The importance of technological innovation in Spain: evidence before, during and after the global economic crisis

• Rubén Martínez Alonso ^[1] ; María J. Martínez Romero ^[1] ; Alfonso A. Rojo Ramírez
  1. [1] Universidad de Almería

     Universidad de Almería

     Almería, España

     
• Localización: AECA: Revista de la Asociación Española de Contabilidad y Administración de Empresas, ISSN 1577-2403, Nº 124, 2018, págs. 25-28
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This paper examines the importance of Technological Innovation (hereafter TI) in Spain by analyzing the volume of financial resources that Spanish businesses invest in the development and promotion of innovations activities and projects. Based on the data available from the Cotec foundation and the Spanish National Statistics Institute, our research shows that Spanish businesses do not conceive innovation as an instrument to improve their competitiveness. However, this trend is now changing.