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James Wilson
@jamierwilson.bsky.social
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.
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
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
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
Drone show over the concha bay #SanSebastian
November 30, 2024 at 10:44 PM
On Wednesday we launched our 2024 Basque Country Competitiveness Report

In a context of robust #competitiveness and #wellbeing but rapidly changing demographics, we focused on the relationships between #inclusion and competitiveness

Details (in Spanish) here: www.orkestra.deusto.es/es/investiga...
November 22, 2024 at 6:45 AM
Testing a novelty for this year’s presentation of our Basque Country Competitiveness Report - direct translation Basque-Spanish using AI from a local start-up (Trebe Language Technologies)
November 20, 2024 at 12:50 PM
A grey day in Vitoria-Gasteiz, preparing for this afternoon’s presentation of our 2024 Basque Country Competitiveness Report at the Artium Museum
November 20, 2024 at 10:49 AM
Beautiful colours in the sea on the greyest of days in San Sebastián #Donostia #SundayWalk
November 17, 2024 at 3:09 PM