Was just published by the European Union (EU), the classification of fifty private companies in Europe to invest more in research and development (R & D), English only two listed, the phone company and the bank Santander, if the spectrum is increased a thousand, only 27 English appear therein, the classification is taken over by British companies with 246, followed by the 206 German and 116 French. As you can see the national picture is bleak.
Spain invests in R & D only 1.1% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is less than a third of what they spend countries like U.S. or Germany, or even half of what you spend Italy or France. As a significant point of our backwardness in R & D should be noted that for every 100 euros in Spain to pay royalties just enter 25, which implies a very high technological dependence on other countries, our exports have a low technical level and therefore we are in a bad position competitive with other industrialized countries. In short, as we have our own technology, import it and pay as we do not invest in research, we have to continue importing and paying technology and so we find in the case of the snake biting its tail. Out of this vicious circle is not simple or much less rapid and requires time, money and good management of both.
In other words, grow a wonderful wonderful oranges and rice, as third world countries, but are unable to manufacture its own technology, the simplest machine.
This situation has many causes, yet not well studied or understood. One, surely it is clear there is no policy nationals as regards investigation. The costs incurred by Spain for this must vary according to the Government of the day without being aware of the damage caused these changes in approach to the economy. The State must identify and support major national research projects and encourage private companies, universities, foundations, etc. by any kind of privilege or tax relief, their own research. It should unify efforts, both financial and intellectual, and it does not help very existence of different curricula in each Autonomous Community, in some universities have reached the ridiculous to require teachers to demonstration of autonomous language learning, like that of Cervantes or Shakespeare were not sufficient.
Unfortunately we are unable to offer a decent job opportunity to our scientists and therefore have no choice but to migrate abroad where many of them have accumulated, prestige, fame and popularity.
striking that, in relation to sport, the State has been able to design and implement in recent years, with money and intelligence, a real national plan worthy commendable, the success of our athletes at international level in many disciplines, not the result of an accident, but a continued effort to achieve specific objectives, however, if we consider that researchers can contribute much more value added to the economy of a country, it is incomprehensible that was not articulated a National Plan of R & D. The fact that athletes are socially valued and economically much better off than the scientists, is an abnormality, an injustice, and a terrible error.
it is estimated that Spain could compete with countries in proportion industrialized world, the national expenditure on R & D should be increased by 30% continuously for at least 20 years.
course everything begins to take shape at the basic level of education, a pillar of the entire school building, without going into more depth in the public domain, and has been identified by international organizations that the level of knowledge our students at the High School students is lower than its European peers, and this is not to blame the students. You can not expect, under a socialist doctrine lapses in education, that all worldwide reach and exceed the university level, only the truly gifted and ready to collect.
Our economy based on agriculture, tourism and the brick has bottomed out and, if not accept, and gain the technological challenge, we will join the list of developing countries, colonized again by those countries that spend their money, energy and skill in designing the future.
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