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Knowlegde Entrepreneurs
Piero Formica, Marie Curie Professor of Knowledge Economy and Entrepreneurship. Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Tartu (Estonia). Dean, International Faculty Economics of Entrepreneurship at the Emirates Center for Entrepreneurship, UAE. Special International Professor of Knowledge Economics and Entrepreneurship, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
The sustained phase of transition to economies characterised by considerable, and sometimes revolutionary, advances in science, technology and related industries, coupled with subsequent profound changes in economy and society, has increased the importance of the knowledge-intensive phases of production for value-creation. As enterprises, in fact, become more reliant on technology, they will become more dependent on knowledge. Accordingly, policy makers in a growing number of countries have become increasingly concerned with the management of the entire knowledge chain: from the creation to the diffusion, conversion and entrepreneurial exploitation of scientific and technological knowledge. The knowledge chain has also profound implications for higher education institutions and business schools, which to be successful need to help companies create knowledge and be part of knowledge streams. Closer co-operation between academia and business underpins growth in a knowledge economy. Read on in the attachment...
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