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From the Chair we want to publicize the profile of innovative companies in the counties of the demarcation of Tarragona, as well as the barriers that are found to be able to carry out their R & D and innovation projects. For this reason, from the Chair we will carry out the following activities:

  1. Prepare reports on the characteristics of innovative companies in our territory.
  2. Perform presentations of business cases.
  3. Organize conferences and congresses on innovation and international business dynamics.
  4. Give some lines of action from which companies can have more tools to innovate.
  5. Conduct divulging about developments in the field of innovation and new trends through their studies.

List of reports being made:

Collection of studies

2023


May

Chair for the Promotion of Business Innovation. "Automatization".

Chair for the Promotion of Business Innovation. "Cloud and edge computing".

Chair for the Promotion of Business Innovation. "Artificial Intelligence & big data".

Chair for the Promotion of Business Innovation. "The Internet of things".

Chair for the Promotion of Business Innovation. "Comparison of start-ups in the demarcation of Tarragona with Catalonia".

March

Josep Tomàs Porres. Creative destruction or accumulation: the unifying role of innovation persistence "Creative destruction or accumulation: the unifying role of innovation persistence".

2022


December

Chair for the Promotion of Business Innovation. «Jornada Mobilitat Sostenible i Serveis Associats». 

November

Joaquim Margalef & Josep Alcoceba. «Parlem d'economia: Estudi del Camp de Tarragona i Terres de l'ebre durant el període 2015-2021».

July

Chair for the Promotion of Business Innovation. «The impact of the pandemic on business productivity in the Tarragona region». 

March

Georgios Tsiachtsiras. «Transportation Networks and the Rise of Knowledge Economy in 19th Century France».

Chair for the Promotion of Business Innovation. «GUESSS URV 2021 report: The entrepreneurial spirit of university students».

2021


October

Chair for the Promotion of Business Innovation. «Hydrogen and mobility in Southern Catalonia».

September

Teruel, Mercedes; Alcoceba, Josep Lluís & Ortiga, Aroa. «Digitization as a response to Covid-19». 

March

Teruel, Mercedes and Martí, Paula. «A comparison between tech companies in Tarragona, Catalonia, and Spain». 


2020

December

Coll-Martínez, Eva«Measuring culture and creativity: A comparison of the regional capitals of Tarragona». 

November

Teruel, Mercedes and Tarrés, Pau. «Certification in business innovation for SMEs».

July

Teruel, Mercedes. «COVID-19 and the financial business health»

April

«RIS3CAT smart specialization. A territorial comparison».
Carried out by Càtedra per al Foment de la Innovació Empresarial URV, with the support of the Diputació de Tarragona.

March

Teruel, Mercedes. "Beyond COVID-19 - The unequal effects on the territory".


2019

December

Report: Entrepreneurial and innovative intention of the URV students.
Carried out by Càtedra per al Foment de la Innovació Empresarial URV & Càtedra sobre el Foment de l'Emprenedoria i la Creació d'Empreses URV

► Report «Entrepreneurial and innovative intention of the URV students».

► Presentation report «Entrepreneurial and innovative intention of the URV students».

November

Gonzales, Juan Pablo. «The composition of the corporate board in Catalan innovative companies».

► Presentation by Matilde Villarroya, General Director of Industry of the Department of Business and Knowledge of the Government of Catalonia «The promotion of R&D and innovation in Catalan companies»

► Presentation of the report by Juan Pablo Gonzales «The composition of the corporate board in Catalan innovative companies»

► Presentation by Manuel Crespo, administrator at Schwartz-Hautmont «Business R&D and innovation: The case of the Schwartz-Hautmont company»

March

III Workshop on Innovation and Firm Performance. «Innovation and internationalization as axes of business competitiveness»


2018

December

Mobility & Industry 4.0: Objective, challenges and opportunities...

Teruel Carrizosa, Mercedes; Jové Llopis, Elisenda and Coll Martinez, Eva. "Start-ups: exploring disruptive innovations in Catalonia"

April

Méndez-Ortega, Carles. «Mergers and acquisitions: the case of the software industry in Catalonia».

Infographic of the report.

February

Moneta, Alessio and Carli, Tommaso and Coad, Alex. «Exporting and productivity as part of the growth process: Results from a structural VAR».

Jové, Elisenda and Segarra, Agustí. «Determinants of energy efficiency and renewable energy in European SMEs».


2017

Margalef Llebaria, Joaquim i Miravet Arnau, Daniel. "L'abans i el després de la crisi de 2008 a l'economia de Tarragona".

