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Fostering SMEs Digital Innovation Through Advanced Training and Design Thinking. Italy as a Case Study

In: Leading and Managing in the Digital Era

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  • Michele Bugliesi

    (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
    Fondazione Di Venezia)

  • Stefano Micelli

    (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
    Upskill 4.0 S.R.L.)

Abstract

The mismatch between demand and availability of digital skills is one of the key challenges for entire industries in the digital era. The mismatch is particularly critical for SMEs, which most often lack both the critical mass to upskill their employees with in-house, corporate academies and the know-how to scout for start-ups to support their innovation journeys. In the present paper, we advocate a new role for business and executive schools to foster the convergence of higher vocational education and small and medium enterprises, favoring the diffusion of digital competences and enhance ecosystem competitiveness. We discuss the effectiveness of the approach with an analysis of the results of a two-year digital innovation project that has involved around one hundred companies and over four hundred students from fifteen tertiary vocational institutions across Italy.

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  • Michele Bugliesi & Stefano Micelli, 2024. "Fostering SMEs Digital Innovation Through Advanced Training and Design Thinking. Italy as a Case Study," Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organization, in: Gregory Prastacos & Nancy Pouloudi (ed.), Leading and Managing in the Digital Era, pages 121-133, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:lnichp:978-3-031-65782-5_9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-65782-5_9
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