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Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Mª Julia Prats, Benno Van Dongen

Start-up companies are not born from one mind alone; rather, they are the result of teamwork by people who work within an inspiring and supportive environment, or ecosystem, according to IESE Prof. Julia Prats and Roland Berger Strategy Consultant’s Benno Van Dongen. In their paper, the authors offer insights into how to stimulate entrepreneurship at a time when today’s starts-ups could be the boost the economy needs to get out of the crisis.

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Information Technologies

ICT: Fourth Strongest Sector in Spanish Economy

Vivianne Cruzado, Sandra Sieber, Josep Valor

The importance of IT relative to a country’s GDP is one of the indicators of economic development. Although the Spanish ICT sector remains far from the European average, it has seen unprecedented growth in recent years, and is currently the economy’s fourth strongest, ahead of both agriculture and energy. According to the 2009 edition of the BIT study in Spain, conducted by IESE in collaboration with the UCLA Anderson School of Management, ICT has been a driver of growth for Spain.

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Economics

Roadmap to Improve the Spanish Job Market

Sandalio Gómez

The Spanish government recently unveiled a series of measures aimed at dealing with the nation’s unemployment rate, which is higher than in any other European country as a result of the recession. Amidst public calls for labor reform, IESE Prof. Sandalio Gómez examines specific characteristics of the Spanish job market and analyzes their impact on unemployment.

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Strategy

Two´s Company in a Cold Climate

África Ariño, Pinar Ozcan, Doug McPhee, Carsten Heckemüller

It may be more difficult than ever for companies to grow, but investors still expect it. So while credit is down and money’s too tight to mention, joint ventures are on the rise. Partnerships are popping up everywhere, with companies from Fiat to Gazprom collaborating with others. A new study on joint ventures conducted by IESE and KPMG looks at how and why firms team up, and advises the best way to go about it.

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Knowledge and Communication

Telecom in Spain Not in Line With E.U. Average

Ángel L. López, Sandra Jódar

Spain needs to stimulate competition in the telecommunications sector to bring rates and user levels in line with the European average. It must also introduce appropriate regulation to promote the expansion of next-generation networks. A new report by IESE’s Ángel Luis Lopez and Sandra Jódar Rosell contributes to the debate over which measures would be most effective.

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