TY - JOUR
T1 - Knowledge creation process and sustainable competitive advantage
T2 - The role of technological innovation capabilities
AU - Yu, Chuanpeng
AU - Zhang, Zhengang
AU - Lin, Chunpei
AU - Wu, Yenchun Jim
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/12/11
Y1 - 2017/12/11
N2 - This study examines the relationship between the knowledge creation process and technological innovation capabilities, and analyzes their effect on a firm's sustainable competitive advantage using a knowledge-based view theoretical framework. We conduct structural equation modeling analyses using survey data from 315 Chinese industrial firms to test the direct and indirect effects of the knowledge creation process on sustainable competitive advantage. Technological innovation capabilities-operationalized to reflect the dimensions of process innovation capability and product innovation capability-are used as the mediating variable for explaining the relationship between the knowledge creation process and sustainable competitive advantage. The results indicate that the knowledge creation process does not have a significant direct effect on sustainable competitive advantage. Rather, the knowledge creation process can only influence the sustainable competitive advantage through the mediating effect of technological innovation capabilities completely. Consequently, the knowledge creation process favors the development of technological innovation capabilities for processes and products, because processes and products can lead to a sustainable competitive advantage.
AB - This study examines the relationship between the knowledge creation process and technological innovation capabilities, and analyzes their effect on a firm's sustainable competitive advantage using a knowledge-based view theoretical framework. We conduct structural equation modeling analyses using survey data from 315 Chinese industrial firms to test the direct and indirect effects of the knowledge creation process on sustainable competitive advantage. Technological innovation capabilities-operationalized to reflect the dimensions of process innovation capability and product innovation capability-are used as the mediating variable for explaining the relationship between the knowledge creation process and sustainable competitive advantage. The results indicate that the knowledge creation process does not have a significant direct effect on sustainable competitive advantage. Rather, the knowledge creation process can only influence the sustainable competitive advantage through the mediating effect of technological innovation capabilities completely. Consequently, the knowledge creation process favors the development of technological innovation capabilities for processes and products, because processes and products can lead to a sustainable competitive advantage.
KW - Knowledge creation process
KW - Process innovation capability
KW - Product innovation capability
KW - Sustainable competitive advantage
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U2 - 10.3390/su9122280
DO - 10.3390/su9122280
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85037725856
SN - 2071-1050
VL - 9
JO - Sustainability (Switzerland)
JF - Sustainability (Switzerland)
IS - 12
M1 - 2280
ER -
