Diapositiva 1

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Entrepreneurship Innovation Business growth
Mateu Hernández Maluquer Barcelona
Activa Executive Director Porto, December 2007.
DG Enterprise
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1,600,000 inhabitans in the central city
4,800,000 inhabitans in the Metropolitan area
83 workforce employed in the service sector
718 employment rate
Barcelona 2006
68 unemployment
86 companies employ less 10 employees
45,000 IT employees (6 of total employment)
12,110,785 tourist overnights in 2006
196,000 university students in 7 universities
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2006
80s
1986 21.4
68
Unemployment rate
1981 41
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Industrial employment
1981 52
83
Employment in services
1990 11th
4th
Attractive European city
1991 4
14
Tourism ec. weight
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The Barcelona transformation model
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• The Barcelona Activa mission

To coach the Barcelona transformation in terms of
entrepreneurship, business growth, innovation,
professional opportunities, and quality
employment.
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• Lines of action

Digital culture
Business growth and innovation
Professional opportunities quality employment
Business creation
Strategic sectors promotion
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• 154.573 overall participants in Barcelona Activa
  activities
• 1.182 business projects coached
• 122 innovative start-ups based in the Incubator
  and Tech Park
• 525 companies members of Xarxactiva network
• 3.363 participant companies in business growth
  programs
• 726 activities devoted to entrepreneurs

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Our methodology the blended model
On line contents
Daily activities
Added value coaching
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• Business creation

Iniciativa emprenedora Innovació Creixement
empresarial Oportunitats professionals
To the creation of the company
Funding
Business Plan validation
Taxation
Personal coaching
Localization
Entrepreneurial skills
Sakes
On Line Business plan
Marketing
Juridical forms
Tailored programs
Knowledge pills All you need to create your
company
Procedures
Creating a company with Barcelona Activa is easy
Ideas Swot analysis
From the business idea
Centre per a la iniciativa emprenedora
Glòries www.barcelonanetactiva.com
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• Business growth and innovation

Iniciativa emprenedora Innovació Creixement
empresarial Oportunitats professionals
To the global company
Managing skills
RDi funding
Strategic Growth Guidance
Business angels
Innovation bridges
Venture capital access
Investment readiness R4G
Mentoring
PR
On line training
Sales
Growing paths
Innovation knowledge transfer
Management basics
Business strategy
Technological Park Barcelona North
Inno Spaces
Business Incubator
Business cooperation Xarxactiva
From the new company
www.barcelonanetactiva.com
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• Impact

• 61,5 business creation rate more than 600
  companies created
• 2,7 employees per created company 1.800
  employments created
• 84 business survival rate in the business
  incubator at 4th year
• 635.000 average turnover of incubated companies
  at 4th year
• 98 average workers per incubated company at 4th
  year
• 26 foreign entrepreneurs in the business
  incubator

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• A, B, C, D, E
• of city competitiveness

Mateu Hernández Maluquer Barcelona
Activa Executive Director
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City competitiveness

• Airports
• Brains
• Cohesion
• Density
• E ntrepreneurship

A B C D E
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• Airports
• Brains
• Cohesion
• Density
• E ntrepreneurship
• Funding
• Governance
• Housing
• Innovation
• Justice
• Knowledge
• Leadership
• Mobility

• Networks
• Optimization
• Planning
• Quality of live
• Roots
• Scale
• Talent
• Universities
• Vocational training
• Xfactor
• Youthification
• Welfare
• Zooming

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Entrepreneurship Innovation Growth Knowledge Resea
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nt Cohesion Skills Future
Entrepreneurship Innovation Growth Knowledge Resea
rch Brains Creativity Technology Networks Employme
nt Cohesion Skills Future
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