Překážky rozvoje inovativnosti ve Španělském království

This thesis focuses on the analysis of barriers to the development of innovation in the Kingdom of Spain. Its main objective is to identify the key obstacles affecting the country’s innovation performance and to evaluate the national innovation policy, with particular emphasis on the EECTI strategy. The analysis combines secondary data from international institutions and national documents with qualitative research based on expert interviews. The results show that barriers to innovation in Spain are not isolated but interconnected and often reinforce each other. The most significant include regulatory and administrative burden, a higher level of uncertainty, low private sector involvement in research and development, an economic structure dominated by small and medium-sized enterprises, and weaker linkages between academia and the business sector. At the same time, the findings suggest that Spain has relatively strong preconditions for innovation, which are not always reflected in corresponding outcomes. The issue therefore lies not only in the availability of resources, but rather in their use and coordination. Effective support for innovation thus requires not only the availability of policy instruments, but also better coordination, a reduction in administrative complexity, and a stronger ability of firms to actually implement innovations.