Article: Skills required for 4IR professionals in technology-based firms Journal: International Journal of Intellectual Property Management (IJIPM) 2024 Vol.14 No.2 pp.95 - 141 Abstract: The accelerated changes in society driven by the fourth industrial revolution have led to new paradigms in the economy, which in turn has generated new challenges that require professionals to develop skills that would make them better suited to respond to them. Technology-based firms are no strangers to this phenomenon; their knowledge-centred dynamics have made them a favourable scenario for the incorporation of professionals with the right combination of skills that will enable them to take on the challenges imposed by society. The contribution of this works provides a basis of information on identified and categorised skills inherent to NTBFs within the context of the 4IR, in order for recruiters, trainers and policymakers have information relevant to design strategies, programs and action plans for strengthening the skills required to respond to challenges faced by these professionals in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Skills required for 4IR professionals in technology-based firms

Authors: Erika Sofia Olaya-Escobar; Diana Carolina Cabra Ballesteros; Adriana Marcela Zambrano Sánchez; Josué Vladimir Ramírez Tarazona

Addresses: Escuela Colombiana de Ingenieria Julio Garavito, AK. 45 No. 205-59, Autopista Norte, Bogotá, Colombia ' Escuela Colombiana de Ingenieria Julio Garavito, AK. 45 No. 205-59, Autopista Norte, Bogotá, Colombia ' Escuela Colombiana de Ingenieria Julio Garavito, AK. 45 No. 205-59, Autopista Norte, Bogotá, Colombia ' Unit for the Development of Science, Research and Innovation, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, University Antonio Nariño, Cl. 58a Bis #3794, Bogotá, Colombia

Abstract: The accelerated changes in society driven by the fourth industrial revolution have led to new paradigms in the economy, which in turn has generated new challenges that require professionals to develop skills that would make them better suited to respond to them. Technology-based firms are no strangers to this phenomenon; their knowledge-centred dynamics have made them a favourable scenario for the incorporation of professionals with the right combination of skills that will enable them to take on the challenges imposed by society. The contribution of this works provides a basis of information on identified and categorised skills inherent to NTBFs within the context of the 4IR, in order for recruiters, trainers and policymakers have information relevant to design strategies, programs and action plans for strengthening the skills required to respond to challenges faced by these professionals in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment.

Keywords: fourth industrial revolution; technology-based firms; technical skills; management skills; soft skills.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIPM.2024.137213

International Journal of Intellectual Property Management, 2024 Vol.14 No.2, pp.95 - 141

Received: 13 Sep 2021
Accepted: 26 Aug 2022
Published online: 05 Mar 2024 *

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