Public-Private Sector Research Center (PPSRC).
Director: Xavier Vives
The role of government has undergone significant changes in the Western world in recent decades. The public sector turns with increasing frequency to the private sector to carry out its duties, and there are many governmental departments, both supranational and domestic, that share competencies and resources. With the advent of NGOs, the state is no longer the only non-profit entity.
In this context, the mission of the Public-Private Sector Research Center is to promote research into relations between the private sector and public administrations.
Created in 2001, it supports teaching activities at IESE and meetings among experts in the field. Research results are disseminated via academic conferences, research seminars, publications, forums and colloquiums. It promotes international initiatives such as PPP for Cities, dedicated to public-private collaboration in the smart cities arena and the informative initiative PPP-Public Private Partnerships.
Objectives:
- Conduct research of the highest scientific quality at the intersection of the public and private sectors.
- Consolidate a group of international research excellence with sufficient critical mass in the Center’s areas of activity.
- Disseminate the scientific studies in the business media and administrations so as to affect public policy in Spain, Europe and Latin America.
- Serve as a meeting forum for researchers, professionals, business leaders and public administrators.
- Contribute to high-level business training in the public sector – private sector area.
Research lines:
- Regulation and competition, with special emphasis on the study of regulated sectors such as telecommunications, media, energy, financial markets and health.
- Innovation, including new technologies and patents.
- Regional economics and industrial policy, emphasizing the location of the economic activity and company headquarters.
- The welfare state, analyzing on an ad-hoc basis aspects related to the welfare state with a special focus on health economics.
Related Centers.
Communication.
- “Ens cal menys toxto i més capital humà”, Diari Ara
- La sociedad civil pide un pacto entre el sector público y el privado en Barcelona, La Vanguardia
- Collboni espera para Barcelona de 1.500 a 2.500 millones de fondos europeos, La Vanguardia
- Expertos apuestan por gestionar los fondos europeos con gobernanza metropolitana, The New Barcelona Post
- Press Summary 09/02/21
- III Conference on Competition and Regulation in the Telecommunications Market
- Resposta de Barcelona a la crisi de la COVID-19
- Respuesta de Barcelona a la crisis de la COVID-19
- Enquesta PPSRC. Resposta de Barcelona a la crisi de la COVID-19
- Jornada de Regulación y Competencia en el Mercado de Telecomunicaciones
- Spanish Reform Monitor (12/2017)
- Spanish Reform Monitor (04/2016)
- Spanish Reform Monitor (05/2015)
- Spanish Reform Monitor (11/2014)
- Spanish Reform Monitor (05/2014)
- Spanish Reform Monitor (02/2014)
- 2018-2019
- 2016-2017 (in Spanish)
- 2015-2016 (in Spanish)
- 2014-2015 (in Spanish)
- 2013-2014 (in Spanish)
- 2012-2013 (in Spanish)
- 2011-2012 (in Spanish)
- 2010-2011
- 2009-2010
- 2008-2009
- 2007-2008 (in Spanish)
- 2006-2007 (in Spanish)
- 2005-2006 (in Spanish)
- 2004-2005 (in Spanish)
- 2003-2004 (in Spanish)
- 2002-2003 (in Spanish)
Events.
2021
September 22nd, 2021 / Online
IV Conference on Competition and Regulation in the Telecommunications Market (Vídeo)
Summary and transcripts of the Conference (English Version)
2019 – 2020
March 10, 2020 / Brussels, Belgium
III Conference on Competition and Regulation in the Telecommunications Market
Summary and transcripts of the Conference (English Version)
December 18, 2019 / Barcelona, Spain
Press release: Barcelona Global Challenge. El reto de sumar para multiplicar: la
colaboración público-privada como eje de transformación de Barcelona
“El ‘Modelo Barcelona’ de colaboración público-privada: del éxito a la crisis”
November 19, 2019 / Barcelona, Spain
II International Conference in Smart Logistics.
Urban toll & logistics last mile. Smart City World Congress
Presentation of the document: Modelización del sector logístico en Cataluña. Mapa
de movilidad logística en Cataluña (Spanish version)
October 28, 2019 / Barcelona, Spain
Press release: Barcelona Global Challenge. El reto de sumar para multiplicar: la
colaboración público-privada como eje de transformación de Barcelona
“El porqué y el cómo de la colaboración público-privada en Barcelona”
2018 – 2019
November 13, 2018 / Barcelona, Spain
International Conference in Smart Logistics
October 24, 2018 / Madrid, Spain
II Conferencia sobre Regulación y Competencia en el Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones
Research Fellows
Research Fellows


José Azar
Research AssociateEconomics
Policy Research Fellows
Policy Research Fellows


Giulio Federico
Member of the Chief Economist Team at the Directorate General for Competition (European Commission)
Researcher
Researcher
Research Affiliates
Research Affiliates


Daniel Ferrés
Professor, Universidad de Montevideo


Ricard Gil
Assistant Professor, Carey School of Business at Johns Hopkins University
Executive Team
Executive Team
Vice President


Joaquim Triadú
Vice President
Academic Director



Xavier Vives
Professor
Economics and
Financial Management