Brazil’s ability and willingness to adopt and explore virtual technologies for economic and social transformation has improved, according to one published this week through the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) of the Swiss Business School. The country climbed six spots in this year’s Global Digital Competitiveness (WDCR) of 2019, and ranks 51st on a list of 63 countries.
The IMD rating examines the numerical competitiveness of nations in the intangible infrastructure needed for learning and discovery of generations, as well as the point of preparing an economy to carry out its virtual transformation and quantifies the landscape of the progression of virtual technologies.
According to the report, Brazil has controlled to move from the back of the list due to its functionality in terms of clinical concentration, regulatory framework, capital and advertising agility; at the latter point, the researchers noted that there had been an improvement in facets such as studies and productivity of progression and scholars.
On the other hand, the main general weaknesses come with the availability of virtual and technological skills and the charm of highly professional foreign professionals and education within employers in the personal sector.
On one occasion in the industry last month, senior Brazilian government officials said projects were underway to “ensure that virtual transformation reaches as many Brazilians as possible” while creating business opportunities for industry players.
These projects come with Brazil’s Digital Transformation Strategy, which covers movements in the health, education, agribusiness, tourism and industry segments, as well as other projects in entrepreneurship, assistive technologies, synthetic intelligence and clinical research.
“We want to paint on projects that bring investment, modernize the business environment and propose answers to come with more people in the virtual economy and expand all regions of the country,” said the minister-in-office of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. (MCTI), julio Semeghini said at the time.
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