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James Wilson
@jamierwilson.bsky.social
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Interested in research driving the sustainable competitiveness & wellbeing of places. General Director at Orkestra & faculty at Deusto Business School. Brit/SAfrican living in Donostia-San Sebastián. Cricket lover.
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James Wilson @jamierwilson.bsky.social · Dec 12
Three levels of recommendations from our 2024 Basque Country Competitiveness Report on #inclusion as a driver of #competitiveness

More on these recommendations and full report to download in Basque, English and Spanish here:

www.orkestra.deusto.es/en/publicati...
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orkestra-deusto.bsky.social
🌏 En su último post en el blog de Orkestra, @jamierwilson.bsky.social nos ofrece un adelanto del nuevo Informe de Competitividad del #PaísVasco y analiza cómo el contexto internacional está redefiniendo las formas de conexión e interdependencia global.

@deusto.bsky.social
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¿Por qué ahora las conexiones internacionales son más estratégicas que nunca para impulsar nuestra industria?
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November 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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🌏 Nola aldatzen ari da nazioarteko testuingurua, eta zer ondorio ditu euskal industriaren lehiakortasunean?

Izen-ematea zabalik dago Lehiakortasunari buruzko Biltzarrean parte hartzeko! Aurten, nazioarteko konexioari jarriko diogu arreta, euskal industria sendotzeko bide gisa ➡️ buff.ly/7iBbotb
October 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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orkestra-deusto.bsky.social
🆕 Paper Alert | What role do cluster management organisations play in acting as intermediaries between firms and policymakers in the context of cluster policies?

📓 European Planning Studies
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July 28, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Financial gravity is not fate or destiny: #Bilbao’s refusal to become a financial colony is captured by Gil de San Vicente & @jamierwilson.bsky.social in @compchange.bsky.social, who show how institution-building can let #regions defy the pull of #capital.
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Effects and responses of peripheral regions to financialization: Exploring an extension of the cluster approach - Ibon Gil de San Vicente, James R Wilson, 2025
This article examines the implications and potential responses to financialization in peripheral regions, aiming to impact and boost the economic development of...
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September 10, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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orkestra-deusto.bsky.social
In the latest edition of #CompetitivenessInsights, our international newsletter, we explore the transformative potential of strategic #foresight and shared visioning for guiding long-term regional competitiveness 👉 buff.ly/NobhUKL

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May 2, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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📘This report brings together 6 international best practices in the integration of #foresight in governments, and proposes a framework for reflection for those public institutions that want to implement this transdisciplinary approach: buff.ly/FyY7qU8

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April 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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📘 Koaderno honek prospektiba gobernuetan integratzeko nazioarteko sei eredu biltzen ditu, eta hausnarketa-esparru bat proposatzen du transdiziplina hori beren aparatuan ezarri eta zeharkakotu nahi duten erakunde publikoentzat.

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April 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Could cluster policy help peripheral regions respond to the adverse effects of financialisation, whereby financial activity and decision-making are drawn to large financial centres?

New paper with @ibongil.bsky.social

➡️https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10245294251325034
March 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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fmfai.bsky.social
PhD opportunity at #UniversityofBath, #CGRIS in UK industrial strategy in relation to defence. Further details here
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#phd #industrialstrategy #findaphd #cgris #defencesectors… | Phil Tomlinson
Are you interested in doing a #PhD and in #industrialstrategy? #findaphd In #CGRIS based at University of Bath School of Management, Felicia Fai and I are…
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March 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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orkestra-deusto.bsky.social
📌 ¿Por qué la inclusión es clave para el bienestar y la competitividad de #Euskadi?

Nuestro director de investigación @jamierwilson.bsky.social comparte algunas conclusiones del último Informe de Competitividad del en el especial Euskadi Avanza de @elcorreobot.bsky.social

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March 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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orkestra-deusto.bsky.social
🆕 En esta publicación, Edurne Magro, @elvirauyarra.bsky.social y @jamierwilson.bsky.social repasan las nuevas aproximaciones de políticas de #innovación y sus implicaciones para las regiones.

