Human capital: key actor for the development of business innovation
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10431438Keywords:
human capital, motivation, experience, mobility, R&D collaboration, innovation, economic growthAbstract
Human capital is the most precious resource of each country, to develop its economic and social policy. It is essential for the development of the business sector, given its contribution in terms of employment, productivity and innovation. The impact of the Covid-19 health crisis has endangered the world economy, demanding highly trained human capital with ingenuity, creativity and a culture of innovation to solve them. Numerous researchers have made reference to the importance of the formation and development of human capital as generators of innovation and economic growth according to their professional skills and abilities, using a diversity of techniques and quantitative and qualitative methods. The objective of this research is to understand how can the effective management of human capital drive innovation in companies and, therefore, economic growth? For this, emphasis is placed on the determinants of innovation results, such as motivation, experience, mobility and collaboration in R&D. The need to have policies that promote the inclusive development of talent, investment and collaboration in R&D, the training of highly trained personnel and the protection of intellectual property, as well as adequate infrastructure, to promote innovation and business economic growth.
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