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Three questions about R+D+I in the Basque Country
I leave you a copy of my answers to a questionnaire about the R+D+I that they did to me for the special “Basque Company Innovation” of El Correo that was published last week. In the paper edition (it doesn’t seem to be on the web) you can also find the answers to the same questions…
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Gazelle.com, buy and sell used iPhones
Gazelle.com is an American company based in Boston and founded in 2006 that helps buy and sell used gadgets, with a special focus on the second-hand market for Apple devices. The company has obtained financing of 46.4 million dollars, continues to expand its activities globally and will double its sales this year, reaching 100 million…
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Invest more and better and spend the right amount
We are all quite clear that “invest” and “spend” are radically different concepts. In both cases it is a matter of disbursing an amount of money, with the difference that in the first we do it to obtain future returns and, in the second, it is simply a question of satisfying an urgent need without…
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The intangibles. The key to productivity and development in the Basque Country
In its last members’ meeting, Innobasque presented the results of his work “Indizea. Euskadiko Berrikuntzaren Indizea“. Despite the fact that it is an unfinished investigation and, therefore, surely subject to modifications, I am going to allow myself a brief analysis and some conclusions of the topics that I consider to be the most relevant elements….
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The electric vehicle continues to have a future in the Basque Country
Post prepared jointly with Iñaki swept Does it have a future in electric cars in the Basque Country? Last week a notice appeared in the Post Office with the following headline“The boom of electric cars in the Basque Country is collapsing”, referring to Hiriko’s financing problems, the lack of demand for the electric Mercedes van…
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Mobile technology: the future is now
The current crisis context and general collapse in which our society is immersed only stimulates the innovation capacity of companies and their permanent desire to add value to society. The problem is that, more and more frequently, it is not just about innovating, but the company must also make a leap towards things, environments, models…
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Unemployed and political tribes: Education and research the binomial of transformation
A number is enough to be aware of the bleakness of our economic outlook: 6,202,700 unemployed. Our economy is literally and progressively decomposing in a crisis that began more than 5 years ago with the bursting of the real estate bubble, and it has all the signs of perpetuating itself among us. Faced with this…
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Champions that hit the nail on the head of innovation
In a previous post I echoed the champions of the innovation that are the companies that have managed to enter the select list of the 50 most disruptive companiesfrom MIT. All the selected ones are really impressive, but some of them unite the beauty and sophistication of technology, with the needs in which humanity really…
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The champions of innovation
The list of the 50 most disruptive companies of the year is an MIT initiative that recognizes those that have stood out the most during the year, either for strengthening their market position, or for the challenge they introduce to the position of leaders, or simply because they open up a new and emerging market…
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Specialization and internationalization two keys for Basque technology policy
In a post recently pointed out my doubts about the economic sustainability of the RVCTI (Basque Science, Technology and Innovation Network) and the latest news on the “shock plan” at Tecnalia confirm the urgency of the issue , but not because a technology center, in this case TRI, has to take exceptional measures, which could…