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CREATING INNOVATIVE PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTS a spatial design-testing strategy for Delft and Leiden
initiative The Project is an initiative of the Deltametropolis Association. The project is developed in collaboration with the project partners Frank van Oort (Professor of Urban Economics, University Utrecht) and Helmut Thoele (senior urban planner,Province of South–Holland). The knowledge partners and investors provide the necessary information, data and financial resources for SprintCity.
Knowledge Partners City Delft City Leiden
CONTENT GLOBAL TRENDS - LOCAL CHANGE KNOWLEDGE CORRIDOR AND INNOVATIVE COMPANIES GAZELLES IN SOUTH HOLLAND MOVEMENT OF GAZELLES CASE STUDY DELFT AND LEIDEN OVERVIEW COMPANIES INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
As Maurits de Hoog already pointed out, the big concern currently is: ‘We need to create action Milieus’
GLOBAL TRENDS Europe’s economic and urban systems are becoming increasingly regionalized. The flexible networks of companies cluster into agglomerations 1
that integrate into a system larger than the city itself. This process of agglomeration forming new centres is connected to patterns of innovation and potential manufacturing to compete in an increasingly extended market. Through these networks, “smart specialisation” happens.2 Research and industry align goals for a common development, thereby reinforcing one another. This specialisation happens on a variety of scales; regions may specialise, but within certain clusters highly specialised companies might coexist as well, sometimes sharing the same building. Although the average
able to operate on a very large scale. The network within one city-region is often embedded within a number of worldwide inter-regional networks of competition and exchange. 33 Because of this, these smart specialisation networks, often made up by small to medium-sized companies, have proven to be both successful and resilient in economical terms. Second tier cities play an important role in these regional systems, especially those that have a high knowledge component. An outstanding example of this in terms of being a centre of knowledge and embedded industries is the region of SouthHolland.The area has considerable potential to grow and become a key part of a regional system and economic motor for the whole Netherlands.
enterprise within such specialised networks is thus relatively small, it is 1 Storper, M., Global City-Regions: An Overview 2 McCann, P., 2011, Smart Specialisation, Regional Growth and Applications to EU Cohesion Policy
3 Storper, M., Global City-Regions: An Overview
But there are fundamental obstacles to the economic growth of the region, which are already analysed and studied in the research ‘Weerbare regio’. 1. There is a larger growth in the service and knowledge economy, but a lesser growth and in the production economy. Currently South Holland has big industries ( harbour/ horticulture), but these have reached full growth and are therefore no longer innovative. Expected is that in due time they will shrink. How can we make these industries able to renew themselves? 2. South-Holland is a spatially dispersed area; a mini polycentric field of activities. In this area, the knowledge-related clusters are mainly located in the urbanised regions, while the production economy is to be found in the periphery. This current separation of manufacturing and knowledge systems do not allow for entrepreneurial, integrated, and synergistic environments to compete in global markets.
In short, opportunities arise in emerging smaller sectors, but at the moment they are not innovative nor sufficiently connected. Concerning the knowledge economy, the question arises: how to interconnect industryrelated clusters and knowledge clusters to form innovative and economically strong areas and corridors? What are their spatial requirements and what are the tools to upgrad them? To overcome the weaknesses of the current market and to understand the value potential of certain places we want to use a spatial testing strategy as a tool to speculate the formation of more successful clusters, communities and corridors. A spatial test to compliment the economical study of ‘Weerbare Regio’, which could serve as an important input in the spatial vision of Holland.
“The contemporary town is not one but many places. It is a complex, many layered, multifarious structure, made up of complementary and interconnected ideas, concepts and systems.” Ungers, O.M., 1997,The Dialectic city,
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To find the right strategy for the region of South-Holland and to understand the tools for strenghtening the already proposed knowledge axis along Delft-Leiden and Rotterdam, our spatial analysis starts on the micro scale by analysing the relocation of innovative small firms in the area around the knowledge cores of Delft and Leiden and propose new ways for possible future economic growth. The analysis of ‘Weerbare Regio’ demonstrate several potential sectors and possible innovation environments, but to base the first spatial test on the relocation of small companies is particularly intersting because their location choices are so explicit. For the Deltametropolis Association, this spatial testing strategy is a logical next step in what has already been undertaken in the economical studies. This research is a concretisation of the former work, with the goal to
contribute to a bigger study of spatial design testing and the development of regional strategies for innovative cluster and corridors. It serves as a first test to define a method that can be replicated to further sectors or bigger industrial complexes with the goal to help planning and policy in SouthHolland for future economic stability and growth.
INNOVATIVE COMPANIES
5 SECTORS LISAdata - filter most innovative companies in most innovative
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The focus on small scale companies and ‘Gazelles’ (firms that started small and established their position on the market for more then 5 years) therefore becomes increasingly important. Seen as the most flexible and innovative companies, they show the greatest opportunities to grow and to form strong new cross-over relationships between the university and local industry. As also argued in the ‘Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie’: “The location of firms is one of the main concerns of economic geography, suggesting that ’place matters’ in economic development.“1 Therefore, a firm’s relocation provides information on the differences between the original and destination locations, revailing which location characteristics matter to
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the relocated firms and to their entrepreneurs.”2 But what are the spatial requirements and is it possible to form these production milieus? What are their position in the complex agglomeration network? Understanding their location choice and spatial requirements will not only illustrate the current industrial landscape but also give insight how to govern the location to form strong economic corridors. These ugraded industry-related companies can form strong innovative sectors and form the backbone of economic growth for a whole area.
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ICT Compnies which exist in 2010 5460 companies 202 Gazelles
ICT Compnies which exist in 2010 537 companies 19 Gazelles FILELINX POINTGROUP BV BUSINESS COMMUNICATION & INFO PARTNERS AUTON RIJNSBURG BV ACE GROUP BV
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exist in 2010 in South Holland 48 Companies 4 Gazelles
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exist in 2010 in area Leiden - 80 Companies - 4 Gazelles
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INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDIES SCIENCE CITY - NEW FORM OF CITY DEVELOPMENT
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The attached booklet (work in progress) is part of our starting project and will serve as the basis for a broader research project, to strengthen industrybased sectors in South Holland. Project planning: Until September 11th: Development of a detailed overview of the spatial behavior of innovative companies in Delft and Leiden, to consolidate a strong team of experts and representatives of the industries. The in-depth analysis of existing clusters forms the first step in establishing links between academic research and local industries. Selected companies are invited to participate in this process. End of September: An expert meeting will discuss and communicate the outcome of the spatial design test.The meeting is open to all industry-related actors and will not only focus on the exchange of gathered knowledge but also discuss new strategies, sectors and areas for development.The outcome of the expert meeting, highlighted with diagrams, will be summarized in a publication and sent out to all involved experts and industrial actors in the region. Project partners: Currently the following people and organizations are involved: Frank van Oort (Professor of Urban Economics, University of Utrecht) Helmut Thoele (senior Urban planner, Province of South–Holland) City of Delft City of Leiden
If you want more information or get involved, please contact: Anke Wetzel - urban researcher at Vereinigung Delatmetropool Projectleader “creating innovative production environment” tel: 0031 10 413 0927 mail: anke.wetzel@deltametropool.com