According to a study carried out in 2012 by Business Network, 87% of the respondents say that they do networking, but for different resons: 45% of them socialize only for pleasure, 35% for personal development, 80% for business development, and 95% for strengthening relationships. 13% declared that they don’t do networking, 50% because of the lack of time, 25% consider that networking doesn't help their business and 25% motivated through the lack of experience.
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