The Grenoble Cluster of Minalogic: France's most competitive pole?

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1 The Grenoble Cluster of Minalogic: France's most competitive pole? Case Study This case ws written by Stina Gunputrar, Celia Ley, Robin Caillaud, Eric Lupeng, Chen Zhouya, Divyang Ranka, Max Imbert under the supervision of Professor Mark Esposito, Grenoble Ecole de Management. It is intended to be used as the basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a management situation. This case was compiled by published sources. 2011, Grenoble Ecole de Management & Lab-Center for Competitiveness. No part of this publication may be copied, stored, transmitted, reproduced or distributed in any form or medium whatsoever without the permission of the copyright owner. ecch the case for learning Distributed by ecch, UK and USA North America Rest of the world t t +44 (0) All rights reserved f f +44 (0) Printed in UK and USA e ecchusa@ecch.com e ecch@ecch.com

2 Table of contents Minalogic MIcro NAnotechnologies et LOgiciel Grenoble-Isère Compétitivité... 1 I. Overview of France... 3 A. B. C. II. A. B. III. A. B. C. IV. A. B. C. D. E. F Frenchimportantdata... 3 Globaleconomicpoliciesfrom1945upto Frenchpolicyonclusters:the«pôledecompétitivité"... 6 Overview of Grenoble Economicexpansiontilltoday sgrenoble OverviewofclustersinGrenoble Grenoble nanotechnology cluster Entitiesinvolvedinthecluster ResearchInstitutions Industry EducationInstitutions Functioningofthecluster TheCluster sgovernance Thecooperationprocess Cluster sstrategy Midtermsummary:thesuccessfactorsoftheMinalogiccluster New challenges of the cluster Giant Challengesintermsofdynamics Politicalchallenges Environmentalandurbanchallenges Socialchallenges Grenoble:anexampleforFrance? Sources

3 I. OverviewofFrance A. Frenchimportantdata Exhibit1:2009GDP sranking 2009GDPsranking(estimation) Rank Country GDP(purchasingpowerparity) 9 France $2,094,000,000,000 Source: 3

4 Exhibit2:Frenchlaborforceemploymentin2009 Source:Insee B. Globaleconomicpoliciesfrom1945upto2010 4

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6 C. Frenchpolicyonclusters:the«pôledecompétitivité" 6

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8 Exhibit3:The Pôledecompétitivité 8

9 Exhibit 4: Development of growth and innovation ecosystem of a Pole de compétitivité 9

10 II. OverviewofGrenoble Exhibit5 Exhibit5:GrenobleinEurope 10

11 A. Economicexpansiontilltoday sgrenoble 11

12 Exhibit6 Exhibit7 Exhibit6:EnterprisesintheUrbanUnit,brokendownasfollows:end

13 Exhibit 7: The largest companies in the Grenoble region are (in 2008), (in orderofimportance): Enterprise,location Numberof employees Sector 13

14 B. OverviewofclustersinGrenoble Biotechnologyclusters 14

15 Aclustertiedtonewenergytechnologies Tenerrdis ITandCommunicationclusters 15

16 III. Grenoblenanotechnologycluster A. Entitiesinvolvedinthecluster 1. ResearchInstitutions 16

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19 2. Industry 19

20 3. EducationalInstitutions B. Functioningofthecluster 20

21 Exhibit8:Thecluster smainmarkets TheroleofMinalogicistorespondtothebusinesscommunity'sneedtoidentifynew valueadded services that can be integrated into existing products in fields that include health care, the environment, mobility, the media, and the textile industry 21

22 1. TheCluster sgovernance Exhibit9:Minalogic scluster 22

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24 2. Thecooperationprocess Central institutions, Creative institutions, Business institutionsnoncooperativeinstitutions. Centralinstitutions Creativeinstitutions Businessinstitutions 24

25 Noncooperative institutions 3. Cluster sstrategy - TosecureapositionasthenumberoneEuropeanandoneofthetopthree globalcentersdevotedtoembeddedsystemsonchipandmicroandnano technology - To transfer these technological advances to industries likely to bolster their competitive advantage through intelligent miniaturized solutions 25

26 o o o o o o o o o C. Midtermsummary:thesuccessfactorsoftheMinalogic cluster 26

27 HumanCapital SocialCapital StructuralProjects Minalogic 27

28 AllianceCrolles2 Minatec 28

29 PublicResearchandlocalinvestment IV. Newchallengesofthecluster 29

30 A. Giant 30

31 Exhibit10:ThemainscientificfieldsaddressedbyGiant(brochureofGiant): 31

32 Minatec 32

33 GreEn NanoBio CNRS EPN science campus. Grenoble Ecole de management extension Urban project Grenoble Presqu'île B. Challengesintermsofdynamics 33

34 Exhibit11:Minalogic sorganization C. Politicalchallenges 34

35 D. Environmentalandurbanchallenges 35

36 Exhibit10:Surfaceofcluster sbuildings Existingcentersofexcellence Surface Newbuildings Exhibit11:Financingofprojects Projectfunding Centersofexcellence Amenities and transportation infrastructures 36

37 E. Socialchallenges F. Grenoble:anexampleforFrance? 37

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39 Papers: Les Echos Giant's newletters Giant presentation booklet (available in Dieter Schmidt library) 39