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The Basque administration takes positions in the Basque technological network
Last Thursday the 8th of July an important agreement was signed in Eibar between the alliance of technology centers IK4 and the Basque Government, through its Minister of Industry. According to the aforementioned agreement, the Basque public administrations (and in particular the Government) would assume control of 25% in the governing bodies of the technological…
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Chile Earthquake – The Cry of Maule
Ago Just two years ago I met a Chilean delegation from the Maule region led by my friend Alex Gutiérrez from the Codema business consultancy (www.codema.cl< /a>). The purpose of the visit to the Basque Country and Galicia was to learn about welding, cutting and joining technologies and, in general, the R&D and innovation system…
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soccer vs. Crisis
While chatting last week With a professor of Applied Economics from the University of Valladolid, I noticed the resounding statement that if Spain won the World Cup, or at least reached In the final, a giant step would have been taken to forget the much-mentioned crisis that has been engulfing the country for a couple…
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The science industries collaborate with the ESS-Bilbao
The Spanish Association of the Science Industry, Ineustar , and the Basque headquarters of the European Spallation Neutron Source (ESS-Bilbao) have signed a collaboration agreement to facilitate interaction between the Spanish industry that works (or wants to work) in the construction of scientific infrastructures and those responsible for ESS-Bilbao. This is good news that shows…
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unfortunate advertising campaign
The Basque Government has signed an agreement with the Central Government to promote a cadvertising campaign for tourism in the Basque Country . So far everything normal. One more example of the healthy understanding between the two governments led by the same party. The controversy derives from the motto that the Basque Government adheres to…
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Embarcadero (San Francisco), where there used to be a freeway….
On the Onésimo FloresI discover a video which can illustrate one of the great debates we’ve had around here lately. In the post Hardware and software, a country full of empty highways, in which one of the collateral issues was the possibleconversion of large urban infrastructures into public spaces recovered for other uses. There he…
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The paradigm of the company of the 21st century
Continuous changes of business trendsthat have been taking place in recent years make it necessary for companies to bet on a continuous reinvention. The crisis, the evolution of the markets and the changes in trends make a non-dynamic business model unfeasible. That is why, in order to survive in these times, it is essential for…
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The internationalization of technology centers as a response to the crisis
Many technology centers have rejected going abroad in the past due to its high cost and the availability of numerous national and regional funds during the R&D boom. Money was not important, since the budget was increasing annually by more than double digits and there was a lack of absorption capacity on the part of…
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The unbearable lightness of cardboard unionism
The call for a general strike that the majority Basque unions called today has turned out to have a rather uneven follow-up. Regardless of the figures that the conveners offer in the next few hours, both the Government of the Basque Country and that of Navarra have estimated the follow-up in the public sector with…
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DTT, obsolete technology?
We’ve almost just launched our brand new set-top boxes and you may DTT will soon become obsolete. Let’s say, at least, that it is highly unlikely that DTT technology will maintain its popularity for as long as analogue television: Internet TV is stalking it. When the success of Internet TV will come has so far…