El valor del diseño a través de las estadísticas oficiales del Estado

Résumé

Nowadays is common to find news about the importance of design as a competitive advantage and a key element for business innovation. These types of associations and references can be found both in general press and in specialized media. This paper aims to establish the basis of the relationship between design and economics in Spain. For this purpose, the main sources of public information and the parameters evaluated by the different agencies with statistical competences will be introduced. The goal is to identify what is being measured and how it is being done in order to establish relation-ships with other existent measurements.