From an empirical standpoint, measuring companies’ knowledge-base characteristics is, however, not an easy task. And this is even more

View this email in your browser [https://wiiw.ac.at/files/mailings/event-201905131244-en.html]   Dear colleague, we cordially invite you to the following event: SKILL GAP, MISMATCH, AND THE DYNAMICS OF ITALIAN COMPANIES’ PRODUCTIVITY LUNCHTIME SEMINAR WITH DARIO GUARASCIO National Institute for Public Policies Analysis MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019, 11:30 AM (11:30 CEST) wiiw, Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna, library (2nd floor) Is there a relationship between companies’ knowledge-base characteristics and their performance in terms of productivity dynamics? A large part of the public and academic debate seems to support this assumption, pointing to the lack of a rich, updated and appropriate knowledge-base as one of the primary causes of firms weaknesses in terms of productivity and, more general, performance. the case when it comes to measuring the degree of skill gap and/or skill mismatch at the firm level. The main reason behind such empirical difficulties concerns the lack of sound micro-level information on firms’ workforce characteristics (at a high degree of disaggregation); upskilling and reskilling needs; competences (again at an adequate detail level) entering into companies organizational structure via new hirings. _SANDWICHES WILL BE SERVED._ ...more [https://wiiw.ac.at/skill-gap-mismatch-and-the-dynamics-of-italian-companies-...] WE KINDLY ASK YOU TO REGISTER [https://wiiw.ac.at/bc-e-er-432.html] for the event. Best regards, Olga Pindyuk [https://wiiw.ac.at/olga-pindyuk-s-21.html] _Organiser_            Robert Stehrer [https://wiiw.ac.at/robert-stehrer-s-16.html] _Scientific Director_ wiiw The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna, Austria wiiw@wiiw.ac.at, wiiw.ac.at [https://wiiw.ac.at] T: +43 1 533 66 10 [tel:+4315336610] [http://www.facebook.com/wiiw.economic.studies] [http://www.twitter.com/wiiw_news] [http://www.linkedin.com/company/vienna-institute-for-international-economic-...] [http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyNuSfsgzgBsIf7AaH8Vk-Q] [https://wiiw.ac.at/rss.php] Copyright ©2019 wiiw, all rights reserved.