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 www.ecch.com t +1 781 239 5884 t +44 (0)1234 750903 All rights reserved f +1 781 239 5885 f +44 (0)1234 751125 Printed in UK and USA e ecchusa@ecch.com e ecch@ecch.com
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. 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. Frenchimportantdata... 3 Globaleconomicpoliciesfrom1945upto2010... 4 Frenchpolicyonclusters:the«pôledecompétitivité"... 6 Overview of Grenoble... 10 Economicexpansiontilltoday sgrenoble... 11 OverviewofclustersinGrenoble... 14 Grenoble nanotechnology cluster... 16 Entitiesinvolvedinthecluster... 16 ResearchInstitutions... 16 Industry... 19 EducationInstitutions... 20 Functioningofthecluster... 20 TheCluster sgovernance... 22 Thecooperationprocess... 24 Cluster sstrategy... 25 Midtermsummary:thesuccessfactorsoftheMinalogiccluster... 26 New challenges of the cluster... 29 Giant... 30 Challengesintermsofdynamics... 33 Politicalchallenges... 34 Environmentalandurbanchallenges... 35 Socialchallenges... 37 Grenoble:anexampleforFrance?... 37 Sources... 38 2
I. OverviewofFrance A. Frenchimportantdata Exhibit1:2009GDP sranking 2009GDPsranking(estimation) Rank Country GDP(purchasingpowerparity) 9 France $2,094,000,000,000 Source:www.cia.com 3
Exhibit2:Frenchlaborforceemploymentin2009 Source:Insee B. Globaleconomicpoliciesfrom1945upto2010 4
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C. Frenchpolicyonclusters:the«pôledecompétitivité" 6
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Exhibit3:The Pôledecompétitivité 8
Exhibit 4: Development of growth and innovation ecosystem of a Pole de compétitivité 9
II. OverviewofGrenoble Exhibit5 Exhibit5:GrenobleinEurope 10
A. Economicexpansiontilltoday sgrenoble 11
Exhibit6 Exhibit7 Exhibit6:EnterprisesintheUrbanUnit,brokendownasfollows:end2006 12
Exhibit 7: The largest companies in the Grenoble region are (in 2008), (in orderofimportance): Enterprise,location Numberof employees Sector 13
B. OverviewofclustersinGrenoble Biotechnologyclusters 14
Aclustertiedtonewenergytechnologies Tenerrdis ITandCommunicationclusters 15
III. Grenoblenanotechnologycluster A. Entitiesinvolvedinthecluster 1. ResearchInstitutions 16
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2. Industry 19
3. EducationalInstitutions B. Functioningofthecluster 20
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
1. TheCluster sgovernance Exhibit9:Minalogic scluster 22
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2. Thecooperationprocess Central institutions, Creative institutions, Business institutionsnoncooperativeinstitutions. Centralinstitutions Creativeinstitutions Businessinstitutions 24
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
o o o o o o o o o C. Midtermsummary:thesuccessfactorsoftheMinalogic cluster 26
HumanCapital SocialCapital StructuralProjects Minalogic 27
AllianceCrolles2 Minatec 28
PublicResearchandlocalinvestment IV. Newchallengesofthecluster 29
A. Giant 30
Exhibit10:ThemainscientificfieldsaddressedbyGiant(brochureofGiant): 31
Minatec 32
GreEn NanoBio CNRS EPN science campus. Grenoble Ecole de management extension Urban project Grenoble Presqu'île B. Challengesintermsofdynamics 33
Exhibit11:Minalogic sorganization C. Politicalchallenges 34
D. Environmentalandurbanchallenges 35
Exhibit10:Surfaceofcluster sbuildings Existingcentersofexcellence Surface Newbuildings Exhibit11:Financingofprojects Projectfunding Centersofexcellence Amenities and transportation infrastructures 36
E. Socialchallenges F. Grenoble:anexampleforFrance? 37
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Papers: Les Echos Giant's newletters Giant presentation booklet (available in Dieter Schmidt library) 39