Inwestycje w kapitał niematerialny w gospodarkach na średnim poziomie rozwoju / Intangible capital investment in developing economies

Cywiński, Łukasz; Harasym, Ruslan

doi:10.15611/e21.2016.2.07

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“…As Polish companies aspire to enter global supply chains and to engage in export activities, the demand for foreign language skills is strong. According to Cywiński and Harasym (2016), Polish companies tend to absorb innovations in the form of computer information, proprietary rights, and economic competences from foreign investments. Unless the employees of these companies speak foreign languages, the assimilation of intangible capital is practically impossible.…”

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A method for measuring detailed demand for workers’ competences

2019

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There is an increasing need for analysing the demand for skills in the labour market. While most studies aggregate skills in groups or use available proxies for them, the authors analyse the demand by employers for individual competences. Such an analysis better reflects reality because companies usually require job candidates to have particular competences, rather than generally defined groups of skills. However, no method exists to analyse on a large scale which competences are required by employers. At a detailed level, there are hundreds of competences; thus, this demand cannot be measured in a sample survey. The authors propose a method for conducting a continuous and efficient analysis of the demand for competences of prospective employees. The method involves collecting online job offers and analysing them with data mining and text analysis tools. The authors use this method to analyse transversal competences in the Polish labour market. Their findings indicate that companies typically required only certain competences-especially 'language and communication competences'-while neglecting others. The number of job candidate requirements was counter-cyclical. However, the structure of the competences demanded did not change during the analysed period.

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Section: Educational Policy Recommendationsmentioning

confidence: 99%