[ARTICOLO] Sousa, M. J., & Rocha, Á. (2019). Skills for disruptive digital business. Journal of Business Research, Vol. 94, pp. 257-263

This article investigates the concept of skills also related to the ones needed to create and manage disruptive digital business, which is emerging from the IT evolution. The primary purpose is to identify skills which need to be developed to manage a disruptive digital business.

The technologies, disruptive business and the skills needed by managers were identified through content analysis of semi-structured interviews with seven IT specialists. So, to analyse the development of the level of skills needed was conducted an online survey with managers and the final output of the research is a proposal of a model of skills` development for managers of the disruptive business.

Ultimately, the result of this research are the lessons uncovered and the proposal made for a model of skills development for disruptive business managers, which identifies three types/categories of skills needing development – innovation, leadership, and management.

Thus, this study helps to develop a higher level of awareness regarding the skills needed by the managers of new disruptive businesses and to rethink the company's strategies according to skills development to respond to the challenges of the market.