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Medir lo inconmensurable

Pedro Gómez Romero 16 Feb 2024

Los descubrimientos científicos tienen un efecto inconmensurable en nuestra sociedad, es decir, un efecto que puede llegar a ser enorme pero que, literalmente, no se puede medir. Sin embargo, nos empeñamos en evaluar e incluso cuantificar el impacto de nuestras publicaciones científicas. Poca broma colega: tu carrera profesional podría depender del resultado.


the leveraging power of knowledge

Leveraging Innovation  P. Gómez-Romero  May 2015

Leverage is a word and a concept that has been so strongly absorbed and distorted by the financial world that we might have forgotten its original meaning. Yet, a lever is a very powerful tool, concept and metaphor from the physical world able to multiply our force, and hence our ability to move or change things. It is in this sense that the title of this article is written.

So… How could we leverage innovation in the form of Research & Development?