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Importance of the Future Entrepreneurs' Computer Literacy Development for the Implementation of Cloud Services as a Foundation of Improved Competitiveness in the Labor Market
Tamara Brusić
; Kvarner Punat Trgovine d.o.o., Punat, Croatia
Snježana Babić
orcid.org/0000-0002-8828-9405
; Polytechnic of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Tihomir Orehovački
orcid.org/0000-0002-8606-0607
; Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Pula, Croatia
Abstract
The application of cloud services in business can be seen as an innovation that goes through certain levels of acceptance and implementation by users in their business environment. The results of earlier studies have shown that one of the most important factors, which is the obstacle to using cloud technology in business, is an insufficient knowledge of the cloud service. This paper deals with the importance of the development of future entrepreneurs' computer literacy as a prerequisite for the application of SaaS services in business. The objective of this paper is threefold: (a) to demonstrate the advantage of using the SaaS services on an example of good business practices, (b) to illustrate how computer literacy of students, future entrepreneurs, is developed at the Polytechnic of Rijeka, thus facilitating the application of SaaS services in practice, and (c) drawing on the results of counducted studies to emphasize the need for better development of students' computer literacy during high school education. The reported results can help everyone involved in educating entrepreneurs and developing their competencies to improve their competitiveness in the labor market.
Keywords
entrepreneurs; entrepreneurship; computer literacy; cloud services; SaaS; competencies
Hrčak ID:
191702
URI
Publication date:
29.12.2017.
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