%0 Journal Article
%T The digital dilemma: Winning and losing strategies in the digital talent race
%A Brian K Fitzgerald
%A Isabel Cardenas-Navia
%J Industry and Higher Education
%@ 2043-6858
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0950422219836669
%X The emergence of a digital economy has changed companiesĄŻ business and talent model. However, the gap between supply and demand for digital skills and talent poses a serious dilemma for many companies: do they acquire tech start-ups as a talent strategy or reinvent the company as a tech firm, hire new digital talent and reskill current employees? Recent research on start-up acquisitions and a new report from the US Business¨CHigher Education Forum and Burning Glass Technologies reframe this dilemma by shedding new light on foundational skills for the digital economy and strategies for acquiring new talent and reskilling employees
%K Blended professional
%K digital
%K skills
%K partnerships
%K reskilling
%K talent
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0950422219836669