Coll-Martínez, Eva. "El rol de la creativitat en la creació d'empreses a Catalunya".

Innovació, suport públic i productivitat a Catalunya: el cas dels serveis i les manufactures. Autors: Jorge-Andrés Vélez-Ospina Karol Rodríguez-Cabrera


2016

Emprendre i innovar. Quinze experiències del Camp de Tarragona i de les Terres de l'Ebre Autora: Núria Pérez Bautista. Fotografies: Xavier Jurio Reinaldo.

L'impacte a les empreses catalanes de les ajudes públiques a l'R+D Autor: Agustí Segarra Blasco

Quins objectius persegueixen les empreses catalanes quan innoven (WP URV 07-2015) Autora: Elisenda Jové Llopis


2015

Guia de la Innovació. Vols eliminar les barreres de la teva empresa per innovar? Autors: Mercedes Teruel Carrizosa (coord.)/ Verònica Gombau Vertomeu/ Maria Dolores Parra Robles/ Roser Aymi Perelló (suport)


2014

L'avaluació de les polítiques públiques de foment de la innocació a Catalunya Authors: Agustí Segarra Blasco (dir)/Mercedes Teruel Carrizosa/Miquel Àngel Bové Sans/Verònica Gombau Bertomeu


2013

El món de les patents a Tarragona Authors: Agustí Segarra (dir)/Daniel Ferrer/Elisenda Jové/Manuel Nogueira/Carme Reverté


2012

Una visió econòmica del llarg segle XX al Camp de Tarragona i les Terres de l'Ebre Author: Joaquim Margalef

El poder de les idees. Impactes de la URV sobre la societat  Authors: Agustí Segarra (dir)/Maria Llop/Federico Pablo/Josep Maria Piñol/Mercedes Teruel


2011

El Sistema territorial d’innovació de la demarcació de Tarragona (STIdT)
Authors: Mertxe Teruel/Josep Maria Piñol/Mònica Martín/José García


Collection of Working Papers:

2013

El paper de la URV sobre el territori: una proposta d'anàlisi (Monografia 2013-1)  Authors: Agustí Segarra Blasco

Qui és qui en el món de la innovació a Tarragona (Monografia 2013-2) Authors: Agustí Segarra (dir) /Elisenda Jové

Innovació en indústries tradicionals: la (r) evolució vitivinícola del Priorat com a cas d'èxit (Monografia 2013-3) Authors: Miquel Àngel Bové

Financial constraints and the failure of innovation projects (WP URV 06-2013) Authors: Agustí Segarra, José García Quevedo, Mercedes Teruel

The impact of cooperation on R&D, innovation and productivity: an analysis of Spanish manufacturing and services firms (WP URV 08-2013) Authors: Verónica Fernández, Agustí Segarra.


2011

La dinàmica empresarial de la demarcació de Tarragona: creació i tancament d'empreses durant el període 1994-2009 (Working Paper 2011-1) Authors: Agustí Segarra (dir)/M. Jesús Muiños/Elisenda Jové/Marta Sabatè (becària)

La supervivència empresarial a la demarcació de Tarragona cohort 1999 (Working Paper 2011-2) Authors: Agustí Segarra (dir)/Elisenda Jové

The innovation and imitation dichotomy in Spanish firms: do absorptive capacity and the technological frontier matter? (WP URV 2011-22)
Authors: Verónica Gombau, Agustí Segarra.

R&D cooperation between Spanish firms and specific partners: what is the role of tertiary education? (WP URV 2011-17) Author:Agustí Segarra


2010

Un índice de innovación para las empresas españolas: una propuesta metodológica (Working Paper 2010-1) Author: Teresa Corbella

Like milk or wine: does firm performance improve with age? (WP URV 2010-10) Authors: Alex Coad, Agustí Segarra, Mercedes Teruel


2009

Model productiu i innovació al sector turístic (Working Paper 2009-1)
Authors: Juan Antonio Duro/Salvador Anton

Recerca i innovació en la indústria agroalimentària (Working Paper 2009-2)
Authors: Mònica Martín/Victòria Soldevilla

Complementarities between universities and technology institutes: New empirical lessons and perspectives (Working Papers 2009-3)
Authors: Andrés Barge-Gil/Luis Santamaría/Aurelia Modrego

Typologies of innovation based on statistical analysis for European and Spanish regions (Working Paper 2009-4) Authors: Mikel Navarro/Juan José Gibaja

Small firms, growth and financial constraints (WP URV 2009-11) Authors: Agustí Segarra, Mercedes Teruel.