal states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt

• The Regional Economics Department of the NORD/LB works on the following business areas:

– management and marketing concepts for regions

– cultural tourism– economic development projects

• Target groups: board of management and other units of the NORD/LB, saving banks, ministries and local government

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ÖKnowledge Economy and Metropolitan Regions

• A transition from the industrial society to a knowledge-based society can be observed

• Knowledge is becoming the most important resource

• Metropolitan regions are the nodal points of this new knowledge economy

• Metropolitan regions present a pool of resources in terms of highly qualified labour, supplier markets, and well-endowed communication and transport infrastructure

• They offer ideal location qualities for high-grade services such as research and development or the media and creative industries and provide a diversity of cultural facilities

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ÖPercentage of personnel active in research and development of the total amount of employees (2003)

Quelle: Eurostat

Lyon

Barcelona

Milano

MunichParis

Hannover, Braun-schweig, Göttingen

Öresund

Stockholm2,3

2,92,6

1,5 0,7

Randstad

Madrid

2,0

1,4Vienna

1,5 Rome

1,1

1,5

1,11,5

Bremen/ Oldenburg

0,7

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ÖBackground information on the project

• Networking structures of the regional players are significant for the quality of a regional innovation system

• The NORD/LB was commissioned by the Metropolitan Region of Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen to draw up a network analysis

• The analysis serves to register the existing cooperations among the scientific facilities and between these facilities and companies

• The objective is to ascertain in which areas of competence there is not yet adequate coorperation and in which of the nodal points of the network promotional strategies can be applied

• 496 economically relevant university and extra-university research facilities in the metropolitan region have been questioned; rate of return: 81 %

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ÖResults of the network analysis

• …..

IInternationalnternational cooperations of the scientific institutes of the cooperations of the scientific institutes of the metropolitan region metropolitan region

Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen (2006)Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen (2006)Number of connections to the 6 world regions

North America179179

4343Latin America

6464Middle East,

Africa

Asia/ Pacific Region126126

Central and Eastern Europe101101

Western Europe609609

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ÖResults of the network analysis

• …..

Regional network in the competence field Regional network in the competence field Process EngineeringProcess Engineering

AUF1

AUF10

AUF11

AUF13

AUF14

AUF15

AUF17

AUF19

AUF2

AUF20

AUF21

AUF23AUF3

AUF30

AUF35

AUF40

AUF43 AUF47

AUF53

FHB

FHB2

FHB6

FHB9

FHH4

FHH9

FHHH FHHH4

MHH

THH

TUB

TUB100

TUB101

TUB13

TUB14

TUB19

TUB25

TUB27

TUB31

TUB36

TUB38

TUB39

TUB49

TUB5

TUB53

TUB54

TUB56

TUB62

TUB64

TUB65

TUB66

TUB68

TUB73

TUB77

TUB79

TUB85

TUB92

TUB96

TUB97

TUB98

TUB99

TUC

TUCE2

TUCE4

TUCM1

TUCM10

TUCM12

TUCM5

TUCM9

TUCN1

TUCN2

TUCN3

TUCN4

TUCN7

UGUGC3

UGF

UGP10

UGP8

UH

UHB14

UHB15

UHE1

UHE13

UHE14

UHE2

UHM

UHM1

UHM10

UHM15

UHM17

UHM18

UHM2

UHM3

UHM6

UHM7

UHMP11 UHMP8

UHN14

UHN15

UHN22

UN304

UN305

UN315

UN316

UN349

UN365

UN366

UN373

UN378

UN405

UN408

UN409

UN410UN411

UN414

UN714

UN418

UN420

UN422

UN423

UN424

UN425

UN426

UN427

UN428

UN429

UN432

UN439

UN467

UN468

UN470

UN472

UN473

UN474

UN476

UN482

UN488

UN489

UN493

UN497

UN500

UN501

UN503

UN505

UN506

UN507

UN508

UN509UN511

UN512

UN514

UN516

UN521

UN522

UN405

UN524UN525

UN526

UN623

UN426

UN650

UN674

UN675

UN681

UN684

UN690UN691

UN692

UN693

UN701

UN707

UN708

UN709UN710

UN711

UN722

UN723

UN724UN725

UN726

UN727

UN728

UN729 UN730

UN731

UN732

UN733

UN734

UN735

UN736

UN737

UN738

UN739

UN740

UN741

UN742

UN743

UN744

UN745

UN746

UN747

UN748

WI326

WI408

WI409

WI410

WI411

Institutions questioned with strong supra-regional connections

Institutions questioned

Other institutions within the region

Companies within the region

Intensive cooperationSelective cooperationCooperation in matters of education

Indicators:

• Size of the network: 202

• Network density: 58 %

• Network cohesion: 5

• Connection level to industry: 48 %

• Supra-regional connectivity degree: 43,2 %

• Number of central actors (network nodes): 13

• Number of isolated actors: 0

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ÖResults of the network analysis

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Regional network in the competence fieldRegional network in the competence field Information & Communication TechnologyInformation & Communication Technology

AUF10

AUF12

AUF14

AUF2

AUF25

AUF26

AUF29

AUF36

AUF40AUF52

AUF6

FHB1

FHB5

FHH3

FHH5

FHH6 FHHH2

FHHH4

HBK1

HMT1

MHH

THH18

TUB

TUB101

TUB16

TUB21TUB22

TUB23

TUB30

TUB50TUB54

TUB63

TUB64

TUB78

TUB82

TUB90

TUC

UG

UGM4

UH

UHA6

UHE11

UHE14

UHE15

UHE16

UHE7

UHI5

UHI6

UHW22

UN304

UN305

UN310

UN311

UN312

UN315

UN328

UN329

UN330UN331

UN333UN334

UN340

UN369UN370

UN371

UN394

UN395

UN396

UN401

UN402UN403

UN414

UN415

UN417

UN418

UN424

UN432

UN449

UN450

UN451UN463

UN475

UN478

UN479

UN491

UN492

UN493

UN495

UN536

UN606 UN607

UN608

UN609

UN640

UN641

UN642

UN643

UN644

UN645

UN714

WI303

WI327

Institutions questioned with strong supra-regional connections

Institutions questioned

Other institutions within the region

Companies within the region

Intensive cooperationSelective cooperationCooperation in matters of education

Indicators:

• Size of the network: 102

• Network density: 31,9 %

• Network cohesion: 7

• Connection level to industry: 49 %

• Supra-regional connectivity degree: 34,5 %

• Number of central actors (network nodes): 4

• Number of isolated actors: 4

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ÖProposals for action

• A number of scientific institutions do not cooperate within the region, yet they are strongly networked at supra-regional level make the knowledge embodied in these establishments accessible for the entire region

• Cooperations in some competence fields do not extend across the entire metropolitan region develop projects, which support networking activities throughout the whole region

• Isolated actors can be identified within the competence fields integration of those actors into the network through project

• Network nodes within the metropolitan regions can be identified they play an important role as strategic partners in a successful cluster policy

• Build up a regional knowledge management

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Thank you for your attention!