Netw ork Social I nnovation ( NSI )
Changes in society • Changing world • Globalization • Emerging economies • Rapid technological change • Shaping the knowledge society • Human capital development • Facing demographic issues • Ageing and shrinking workforce These changes call for social innovation!! 2
Social innovation as a challenge Integrated into: • European Grand Challenges Horizon 2020 • Topsector policy (Ministry of EL&I) Main focus on technological innovation, recently increased attention for social innovation • Social Infrastructure agenda (NWO): “Top”grants and Human Capital Program • Innovation Fund (Province of Limburg) • Learning and Innovation Theme (UM) 3
W hat is social innovation? • W orking sm art • Renew organizations • Create innovative culture • Alliances • Cooperate with other organizations • Sustainable entrepreneurship • Service innovation • Hum an capital developm ent • Renew HRM and active aging policy • Renew education and labor market policy 4
W hy is social innovation so im portant? ● Social innovations enlarge the efficiency of technological innovations ● Competitive power of organizations is determined by: - service quality - com petences of em ployees ● Social innovations strengthen organization's com petitive pow er in the labor m arket ● Social innovations strengthen sustainable em ployability of 5 5 + ● 5
7 5 % of all successful innovations can be attributed to social innovation Source: Erasmus Competitiveness & Innovation Monitor 6
W hy do social innovations often fail? • Organizations invest heavily in R&D for technological innovations while, • investments in R&D for social innovations are often lacking • Consequently, social innovation merely builds on copying and pasting best practices 7
Required: R&D for social innovation Know ledge sharing betw een: Organizations Academ ic Research is crucial !!! 8
Objectives NSI • Social innovation developm ent • Improving development and use of talent and companies’ performance • Know ledge sharing • Contribute to education programs and develop new education activities • Cooperate with other organizations to bring about research valuable for academia and business 9
Education program s ● Small Scale education MSc International Business: Responsible Business ● MSc Economic Studies: Economics of Human Capital ● ● Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management MSc ● Executive Master in Business Services 10
Research them es NSI ● Education and society Prof.dr. Lex Borghans ● Hum an resource developm ent Prof.dr. Andries de Grip ● Netw orks, alliances and service innovation Prof.dr. Paul Iske ● Entrepreneurship Dr. Anita van Gils 11
Company/Project Research Effects of pre ‐ school education in Limburg ‐ Employability miles ‐ Certification of craftsmanship ‐ Performance pay based on customer satisfaction ‐ Effects of training on firm performance Result focused entrepreneurship Fire Brigade Roermond Leadership in teams Open innovation, hospitality and elderly care 12
Company/Project Research Smartjobs (task roulation) Training employees from client firms Employability Index International outsourcing of specific tasks Various SME’s Innovations in family enterprises Information system on impact participations and subsidies 13
Company/Project Research Female leadership and entrepreneurship Effect of shared mental models on team performance Sharing expertise in multi ‐ professional design teams Retirement expectations and ‘Active Aging’ HR practices Effects of HRM on skill obsolescence employees Population shrinkage and aging in Limburg en Zeeland 14
Open innovation structure NSI FPN Fontys ‐ Erasmus University ‐ University of Twente ‐ TNO ROA KAANS FL FASoS MC4E NSI SSF School of Business and Economics UNU ‐ UNU ‐ FHML MERIT MERIT Maastricht Open University Zuyd University Hogeschool 15
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Mem bers NSI Think tank Maurice Benneker Commercial Director Paul Rinkens L1 Radio-TV Creapreneur Drs. Eric Schlösser President Board MVV Trui ten Kampe Managing partner IBC Drs. André Postema Faculty Director Vice-president Board of Directors Hogeschool Zuyd Prof.dr. Frans Leeuw Ir. Jos Schneiders Maastricht University DSM Nederland Director WODC Professor Law, Maastricht University Jérôme Verhagen Director LIOF Bertha Verhoeven-Van Lierop Prof.dr. Mariëlle Heijltjes Ex-president Director Postgraduate Education Drs. Archi Leenaers Chamber of Commerce Limburg Professor Managerial Behaviour President Anatech BV Maastricht University Mr.Ir. Murk Peutz School of Business and Economics Prof.dr. Bart Nooteboom Ex-Syntens Region director Zuid Professor Innovation policy Tilburg University Ir. Bert de Wit Director Development & Innovation Prof. Koenraad Debackere Erwin Janssen LIOF General Director KU Leuven Director Drs. Jef Pleumeekers Managing Director KU Leuven R&D Dolmans Landscaping Group Drs. Gerald Janssen President VWL Director Corporate Human Resources APG Samenwerkend Limburg 17
18 Opinion pieces NSI Think tank
Contribution to the region • Strenghten the innovative power, comptetiveness and business climate • Enhance the education system • Participate in Triple Helix initiatives – Smart Services Hub – Maastricht Health Campus – Chemelot Campus – Campus Venlo 19
Am bitions NSI • Inspire, educate and excel • Conduct distinct multidisciplinary research • Optimize the yield of social innovations • Forge international partnerships in science, policy and business 20
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