fotografía de portada

Issue 32, October 2005.

R&D AND INNOVATION IN THE CANTABRIAN CORNICE
EDITORIAL
Towards an enhanced regional competitiveness
Jesús Rodríguez Pomeda

FORUM FOR DEBATE
Some notes on innovation in Asturias
Severino García Vigón
President of the Asturias Firm Federation
President of the Oviedo Chamber of Commerce

Cantabrian Regional Innovation Programme: designing tools and strategic guidelines
Ramón Núńez Sánchez
Pablo Coto Millán
University of Cantabria
Miguel Ángel Pesquera González
Pablo de Castro García
Department of Industry
Labour and Technological Development of the Cantabria Regional Government

R&D and Innovation in the Basque Country
Ernesto Cilleruelo Carrasco
Professor of Firm Organization
Basque Country University

OPEN LECTURE ROOM
Quality in Research (1st. part). What is the meaning of management in quality
Pedro Alonso Miguel
Director of the Technological Cooperation Area
Universities and Research Directorate of the Department of Education
Madrid Regional Government


Accreditation of Higher/tertiary education in Spain. A citizen's defence needed tool
Gaspar Rosselló
ANECA Programs Director
Rafael Llavori
ANECA Institutional Relationships Department
RESEARCH:

 -CENTRES AND PROJECTS
REDIMadrid: The Madrid Research TIC Network
Iván Vidal
David Larrabeiti
Ana Medina
Carmen Guerrero
Arturo Azcona


ALTIRIA TIC
Juan Jesús Rodríguez Yubero

 -DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS
An Analysis of the Historical Evolution of the Thermal Machines During 1826-1914 in the Spanish Patent Office.
Author: R. Rubén Amengual Matas (Industrial Engineering High Technical School
Department of Flow Mechanics and Power Engineering
Polytechnic University of Madrid)
Supervisors: Manuel Valdés del Fresno
J. Patricio Sáiz González

INTERVIEW
Inteview with professors Carmen Magallón y Pilar López
Universidad de Zaragoza
CSIC


Interview with Begońa Granadino and Isidro F. Aguillo
Internet Lab Director, CINDOC-CSIC
Internet Lab, CINDOC-CSIC
(respectively)

SUCCESSFUL INNOVATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
BROAD TELECOM S.A

RAMEM
R&D FIGURES
Some considerations about the European Commission document titled Key Figures 2005. Towards a European Research Area, Science, Technology and Innovation

THE R&D IN THE NET
Science Journalism
Jesús Rodríguez Pomeda
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

madri+d HOT LINE
Asesorías telemáticas del Centro de Enlace

Taxation
Environmental Technologies Assessment
Biotechnology Assessment
Patents and innovation results legal protection

LITERATURE OUTLINES
The Mystery of Economic Growth
Helpman, E. (2004)
Harvard University Press


Knowledge Transfer in the Madrid Regional Science and Technology System 2003-2004
Department of Education (2005)
Universities and Research Directorate
"Madri+d for Knowledge" Foundation
Madrid Regional Government

IN ANOTHER MOOD
Cruella de Vil
Patricio Morcillo
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid