Technopreneurship

1.2 Technology and Innovation Ecosystem

Prepared by:
Dr. Robert Kerwin C. Billones
De La Salle University

Email: robert.billones@dlsu.edu.ph
Building an Innovation Ecosystem
The Silicon Valley Model
Evaluating an Innovation Ecosystem:
The ELEMENTS review
Evaluating an Innovation Ecosystem:
The ELEMENTS review

o This guide lists each element to be evaluated and grouped it into

four areas: 1) Universities, 2) Government, 3) Businesses, and
4) the Third Sector.

o The “Elements Review” used a color descriptor system to visualize

the state of the innovation ecosystem.
Universities/Research and Technology
Organizations (RTOs)
Government
Businesses/Industry
Third Sector
Initial Review of PHILIPPINES Innovation Ecosystem
INDIA Innovation Ecosystem
KENYA Innovation Ecosystem
SOUTH AFRICA Innovation Ecosystem
The Convergence of Corporate Agenda and
Research Policy

o Companies are looking to the outside for R&D and new ideas:
o Increasing competitiveness and inadequate results from internal R&D
o Increasing development costs and pressure to reduce R&D Spending
o Increased mobility of skilled workers – leaving corporate R&D

o Research Organizations (including Universities) are under pressure as well:

o More scrutiny to show that government and donor spending on research is
relevant to society and contributing to the national economy
o Reduced government funding for research
o Entrepreneurial culture increasing in Universities
General trends across engineering sectors

o Shift from traditional businesses developing and selling physical

products -> ‘customer-centric’ business model where product is
sold as a service and data collected in-use sold as services.

o ‘as-a-service’ business models reduce customer upfront payment

Disruptive Business Models
Technology Roadmap: Planning for Change
Technology Risk and Rewards