Investing in Catalonia: bricks, bolts and highways Authors John Barrass Abstract The recently announced departure of several multinational companies from Catalonia has opened a frank debate about our ability to compete and where our competitive advantages and future potential might lie. Historical and cultural factors make Catalonia and Spain difficult markets to invest in, in terms of legal security, educational levels especially in science and commercial structure, in which a high level of protectionism is in place because of banks industrial holdings and political clientelism. Poor telecommunications infrastructure is the most obvious example of these failings and a strong disincentive for technology companies to invest here. Downloads Text complet (Català) Published 2012-03-20 Issue Vol. 19 (2011) Section Part II: Les conferències de la Societat Catalana d'Economia License Aquesta obra és subjecta —llevat que s'indiqui el contrari en el text, en les fotografies o en altres il·lustracions— a una llicència Reconeixement - No comercial - Sense obres derivades 3.0 Espanya de Creative Commons, el text complet de la qual es pot consultar a http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.ca. Així, doncs, s'autoritza al públic en general a reproduir, distribuir i comunicar l'obra sempre que se'n reconegui l'autoria i l'entitat que la publica i no se'n faci un ús comercial ni cap obra derivada.
