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This study analyzes the competitiveness of the Spanish economy focusing on the role of firms in contrast to previous studies on productivity, competitiveness and innovation carried out in the Ivie, which concentrated more on macroeconomic or sectoral aggregates.

This collective work offers an in-depth analysis of entrepreneurial behavior in relation to some of the factors that literature considers relevant to the dynamics of productivity: knowledge-based assets such as: human capital, expenditure on R&D or investments in intangible assets; the size and demography of firms; the intensity of competition in the sectors; outsourcing and offshoring strategies; or the ability of firms to generate profits and maintain the levels of profitability.