Why do nations fail?
Article published by Mr. José Alberto León in La Gaveta Económica in the May 2017 issue. The book “Why nations fail” by Acemoglu and Robinson once again highlights the importance of institutions in the economic development of nations. In this book, the authors develop a new theory about the […]
1Q-2017 Situation Report
The newspaper El Día published yesterday, May 25, a news item about some of the most striking data from the CEOE Economic Outlook Report for the first quarter of 2017. Corporación 5 prepares these reports quarterly for CEOE-Tenerife, providing a summary table of the main macroeconomic variables of the Canary Islands, a description of the current economic situation […]
APD Canarias: Breakfast-discussion \»Canarian companies and venture capital\» with Jaime Bergel, head of HIG Spain and former president of Merrill Lynch. Wednesday, May 24, Canarias 7 multifunctional space, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Ranchers of Fuerteventura, Best Family Business
On April 28, 2017, the newspaper La Provincia published a news item titled: \»Livestock of Fuerteventura, Best Family Business\». SEE NEWS
The circular file
Article published by Mr. José Carlos Francisco in La Gaveta Económica in the April 2017 issue. Some readers ask me why, being a professional economist, I talk so much in these pages about excess legislation, environmental and territorial regulations, and other matters, which seem more typical of the field of law, in […]
La Palma celebrates 10 years protecting Earth's sky
The newspaper El Día published last Sunday, April 16, 2017 a news item titled \»La Palma celebrates 10 years protecting the Earth's sky\» in which reference is made to the Starlight Foundation, a non-profit entity created by the IAC and Corporación 5. Within its responsibility policy […]
The canaries, increasingly poorer
The newspapers La Provincia and La Opinión of Tenerife published this Sunday, April 2, a news item titled \"The Canaries, increasingly poor\", which includes an interview with Mr. José Carlos Francisco, President of Corporación 5. The news highlights a fact analyzed by Corporación 5: the GDP per capita of the Canary Islands […]
Pimelia canariensis, discontinued?
Article published by Mr. José Carlos Francisco in La Gaveta Económica in the March 2017 issue. In my penultimate book "The Necessary Reform. The Canary Islands in the Face of the Crisis of Our Lives" and in its fifth chapter, I exposed the characteristics of the new Canarian socioeconomics, which by virtue of five characteristic factors caused growth […]
Lanzarote and Tenerife, by far, the most exposed to the impact of 'Brexit'
The digital newspaper ELDIARIO.ES mentions the article on the economic impact of Brexit published by José Alberto León Alonso, Consulting Director of Corporación 5. SEE NEWS
The single rate for taxis in Santa Cruz de Tenerife comes into force this Tuesday
The digital newspaper ELDIARIO.ES mentions the study carried out by Corporación 5 on the income and cost model of the taxi sector in the Canary Islands. SEE NEWS
