The present paper studies the determinants of regional innovation in Europe through a knowledge production function approach that combines factorial analysis and regression. Our dependent variable are the patents while we used initially 21 explanatory variables that were converted--by a factor...

. En este trabajo se han desarrollado distintos modelos econométricos a partir de datos de empresas innovadoras para determinar si las ayudas públicas a la innovación provenientes de la Administración Central, las Comunidades Autónomas y otros organismos (básicamente ayudas europeas)...

This book begins with a theoretical examination of regional innovation systems, agglomeration economics and knowledge spillovers, before going on to examine the same concepts within an empirical framework. Special emphasis is given to the importance of proximity in the formation of regional...

In this article we construct a ranking of the quality of Spanish Public Universities. Therefore we have developed a methodology that avoids subjective decisions, for example, the ad hoc assignment –some times deliberately– of the weight of each sub-index to calculate the general index that...

The main objective of the ERAWATCH Annual Country Reports is to characterise and assess the performance of national research systems and related policies in a structured manner that is comparable across countries. EW Country Reports 2011 identify the structural challenges faced by national...

This paper analyses the pick-up rate in the Spanish production structure of the low interest credits for R&D projects, offered by the Spanish Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology. The profiles of these firms, based on association tests and a logistic regression model, are...

This article aims to analyse the sources of terrorist financing of the Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA). It takes into account the network of entities that, under the leadership and oversight of ETA, have developed the political, economic, cultural, support and propaganda agenda of their terrorist...