Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Daniela Federici
Author-Workplace-Name: Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale
Author-Email: d.federici@unicas.it
Author-Name: Francesco Ferrante
Author-Workplace-Name: Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale AlmaLaurea Inter-University Consortium
Author-Email: frafer61@gmail.com
Title:  Il contributo del capitale umano imprenditoriale alla riqualificazione delle imprese 
Abstract:  The connection between the weak performance of the Italian economy and the mechanisms governing the creation and allocation of human capital has been investigated only rarely. This paper argues that the Italian economy faces not just a generic shortage of human capital but a specific shortage of entrepreneurial human capital, which explains the small size of firms and their lack of international competitiveness in high-tech sectors. We identify the main institutional mechanisms responsible for this state of affairs and the economic policy tools needed to promote the generation of entrepreneurial human capital.   
Length: 24
Creation-Date: 2014-06
File-URL: http://www2.almalaurea.it/universita/pubblicazioni/wp/pdf/wp64.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
File-Function: First version, 2011
Number: 64
Classification-JEL: J230, J240, L250, L500, O170
Keywords: Education, Self-employment, Entrepreneurship, Human capital, Firms 
Handle: RePEc:laa:wpaper:64