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Impact of Intellectual Capital Management on Sustainable Competitive Advantage via Business Model Innovation

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Sher Zaman Khan,

Najib Ullah KhanAuthors Info & Claims

ICMSS 2019: Proceedings of the 2019 3rd International Conference on Management Engineering, Software Engineering and Service Sciences

Pages 212 - 216

https://doi.org/10.1145/3312662.3312688

Published: 12 January 2019 Publication History

Abstract

Business model innovation (BMI) is the crux of sustainable competitive advantage (SCA), whereas, BMI itself is basically hooked on firms' intellectual capital management (ICM). Since this study unveils the influence of ICM on firms' SCA by using BMI as a mediator on a dataset of 313 Chinese SMEs. The results indicate that ICM and BMI have a significant positive influence on firms' SCA. Moreover, the findings revealed a partial mediating role of BMI in the relationship between ICM and SCA. Consequently, it is argued that the managers and owners of SMEs might stretch substantial attention to upholding their ICM and BMI, which jointly build firms' SCA in the turbulent markets. Practical implications of the study are discussed.

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Impact of Intellectual Capital Management on Sustainable Competitive Advantage via Business Model Innovation
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    1. Computing industry
      1. Sustainability

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Madhavan MSharafuddin MChaichana T(2022)Impact of Business Model Innovation on Sustainable Performance of Processed Marine Food Product SMEs in Thailand—A PLS-SEM ApproachSustainability10.3390/su1415967314:15(9673)Online publication date: 5-Aug-2022
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Elia GLerro ASchiuma G(2022)Leveraging knowledge management systems for business modelling in technology start-ups: an exploratory studyKnowledge Management Research & Practice10.1080/14778238.2022.214451120:6(913-924)Online publication date: 12-Nov-2022
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