OECD Reviews of Regional Innovation
Subtitle: Catalonia, Spain 2010
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series: OECD reviews of regional innovation; OECD Reviews of Regional Innovation
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9789264082052
Subjects: Governance; Industry and Services; Rural and Regional Development Urban; Science and Technology
Description: This review of regional innovation assesses how to improve Catalonia's current strategy and actions in order to boost its innovation system through both its own programmes and those of Spain and the European Union. It finds that with over seven million inhabitants and a GDP of around EUR 204 billion, Catalonia is not only an important region within Spain, but within the OECD as well. Indeed, its economic output is similar to countries like Portugal and Norway. The region experienced massive population growth over the past decade, due to immigration, which in part drove GDP growth. However, Catalonia’s productivity is slipping, relative to other OECD regions, necessitating the transition to a productivity-driven growth model through a stronger regional innovation system. The region has successfully strengthened its research base, with investments in R&D having increased four-fold over the past decade. Catalonia is now mobilising actors across the innovation system in regional centres, such as Barcelona, to improve productivity and address social challenges.
Table of contents: title: Acronyms and Abbreviations; title: Assessment and Recommendations; title: Introduction; title: Innovation and the Catalan Economy; title: Catalonia's S&T and Innovation Policies; title: Multi-level Governance of Catalonia's S&T&I policy; title: Bibliography.