annual report - Ivie

C. Alonso Borrego (Universidad Carlos III): "Comportamiento empresarial, desregulación y productividad en
España"
P. Beneito (Universitat de València): "Competitive pressure determinants and innovation at the firm level"
J.C. Fariñas (Universidad Complutense de Madrid): "Outsourcing internacional y productividad: Rasgos y
efectos en las empresas españolas"
J. Fernández de Guevara (Ivie, Universitat de València): "La productividad sectorial en España: Una
perspectiva micro"
E. Huerta (Universidad Pública de Navarra): "Innovación y competitividad de la empresa española"
J. Jaumandreu (Boston University y CEPR) "Ventajas de coste, ventajas de producto"
P. López García (Banco de España): "Business cycles and investment in intangibles: Evidence from Spanish
firms"
M.A. Manjón (Universitat Rovira i Virgili): "Intramural, contracted R&D and import of technology: Which pays off
more?"
Following the publication of the study of the BBVA Foundation and the Ivie Las diferencias regionales del sector
público español, on January 16 the seminar PUBLIC SECTOR AND TERRITORY: INEQUALITY, WELFARE AND
RESPONSE TO THE CRISIS, organized by both institutions, took place at ADEIT’s center. The objective of the
workshop was to assess the role of public policies and fiscal adjustments currently underway in Spain. The
speakers, experts in public economics, fiscal federalism and regional development, analyzed the following
issues: the excessively large size of the Spanish public sector, the similarity of the provision of public services
among the Spanish autonomous communities; the regional differences in resources and expenditure per
inhabitant; the effectiveness of the regional development policies and the new regional financing model; how
regional governments can raise their revenue and improve their efficiency; and how and what expenses can be
cut, especially, in the education and health services without reducing their size or quality. Francisco Pérez (Ivie,
Universitat de València) was the coordinator of this workshop that was structured around two sessions chaired
by Ernest Reig (Ivie, Universitat de València) and Antonio Villar (Ivie, Pablo de Olavide University) respectively.
The following papers were presented:
J. Calero (Universitat de Barcelona and IEB): "Gasto y políticas educativas en las CC. AA.: Desigualdades de
origen y desigualdades intencionales"
S. Lago (REDE and Universidad de Vigo): "Reducción del déficit y del endeudamiento: Con cuántos recursos se
puede contar"
F. Pérez (Ivie and Universitat de València): "Las diferencias regionales del sector público español"
A. Rodríguez-Pose (London School of Economics and IMDEA): "Política regional: Resultados y nuevas ideas"
P. Vázquez (Fedea and Universidad Complutense de Madrid): "Gasto y servicios sanitarios: Qué se puede
hacer"
A. Zabalza (Universitat de València): "La financiación de las CC. AA.: Cuántos recursos y qué distribución"
The increasing importance for universities to compete, to fulfill their accountability to society and to assess their
performance and results, has aroused a growing interest among them to compare themselves and define their
positions at national and international level by means of different kinds of rankings. To this end, the five
Valencian public universities along with the Ivie organized a two-day meeting on THE PERFORMANCE
INDICATORS OF SPANISH UNIVERSITTIES to jointly discuss the problems of the existing university rankings in
Spain and create new ones. Also, the aim was to launch the construction of the performance indicators system
of the Spanish universities, of wide coverage, rigorous in its approach and properly framed in the international
initiatives in this area. The meeting took place at the Ivie on 26 and 27 January, and was organized around two
sessions, conducted by the Ivie researchers and team members of the project: Francisco Pérez, Vicent
Cucarella and Abel Fernández. The following experts participated: Joaquín Aldás (Ivie, Universitat de València),
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