CATALUNYA IN SPAIN PUNCHES ABOVE ITS WEIGHT IN TOP SCIENCE PUBLICATIONS. This is because some visionary public figures took the initiative 20 years ago to place a bet on excellence in science translating to powerful new companies. The society has invested heavily in research, and the first fruit is a remarkable quality publication rate. From this hundreds of SMEs have been seeded. This flammable mix just needs one success to be like Boston in 1989, when the world took notice of biotech and IT. This patient bet is about to pay off.