📘 Ikerketak Ekonomiaz
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March 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
jamierwilson.bsky.social
Orkestra’s Competitiveness Insights newsletter has three blogs by colleagues to celebrate International Women’s Day

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Competitiveness Insights by Orkestra | International Women's Day
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March 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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susanafranco.bsky.social
Este post se comenzó a gestar al leer "El país de las mujeres" y compartir velada con @giocondabelli.bsky.social en San Sebastián. Con @mercedesoleaga.bsky.social, se desarrolló gracias al análisis del último Informe de Competitividad del #PaísVasco de @orkestra-deusto.bsky.social
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El empoderamiento de las mujeres, clave para un futuro inclusivo
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March 7, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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💥New: Engaged research has inherent risks. Shiwei Chen shares seven insights from the Vital Cities and Citizens initiative in Rotterdam for how researchers and their institutions can undertake responsible engaged research.

#CivicUniversity #ActionResearch #SocialScience
How to avoid common pitfalls in engaged research
Engaged research has inherent risks. Shiwei Chen shares seven insights from the Vital Cities and Citizens initiative in Rotterdam for how researchers and their institutions can undertake responsibl…
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February 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
jamierwilson.bsky.social
What are the implications for regions of new generation innovation and industrial policies?

Edurne Magro, @elvirauyarra.bsky.social and I have written a short reflection in Spanish (published as an Ekonomiaz Ikerketak)

www.euskadi.eus/informes-eko...
Informes Ekonomiaz - Economía - Gobierno Vasco - Euskadi.eus
Informes Ekonomiaz
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February 11, 2025 at 8:42 AM
jamierwilson.bsky.social
As talk turns to tariffs, a great, clarifying piece from Dani Rodrik www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...
What Tariffs Can and Can’t Do | by Dani Rodrik - Project Syndicate
Dani Rodrik argues that import duties are neither an all-purpose tool, as Donald Trump believes, nor a purposeless one.
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January 23, 2025 at 6:37 AM
jamierwilson.bsky.social
Kevin Morgan's new book is just out, exploring the concept of the 'public plate' - how the public sector can play a leading role in generating a good food revolution, with all the wider implications that has for economic development and wellbeing

www.publicsectorcatering.co.uk/news/profess...
Professor Kevin Morgan publishes book on public sector catering
Morgan is a professor of governance and development in the School of Geography and Planning at Cardiff University. His research has involved, among other things, the issues of food, sustainability and...
www.publicsectorcatering.co.uk
January 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
What being a pedestrian feels like when you’ve surrendered too much space to cars, leaving too little for everyone and everything else. Powerful llustration by Karl Jilg for the Swedish Road Administration.
Cartoon of people walking on slim planks and along tight sidewalks next to a deep and dangerous chasm.
December 21, 2024 at 3:47 PM
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orkestra-deusto.bsky.social
La semana pasada presentamos junto a @fomentoss.bsky.social un informe sobre las Ventajas y retos de competitividad de los Servicios Empresariales Intensivos en Conocimiento(SEIC) de San Sebastián.

@deusto.bsky.social | #KIBS
December 16, 2024 at 2:12 PM
jamierwilson.bsky.social
Interesting research from the University of Barcelong finding no evidence of improved air quality from Spain's experiment with massive discounts for public transport

Maybe when it comes to reducing car journeys, the carrot doesn't work without the stick?

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 12, 2024 at 1:53 PM
jamierwilson.bsky.social
Three levels of recommendations from our 2024 Basque Country Competitiveness Report on #inclusion as a driver of #competitiveness

More on these recommendations and full report to download in Basque, English and Spanish here:

www.orkestra.deusto.es/en/publicati...
December 12, 2024 at 9:42 AM
jamierwilson.bsky.social
Does government need to be more like business?

Yes and no ...

"the presence of government in a sector is usually itself an indicator that efficiency alone must not dominate in public-service delivery"

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Governments Should Be Effective, Not Efficient
President-elect Donald Trump’s recently announced Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by business leaders Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, is creating ripples in Washington. While the idea t...
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December 12, 2024 at 9:09 AM
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‼️Only few days left to APPLY ‼️ Deadline 8 December
Winter School Geography of Innovation

January 27-31 2025 Pavia @unipv & @Unibocconi
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#PhD #geoinno #winterschool
December 4, 2024 at 6:33 AM
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Drone show over the concha bay #SanSebastian
November 30, 2024 at 10:44 PM
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rodriguez-pose.bsky.social
Radical #innovation in #Spain is becoming an urban monopoly.
Big #cities dominate disruptive patents, while all types of innovation in suburbs has faltered post-2008. #Rural areas remain marginal.
New article by Holl, Martínez & Casado, out now in Growth & Change
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November 29, 2024 at 7:57 AM