African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4193

Full Length Research Paper

How universities fill the talent gap: The data scientist in the Italian case

Maddalena Della Volpe
  • Maddalena Della Volpe
  • Department of Business, Management and Innovation System (DISA-MIS), University of Salerno, Italy.
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Francesca Esposito
  • Francesca Esposito
  • Department of Political and Communication Sciences, University of Salerno, Italy.
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  •  Received: 13 September 2019
  •  Accepted: 22 January 2020
  •  Published: 29 February 2020

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