Being no exception to the rest of the economy, the information and communication technology sector (ICT) is also experiencing a wave of takeovers and mergers. Even for the large companies, this is the dominant trend in these times of economic turmoil.

Alfred Comín | 3 juny 2010

While from the United States the Spanish biotechnology sector is being cast as one of the most promising and "revolutionary" in the world, experts warn of the profound transformation that the economic crisis may provoke in an industry whose dependence on large drug manufacturers is more than evident. The local sector also warns that restrictive measures in Spain could "generate distrust" abroad.

Xavier Pujol Gebellí | 20 may 2010

It is not easy to hit with the recipe of innovation, and much less in times of crisis like the current ones. But to maintain the flag of R&D high for the ones living on millionaire sales, it is mainly an obligation, if one wants to preserve a privileged position for the future, to not depend on the bad numbers of a few exercises. It is with high investment percentages in the generating of knowledge and its transformation in product, technology or services; that the great companies are facing bad times. Something like harvesting today for collecting tomorrow.

Xavier Pujol Gebellí | Ludwigshafen | 4 February 2010