Este trabajo ha sido previamente presentado en las XVII Jornadas Luso-Espanholas de Gestao Científica, celebradas en Evora (Portugal) en febrero de 2006.

The present work aims at the diagnosis of the capacities of firms from Biscay/Spain to absorb results of R+D generated by universities and other research centres. First of all, in order to identify core characteristics of firms linked to the above mentioned capacity of absorbing results from...

Acknowledging that nanosciences and nanotechnologies form a strategic focal point for competitive innovation in regions, the article describes and analyses the dynamics between scientific production in areas and their regional context characteristics when studied from the transfer perspective....

The crisis in the Social Welfare State and Knowledge Societies is affecting the current university system, which lacks clear answers and faces a diffuse and confusing outlook of aims and purposes. In the face of these problems, organization and management turn out to be key strategic factors,...

Work integration social enterprises are an emerging reality in the Spanish State, and both the number of such enterprises and the resources allocated to this area by the different regional Authorities are increasing exponentially. However, the studies carried out to date are largely descriptive...