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Why strategy fails?

Often, organizations are provided with an internal self-thinking process and strategic planning that culminates in a document that compromises the…

Francesc Quintana

November 2018 3 min read

How to encourage R&D in companies? Policies to support innovation in the private sector

Private agents are who support most of the investment in R&D. This post is to analyze the role of policies who encourage investment in R&D in companies.

Pol Solà

September 2017 0 min read

Who pays research?

It is a matter of interest to know which countries are carrying out more research and, therefore, how they can…

Pol Solà

September 2017 0 min read

The Strategies to overcome the Valley of Death in R+D+i

The commitment to the creation of Catalan research centers ruled by excellence criteria, accountability and autonomous management has contributed to…

Pol Solà

November 2016 One min read

Bridging the gap: EU R&D&I tools

R&D&I national systems share the common weaknesses consisting on the difficulty to drive the bridge to market, to transfer the…

Pol Solà

October 2016 One min read

The Building of a National R&D system

Investment in science and research is the key factor to the advancement of the knowledge society. Countries that choose to…

Pol Solà

September 2016 0 min read

Barcelona’s struggle to become an innovation pole

Barcelona was chosen in 2014 by the European Commission as the first European Capital of Innovation. The award appreciated the…

Pol Solà

June 2016 One min read

Developping organizations: change and emotional involvement

The development and preservation of Humanity on the planet Earth has been a consequence on the ability to achieve individual…

Pol Solà

April 2016 0 min read

University and new sources of funding

In the current context of budgetary constraints affecting institutions of higher education, philanthropy becomes a need for new sources of…

u·trans

September 2015 One min read