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2012
Cluster – Strategy as a challenge
Rinalds Celmiņš
Deputy Executive Director
Latvian IT Cluster
Opole, 23st March 2012
The presentation is being organised under a Polish Agency for Enterprise Development
undertaking entitled: “Polish clusters and cluster policy”.
The undertaking is being implemented under system project: “Human resources
development through promotion of knowledge, transfer and dissemination of innovation”
financed by the European Union under the European Social Fund, from the resources of the
Human Resources Operational Programme, sub-measure 2.1.3.
The undertaking of Polish Agency for Enterprise Development ‘Polish clusters and
cluster policy’ activity is being implemented under the honorary auspices of the
Minister of Economy.
Cluster – Strategy as a
challenge
Rinalds Celmiņš
Deputy Executive Director
Latvian IT Cluster
Opole, Poland
March 23, 2012
Latvia
• Location: Eastern Europe,
bordering the Baltic Sea, between
Estonia and Lithuania
• Capital: RIGA
• Area: 64,589 sq km (slightly larger
2nd – EU Top 5 countries by renewables
8th – World’s greenest country (after New
Zealand)
10th in the world-broadband distribution
speed
than West Virginia)
• Natural resouces: peat,
limestone, dolomite, amber,
hydropower, timber, arable land
• Population: 2,2 mil.
• GDP per capita: $14,300
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/lg.html
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A Business Cluster
• A business cluster is a geographic concentration of
interconnected businesses, suppliers, and associated
institutions in a particular field
• Clusters are considered to increase the productivity
with which companies can compete, nationally and
globally
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_cluster)
Arjeplog – Winter Car Testing
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Top-down vs. bottom-up
approach
SET-UP – top-down
Resource: Clusterland UpperAustria
OPERATIONS – bottom-up
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Building successful cross-sectoral
partnerships require
Time
Long-term commitment
Equal partnership from each sector at the
table
Jointly developing and setting goals
Appropriately aligning interests
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LITC STRATEGY (1)
General Part
Justificiation/reason 4 cluster establishment
 Vision of Cluster
 Short term impact
 Long term impact
 Results – indicators
 Partnership/consortium
 SWOT
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LITC STRATEGY (2)
Action Part
 Cluster development tendencies
 Cluster impact on economy
 Analyse cluster specialisation / niche products
 Implementation roadmap of cluster specialisation / niche
products
 Competence map
 Ways/tools to achieve competitiveness
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LITC STRATEGY (3)
Action Part
 Indicators
Activity plan
Define Priorities
 Define actions
 Define tools
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Case Study
LATVIAN IT CLUSTER
...IT helps to save and to reduce costs....
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IT applications can help to
• manage our natural resources better
monitor and prevent natural disasters
spread environmental awareness
...and much more...
IT should be regarded more as
a solution, rather than a problem!
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Just a few points were we are...
RIGA
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We are also proud of systems
developed for ...
NATO
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History
• Top IT companies, universities, R&D
institutions in Latvia
• Operates - 2000, legal – 2007
• Agreement (co-operation, collaboration, coopetition)
• Code of Ethics
• Monthly Fee, Administrative staff
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WE GO FOR…
Main are the
Collaboration
Quality and
Reliability
R&D
VALUES !
Competencies
Innovation
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Latvian IT Cluster companies
2010
Turnover ~ 118 mlj.Euro
38% - export
~ 2100 employees
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Co-operation Partners
LATVIJAS LAUKSAIMNIECĪBAS UNIVERSITĀTE
Belarusian High Technologies Park
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Key industry segments with
IT expertise
Finance
Payments (card, micro-, online)
Anti-fraud
Automated decision making
Insurance
Introduction of online policies
IT development
Custom-made or adaptation of international products
Competence in servicing public institutions (state, municipal, specialised)
DB management systems
Linguistic systems
IT consultations
ERP (SAP), CRM, accounting
Business process outsourcing
IT infrastructure
Data centres
E-governance
Support to users of PCs and peripherals in different languages
E-health
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Common
International
Projects
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IT Demo Center
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LV-EE project
«ICT DCNet»
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During 6 years
Strategic aims reached by:
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Common understanding
Widely recognised image
5 local (ESF, ERDF, government) projects implemented
6 projects are under implementation (international +
local)
• Attracted funds – more than 2 M EUR
• Now implementation projects 2 M Eur
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Collaboration models (1)
• Custom-made software (separate projects)
– Medium-to-large Latvian IT companies ready to provide
price estimates and discuss technical capacities
• Continuous service (outsourcing, regular batch-work)
– Integration of Latvian partner possible and not resourceconsuming
– Detailed cooperation agreement still suggested
• Joint applications
– E.g.,technologically challenging international or state-level
projects - a big challange for IT companies
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Collaboration models (2)
• Consumer market is open for new products
• Localization is not an issue, in case partnering with a
local company
• B2B market very diverse, companies with modern
management & IT systems
• ERP and CRM already offered widely
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We can develop things
together!
Latvian IT Cluster (www.itbaltic.com)
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Thank you!
IT Cluster ready to facilitate and support,
maximizing your gain from working with
Latvian IT companies
[email protected]
www.itbaltic.com
Ph: +371-67089815
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