By Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
ISBN-10: 9264097368
ISBN-13: 9789264097360
ISBN-10: 9264097376
ISBN-13: 9789264097377
The Basque nation sector in Spain is international popular for a profitable business transformation, the city regeneration of Bilbao, cultural uniqueness, distinctive governance preparations and excessive wealth degrees. during the last 30 years, the sector has carried out its technology, know-how and innovation (STI) coverage pushed via a necessity to spice up business competitiveness. The position of overall issue productiveness and innovation in using progress was once major within the Nineteen Nineties and declined within the early a part of this decade, yet seems to be at the upward thrust back thank you partially to major raises in private and non-private funding in innovation. The Basque kingdom has started a transition from a version of incremental innovation in production to a version more and more in response to technological know-how and other kinds of information. via a diagnostic of the innovation approach and the coverage combine, the evaluation deals a few coverage and governance suggestions to accomplish the areas wanted transition in mild of world developments within the innovation procedure and innovation policy.Table of content material :-Foreword-Acronyms and abbreviationsAssessment and recommendations-Review context-Diagnosing the innovation system-STI coverage trends-Basque nation STI coverage in a multi-level governance contextIntroduction-The dynamics of innovation are evolving...-...implying a number of coverage challenges...-...including the context of the present crisis-Conclusion-Notes -BibliographyChapter 1. Innovation and the Basque economy-Introduction-Basque state: total financial and demographic trends-Industrial constitution and overseas linkages-Innovation procedure and performance-Basque inovation method actors-Bibliography-Annex1.A1. Statistical tables and graphsChapter 2. Basque kingdom STI policy-Introduction-The first levels of the Basque nation STI policy-the PCTI 2010: in the direction of a complete method of STI policy-Basque STI coverage mix-Conclusion-Bibliography-Annex 2.A1. Statistical tables and graphs and boxesChapter three. Multi-level governance of Basque state STI policy-Introduction-Spain nation context-European Unsion: agendas and funding-Co-ordination in the Basque country-Conclusion-Bibliography
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Source: INE, Economic Accounts. 2). Among manufacturing sectors, medium-high technology OECD REVIEWS OF REGIONAL INNOVATION: BASQUE COUNTRY, SPAIN © OECD 2011 1. 2% for medium-low technology. 6%). Relative to Spain, the region is more specialised in medium-high technology manufacturing and knowledge-intensive financial services, and has been increasingly so. 7). 7. 6 Specialisation index 2006 Source: OECD calculations based on Eurostat data and classification by technology level. A1). Natural resource-based sectors generally have the highest GVA per worker.
The plan has 22 strategic R&D lines involving 37 co-operatives, all its technology centres and the university. Mondragon Health and Mondragon Energy were launched in 2009, for the development of activities in these fields of priority interest. Mondragon also supports the ten-year-old Garaia Innovation Park, one of four major sites in the Basque Country along with the other three technology parks. com. OECD REVIEWS OF REGIONAL INNOVATION: BASQUE COUNTRY, SPAIN © OECD 2011 58 – 1. 9. Imports and exports as a share of GDP in the Basque Country As a share of GDP (bars)/share to foreign countries (lines) 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Exports: share GDP Imports: share GDP Exports: share to f oreign countries Imports: share to f oreign countries Source: EUSTAT, Economic Accounts.
The diffusion occurs within value chains between firms and their suppliers or clients and facilitates the development of innovative clusters. It also fosters final demand-led innovation and highlights the eminent role of knowledge-intensive service activities (KISA) in diffusion processes across the economy, notably at the regional level (OECD, 2006). For many companies, “technology will gradually move from being a driver of innovation to becoming an enabler of innovation” (FORA, 2009). • While companies rely more on their intangible assets for their innovative activities, they also put a greater emphasis on external sources of knowledge (OECD, 2008).