• Basque Country Competitiveness Report

    Basque Country Competitiveness Report

    This year's report addresses a cross-cutting issue: the role played by international connections in boosting competitiveness, responding to the current context of international uncertainty.

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  • Territorial servitization

    Territorial servitization

    Our latest report analyzes the integration of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services into industrial ecosystems through two emblematic cases: the Basque Country and the Ruhr Valley.

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  • #BeyondCompetitiveness

    #BeyondCompetitiveness

    Our team has published some insights on our blog regarding the drivers, distribution and direction of place-based productivity, based on a recent international conference.

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Regional Competitiveness Observatory

Our observatories are diagnostic tools that allow us to deepen and monitor the competitive situation of the Basque Country in different areas.

Compare the situation and evolution of more than 200 european regions regarding 40 key indicators using the most recent data available.

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 2015
 Abella, A. et al.

Smart Energy
 2015
 Abella, A. et al.
 Orkestra Notebooks 2015/11_ENG

English // ISSN: 2340-7638

 

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Description

This report confirms that power systems are beginning to undergo changes —in some cases significantones— to the way electric power is generated and consumed. We are also witnessing the occasional, limited participation of non-traditional stakeholders in the development of new business models. The decreased cost of certain technologies, such as photovoltaics, smart meters and ICTs, facilitate s this change, although the development of these models is still partially dependent on factors like regulations.

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