Innovation, jobs, skills and tasks: a multifaceted relationship

Titolo Rivista GIORNALE DI DIRITTO DEL LAVORO E DI RELAZIONI INDUSTRIALI
Autori/Curatori Mariacristina Piva, Marco Vivarelli
Anno di pubblicazione 2018 Fascicolo 2018/159
Lingua Italiano Numero pagine 21 P. 599-619 Dimensione file 244 KB
DOI 10.3280/GDL2018-159003
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Parole chiave:Innovazione; Tecnologia; Occupati; Qualifiche; Mansioni.

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Mariacristina Piva, Marco Vivarelli, Innovation, jobs, skills and tasks: a multifaceted relationship in "GIORNALE DI DIRITTO DEL LAVORO E DI RELAZIONI INDUSTRIALI " 159/2018, pp 599-619, DOI: 10.3280/GDL2018-159003