Strengthening Knowledge Based Services in Argentina

Abstract

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Technology Used in Knowledge Management by Global Professional Event Services

“…Empirical research on knowledge management in the service industry is sparse (Preece, 2015), which motivated the authors in carrying out this research. Moreover, business services are activities that require advanced technology and a relatively highly skilled workforce to fully benefit from technological innovations (Gayá, 2018). That is why all aspects -knowledge and technology, and the spillover effect -are taken into consideration.…”

Prospects for Decent Work in Services

“…The authors further report that growth of services output is more highly correlated with the reduction of poverty (page 27). Gayá (2017) reported how knowledge-based services (KBS)-services that use high technology and have the relatively highly skilled workforce that is required to benefit fully from technological innovations-gained relevance in the Argentinian economy and became a strategic sector for three main reasons: the creation of high quality jobs in terms of skills, formality, and higher wages; good export performance; and potential to foster regional development through decentralization of economic activity to provinces. Business, professional and technical services represent 70% of KBS exports and Wages in KBS are 9.3% higher than the country's average wage (page 50).…”