{"id":4374,"date":"2026-02-06T01:31:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T00:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biva.cat\/biva-talk\/oriol-alcoba"},"modified":"2026-02-24T15:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:12:09","slug":"oriol-alcoba","status":"publish","type":"biva-talk","link":"https:\/\/biva.cat\/en\/biva-talk\/oriol-alcoba","title":{"rendered":"Oriol Alcoba &#8211; Director of Innovation and Knowledge Transfer at ESADE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1664px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% 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style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color4);--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-font-size:var(--awb-custom_typography_1-font-size);\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"font-family:var(--awb-custom_typography_1-font-family);font-weight:var(--awb-custom_typography_1-font-weight);font-style:var(--awb-custom_typography_1-font-style);margin:0;letter-spacing:var(--awb-custom_typography_1-letter-spacing);text-transform:var(--awb-custom_typography_1-text-transform);font-size:1em;line-height:var(--awb-custom_typography_1-line-height);\">Oriol Alcoba<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two textmobmig\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color6);--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-font-size:var(--awb-custom_typography_3-font-size);\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"font-family:var(--awb-custom_typography_3-font-family);font-weight:var(--awb-custom_typography_3-font-weight);font-style:var(--awb-custom_typography_3-font-style);margin:0;letter-spacing:var(--awb-custom_typography_3-letter-spacing);text-transform:var(--awb-custom_typography_3-text-transform);font-size:1em;line-height:var(--awb-custom_typography_3-line-height);\">Director of Innovation and Knowledge Transfer at ESADE<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep40\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Oriol Alcoba, <strong>Director of Innovation and Knowledge Transfer at ESADE<\/strong>, has always been closely linked to the world of innovation, which he defines as the ability to <strong>do things differently in order to be more competitive and generate a positive impact on the surrounding environment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Alcoba, innovation means staying one step ahead and successfully bringing new ideas to market by combining creativity, research and execution\u2014since an idea without execution has no value.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his career, he highlights projects such as the <strong>reindustrialization of the Nissan plant<\/strong> as one of his most rewarding experiences, due to its real impact on the territory.<\/p>\n<p>From his role at ESADE, he works to identify the institution\u2019s capabilities and assets and <strong>to connect it more closely with its environment<\/strong>, with the aim of positioning ESADE as an open business school committed to the territory.<\/p>\n<p>In this regard, he emphasizes that innovation is a local phenomenon, and that <strong>Sant Cugat brings together all the key elements of an innovative ecosystem<\/strong>\u2014large corporations, a diversity of actors and critical mass\u2014with clear opportunities to generate new businesses. <strong>BIVA<\/strong> plays a fundamental role by facilitating ecosystem connectivity, promoting the creation of an <strong>innovation hub<\/strong> where startups and companies converge, and fostering trusted relationships that enable the development of new value propositions and impactful innovation, including through <strong>artificial intelligence<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":4346,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-4374","biva-talk","type-biva-talk","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Oriol Alcoba - Director of Innovation and Knowledge Transfer at ESADE - Sant Cugat \u00e9s Biva* - Barcelona Innovation Valley Alliance<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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