Industrial Sectors in Spain: Key Areas and Activities

Item 16: Areas of Industrial Activity in Spain

1. Key Sectors: Basic Industries and Consumer Goods

Traditionally, industries have been classified into three groups:

  • Basic industry takes the first step in the industrial chain, transforming raw materials into intermediate products, which are used as feedstock for other industries.
  • Equipment goods industries produce machinery or tools used by other industries in their manufacturing processes.
  • Use and consumption industries transform materials with different
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Economic Globalization: Causes, Consequences, and Global Impact

Economic Globalization

Globalization of the economy is involved in the operation of global production, consumption, and exchanges.

Causes of Economic Globalization

  • The progress of telecommunications allows receiving real-time information, reducing the distance factor. Businesses can expand their areas of production and market.
  • Improving transport facilitates the transfer of goods and people worldwide.
  • Generalization of the capitalist system, based on private property, free competition between companies,
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Agricultural and Fisheries Policy Analysis in Spain Since 1986

Agricultural Policy Since 1986

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was created in 1962 with the following objectives:

  • Increase productivity
  • Ensure farmers a good standard of living
  • Stabilize markets
  • Set reasonable prices

To achieve these goals, two initiatives were established: a pricing policy based on markets and common market organizations (CMOs). A policy of agricultural structures and adaptation promoted the improvement and development of rural areas.

Results: Achieving food self-sufficiency, improved

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Key Terms in Business and Industry

Holding Companies

A holding company is a financial entity that controls various companies, owning all or a significant part of their actions.

Research, Development, and Innovation (R&D&I)

R&D&I encompasses investments in the industry, including:

  • Basic Research: Work to develop new knowledge.
  • Applied Research: Work to apply new knowledge to a practical purpose.
  • Systems and Services.
  • Innovation: Improving competitiveness.

Endogenous Industrialization

Endogenous industrialization is the process

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Political Organization and Institutions in Medieval Spain

Political Organization and Institutions

Royal Power and the Rise of the Courts

The power of kings was limited to the royal lands. In 1188, Leon summoned the bourgeois to the Curia on behalf of the cities, giving rise to the Courts. Originally, it consisted of three branches, attending to the king’s queries and voting on subsidies, fulfilling the basic obligations of the vassal: auxilium and consilium. This polity evolved differently in Castile and Aragon.

Castile: Centralization and Royal Authority

Castile

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Argentina’s Population Dynamics: Growth, Distribution, and Aging

Argentina’s Population Dynamics

Slow population growth implies both an increase and a decline in population, comprised of natural growth and migration. If births outweigh deaths, growth will be positive. It is also influenced by the demographic character of the area. The volume and the rate at which crests occur are related to population changes in composition by age, sex, occupation, education, and origin. Argentina is a country of slow growth:

  1. Population growth gradually decreases.
  2. The low birth
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