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KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY FORUM V

Innovation and Technology Absorption for Growth
Prague, March 28-30, 2006

Ing. Martin Jahn

Member of the board of management KODA AUTO a.s.

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absorption for growth

The significance of koda Auto

for the Czech Republic

with sales of CZK 177,8 bln koda Auto is

the biggest Czech industrial company
3% of Czech work force is directly or indirectly
employed by koda Auto
koda's exports = 8,2% of the total Czech
export
in 2005 koda Auto invested approx. 5%
of its annual turnover

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Growth of koda Auto in 2005

record sales: 492.111 cars

record production: 494.127 cars
record revenue: EUR 6,46 bln
record before-tax profit: EUR 348 mln
record export: EUR 5,27 bln
record employment: 26.000 employees
expansion of assembly abroad (India, Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kazakhstan)

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Competitive Environment

labour costs
energy and material costs
competitors (Japan, Korea, China)
stronger CZK
prices of products

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koda Auto and Knowledge economy

Investments R&D

203 mln EUR

Investments Education

7,8 mln EUR

koda Auto University

420 students in bachelor study

koda Auto Mechanical

960 apprentices
engineering vocational school
koda Auto - R&D center

1420 employees

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absorption for growth

Qualification and Top competencies as the

competitive advantage of koda Auto
target group

GEF

intercultural
training

Top-management
juniors

iLead
MBA

management

management
programme

management
juniors
talents
graduates
supervisors
specialists
students
apprentices

GJEP

qualification
standards

management talents
programme
Traineeprogramme
know-how
transfer
koda Auto
University
vocational
school

scholarship
training

supervisor
school
JUST- pool

production system
koda
competencies
development

permanent learning
on the job activities
off the job

Topmanagement

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absorption for growth

Building up the level of education and innovations by

combining knowledge management and practice
Campus Na Karmeli the public-private partnership
koda Auto University
school for economic thinking - business
and marketing professionals

Center of technical universities

start of close co-operation between
research lectures and students with
company specialists and their
involvement in the solution of new
tasks

Event Management
catering, after-work
party, concerts,
exhibitions, festivals
Coaching
coaching, flowteams, innovative
processes
Knowledge management
internet center/caf, media library,
study room, expert discussion forums,
workshops

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absorption for growth

Building up the level of education and innovations by

combining research and practice
The extension of Technological Center
2009
Area of the new center:
Floor area of the labs and offices:
Investment:
New jobs:

38.000 sq.m.
11.000 sq.m.
EUR 38 mln
370 employees

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koda Auto - Knowledge economy in the future

Innovation Management

R&D linked with Production

koda Auto University Masters Degree

Cooperation with educational institutions IQ Auto

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Czech Republic Financial perspective 2007-2013

Emphasis on knowledge economy

Support of R&D demand, Innovation

Support of R&D infrastructure, building capacity on supply side
Mobility of R&D workers

SME Support consortium of SMEs as a final beneficiary

Efficiency in respect of administration expenditure:
Relatively small grants provided
Administration/project expenditure for SME in line with
HR capacity of SME
The cost of providers
Results of SME projects

Support clusters of SMEs linked to big companies

SMEs involved in robust R&D project led by big company

Activity from FP focused on SMEs put into programmes

on national/regional level

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Conclusions

Knowledge economy is the only answer to globalisation

Knowledge economy = deindustrialization
Quality over Quantity
Public-private partnership
Permanent learning and change = stable security

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