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One of the recent in-words is competence — “the fuel of the future”. It refers to the possession of suitable knowledge and skills, comprising the ability to obtain and apply relevant information for some definite purpose. The importance of the topic is reflected in terms such as “the intellectual capital”, “knowledge assets”, “the brain age” and “the learning organization”.
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Holt, K. (2002). Competence. In: Market Oriented Product Innovation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5720-0_12
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