Journal
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
Volume 94, Issue -, Pages 257-263Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.12.051
Keywords
Managers; Skills; Competitiveness; IT; Disruptive business
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- FCT Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal) [UID/SOC/04020/2013]
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This article analyses the concept of skills and also investigates the skills needed to create and manage disruptive digital business which is emerging from the IT evolution. The primary purpose is to identify skills which need to be developed to manage a disruptive digital business. The technologies, disruptive business and the skills needed by managers were identified through content analysis of semi-structured interviews with seven IT specialists. To analyze the development of the level of skills needed was conducted an online survey with managers and the final output of the research is a proposal of a model of skills' development for managers of the disruptive business. Ultimately, the result of this research are the lessons uncovered and the proposal made for a model of skills development for disruptive business managers, which identifies three types/categories of skills needing development - innovation, leadership, and management.
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