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The Role of Entrepreneurs’ Human and Social Capital in Knowledge-Intensive Business Services

In: Exploring Knowledge-Intensive Business Services

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  • Martina Gianecchini
  • Paolo Gubitta

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Over the past few years, the increasing importance of knowledge and learning has enhanced the interest in knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) as a strategic sector. Interest in KIBS has increased considerably because of their role in the growth of employment rates (according to the Eurostat, employment in knowledge-intensive activities in the business sector accounted for 10–20 per cent of total employment in the majority of countries in 2009, with a mean 13.4 per cent in the European Union) and in innovation (for instance, the Sectoral Innovation Watch — a consortium funded by the European Union to provide policy-makers and innovation professionals with detailed insight into sectoral innovation dynamics across Europe — included KIBS as a sector to monitor in years to come).

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  • Martina Gianecchini & Paolo Gubitta, 2012. "The Role of Entrepreneurs’ Human and Social Capital in Knowledge-Intensive Business Services," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Eleonora Maria & Roberto Grandinetti & Barbara Bernardo (ed.), Exploring Knowledge-Intensive Business Services, chapter 9, pages 174-192, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-00842-8_10
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137008428_10
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