Exploring competitive competencies for ICT/tech startup ecosystem towards the digital economy in Thailand: an empirical competency development investigation

摘要

Tech startups are seen as a new economic growthudengine in Thailand which will help the country step up and produce more sophisticated high valuedudproducts and services.However, the shortage ofudskilled labor with innovation in knowledge-basedudeconomy has trapped Thailand in inconvenientudposition and losing its competitive edge. Hence inudthis research, the study on the competitiveudcompetencies for the tech startups were addressed by conducting in-depth interview and focus groupuddiscussion with the key stakeholders responsible for the development on the tech startups ecosystem in Thailand.The study revealed the top 5 competitive competencies classified by 1) Innovation, 2) Business Acumen and Aspiration, 3) Analytical Thinking, 4) Interpersonal Effectiveness and 5) Leadership and Result Orientation are needed most for the tech startup workforce and recommended strategy for theudtech startup ecosystem in Thailand. The results ofudthis research will help prepare ICT workforce in audlarger scope to drive Thailand to be competitive in the Digital Economy and the ASEAN Community.