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  • Public commitment to R&D in the Basque Country: Show me the dough!

    In any public policy, the key is not in the discourse, but in the economic resources that are allocated to it. These are the unequivocal proof of the real commitment acquired. The science and technology policy of the Basque Country (PCTI Euskadi 2020. A Smart Specialization strategy) recently approved by the Basque Government deserves a…

  • R&D financing. Loans are not for everything

    A very significant percentage of the annual budgets that the State allocates to the promotion of R&D is channeled through financial aid that the recipient has to repay in one way or another (62.4% in the General State budgets of 2015). Especially in times of crisis, this type of financial instrument generates great controversy. Detractors…

  • R&D financing. Loans are not for everything

    A very significant percentage of the annual budgets that the State allocates to the promotion of R&D is channeled through financial aid that the recipient has to repay in one way or another (62.4% in the General State budgets of 2015). Especially in times of crisis, this type of financial instrument generates great controversy. Detractors…

  • Put it on the ground!

    Keep it in the ground is a campaign promoted by The Guardian which aims to raise awareness among two of the largest international foundations (The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Wellcome Trust of Jeremy Farrar and Sir William Castell) to defund and divest all their money from companies dedicated to finding and exploiting…

  • For a secular and rational calendar

    With just over ten days to go before the sweetest festive bridge of the year, factories, schools, companies, universities and shops in the Basque Country and some Autonomous Communities in Spain completely stop for two working days, setting up an unexpected festivity carousel out of nowhere. From March 19 to 22, the country slows down…

  • Euskadi is Wi-Fi

    The telecommunications company Euskaltel has launched the largest Wi-Fi network it operates at the moment in Euskadi. There are no less than 128,000 access points distributed along the streets of the entire geography of the Basque Autonomous Community. Euskaltel calls an electronic device that emits a WiFi network that allows a smartphone or tablet to…

  • Germany wears green

    The challenges for Germany to become a country free of greenhouse gases are very ambitious. For this, it has the support of public organizations that not only see it as a form of sustainable development but also as a future sector that will drive employment. Since the 1990s Germany has invested heavily in solar, wind…

  • 31 tools to promote business on the Internet

    An infographic that includes the main gadgets that your company should know if it is involved in the digital world or if you want your company to be and maximize the opportunities offered by the web. Marketing, Design, CRM, Analytics, Automation, Organization… everything at a click. Hand in hand with Guild. http://gremyo.com/blog/31-digital-business-tools/[ /caption]

  • The motive and the vague thought

    In 2002, the psychologist Daniel Kahneman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for being able to introduce aspects of psychology into economics. Together with psychologist and mathematician Ams Tversky, developed perspective theory. His theory defended that decision making moves away from the classical principles of probability. The asymmetry of information when making decisions is…

  • Entrepreneurial effort in R&D: with our feet on the ground

    It is increasingly common for Public Administrations to demand a greater commitment from the private sector, financing a growing percentage of investment in R&D to guarantee a greater connection of research with real social and business problems. This is the case of the Basque Country, which in its new Science, Technology and Innovation Plan (PCTI…