Agustí Segarra is a full professor of Applied Economics in Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV). He obtained his degree in Economics from Universitat de València and his PhD in Economics from Universitat de Barcelona.

He has developed his research in the areas of managerial dynamics, economic growth, and innovation. In the area of the managerial dynamics, he produced the first works on entrepreneurship and its effects on technical progress. In addition, he carried out research on managerial dynamics and survival.

In the area of economic growth, he has approached the regional differences in relation to the accumulation of the private and public capital and the evolution of the revenue for inhabitant.

Finally, in the field of innovation and productivity he has studied the determinants of cooperation in R&D and managerial innovation, as well as the relationship between competitive intensity and firms’ productivity.

He has directed several research projects and collective publications, and has published part of his scientific production in prestigeous journals in the areas of managerial dynamics and research and innovation policies.