Condiciones para el desarrollo de la empresa española

Resum

The Spanish economy is highly dependent on foreign firms, specially in the manufacturing and in medium and high tech sectors. Why relative size and technological capabilities of national firms are lower than firms in other countries of similar economic development, is an important question whose answer would help to calibrate the future growth prospects of the Spanish economy. This presentation contains a summary of some research findings in our study of family firms in Spain with the aim to contribute to a better knowledge of the conditions that seem to determine the endogenous growth of national firms. We point towards the relatively low attraction of highly educated people into entrepreneurial activities during the past twenty years as one possible answer to this question.