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AbstractParticipative processes and citizens' empowerment are considered crucial aspects of social innovation (SI), involving collaborative activities between the private, public, and third sectors. This article discusses the principal trends in the literature on the concept ofSI, its aims and differential characteristics related to the identification of people's needs, citizen participation processes, and improved quality of life. We present an exploratory case study ofSIfocusing on the gap between elderly people's needs and the generation of business opportunities, using a living lab (LL) methodology for collaborative placed‐based innovation. Our results suggest thatLLs are a useful instrument to detect community needs and improve local development and support and integrate technological and social innovations in policies and local governance processes.

This paper examines co-operative innovation and Research and Development (R&D) behaviour between Argentine and Spanish firms. Based on theoretical perspectives from the literature, we present empirical evidence obtained from 104 firms of patterns of cooperation in several processes and out-puts, highlighting firm characteristics, the motives of the collaborating parties, types of partners, R&D and innovation activities, leadership, and obstacles to cooperation. Our results reveal that the determinants of success differ considerably among countries depending on the sector, the firm specific characteristics and funding. These differences have important implications for public policy and instruments to support R&D and innovation activities. © Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Facultad de Economía y Negocios. ; This paper is one of a series of papers in the Project "Estudio Comparado sobre las políticas de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, las interacciones institucionales y las relaciones de cooperación entre Argentina y España" (Comparative Study on Politics of science, technology and innovation, institutional and cooperation interrelationships between Argentina and), supported by CINDOC-CONICET. ; Peer Reviewed

10 tables, 4 figures, 27 pages ; This paper examines co-operative innovation and research and development (R&D) behaviour between Argentine and Spanish firms. Based on theoretical perspectives from the literature, we surveyed a sample of 540 Argentine and Spanish firms believed to have cooperated for technological innovation. We present empirical evidence based on 104 firms of patterns of cooperation in several processes and out-puts, highlighting firm characteristics, the motives of the collaborating parties, types of partners and R&D and innovation activities, leadership, and obstacles to cooperation. Our results reveal that the determinants of success differ considerably among countries depending on the sector, the firm specific characteristics and funding. These differences have important implications for public policy and instruments to support R&D and innovation activities.

Trabajo presentado a la Triple Helix VII International Conference: "University, Industry and Government Linkages" celebrada en Madrid (España) del 20 al 22 de Octubre de 2010. ; This paper examines the co-operative cross border innovation and R&D behaviour between Argentine and Spanish firms. Using theoretical perspectives provided by the literature, we apply a survey to a sample of 540 Argentine and Spanish firms which we suspected have carried out cooperation activities with particular focus on technological innovation. Empirical evidence obtained of 104 firms on several process and out-put patterns of the cooperation relationship is presented, including firm characteristics, motives of the collaborating parties, partners, types of activities in R&D and innovation carried out, leadership, and obstacles to cooperation. Results reveal that the determinants of success differ considerably in each country, according the sector, the firm specific characteristics and funding. These differences have important implications for public policies and instruments for supporting R&D and innovation activities. ; Peer Reviewed

Trabajo presentado a la Triple Helix VII International Conference: "University, Industry and Government Linkages" celebrada en Madrid (España) del 20 al 22 de Octubre de 2010. ; This paper examines co-operative innovation and research and development (R&D) behaviour between Argentine and Spanish firms. Based on theoretical perspectives from the literature, we surveyed a sample of 540 Argentine and Spanish firms believed to have cooperated for technological innovation. We present empirical evidence based on 104 firms of patterns of cooperation in several processes and out-puts, highlighting firm characteristics, the motives of the collaborating parties, types of partners and R&D and innovation activities, leadership, and obstacles to cooperation. Our results reveal that the determinants of success differ considerably among countries depending on the sector, the firm specific characteristics and funding. These differences have important implications for public policy and instruments to support R&D and innovation activities. ; This paper is one of a series of papers in a joint project supported by the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo, AECID) with the participation of CSIC (Spain) and CONICET (Argentina). ; Peer reviewed

Trabajo presentado a la International Conference on Engineering Education & Research celebrada del 23 al 28 Agosto de 2009 en Seul (Corea del Sur). ; Quality assurance and accreditation in higher education are a priority aim in the convergence process to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). Although the majority of European universities are working around these issues, there exist diverse tensions between the national legislation, accreditation and quality assurance, both in internal and external contexts. Spanish Higher Education Institutions must ensure the fulfillment of the goals related to their different degree programs, in a context of continuous improvement. This paper presents the evolution, some examples and the more recent trends related to quality assurance and accreditation in Spain. It comments some instruments that have been developed by the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation of Spain (ANECA), like the guidelines developed in the AUDIT program whose purpose is to provide guidance in designing internal quality assurance systems. ; Peer reviewed

This paper examines the succession of formal and informal channels of university-industry knowledge transfer, and the local economic impact of their dynamic interaction. To do so, we investigate a highly cited university patent over an extended period of time through a case study methodology. Our work provides three fundamental insights. First, local economic impact can be achieved only after a complex, temporally unfolding sequence of interactions between formal and informal channels of knowledge transfer. Second, in the course of this dynamic interaction, knowledge generated during formal transfer activities may be transferred via informal channels. Third, the method developed can provide information on the variety of knowledge transfer channels related to highly cited patents. ; This research was funded by projects PAID PPI 2091 of the Polytechnic University of Valencia and AICO-2016-A-107 of the Valencian Government. ; Peer Reviewed