Knowledge and its transfer – key prerequisite for long-term competitive advantage and sustainable business

Vrabcová, Pavla; Urbancová, Hana; Petříček, Martin

doi:10.1080/14778238.2021.2015262

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“…The transformative initiative helps the firms to manage their internal knowledge network by significantly achieving sustainable business competitiveness. Given the articulation, the study states that a firm's transformation capacities foster the firm's knowledge management capabilities, thus attaining a competitive advantage ( 27 ).…”

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The Influence of Knowledge Management Capacities on Pharmaceutical Firms Competitive Advantage: The Mediating Role of Supply Chain Agility and Moderating Role of Inter Functional Integration

Sarfraz

Khawaja

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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This study investigates the factors such as knowledge management capacities and their positive influence on firm competitive advantage or the supply chain agility of the firm and the underlying mechanisms (supply chain agility) that facilitate the firm's performance and leads to firm competitive advantage. It also explores the moderating role of inter-functional integration. We have collected the data from the 308 supply chain managers of pharmaceutical firms in Pakistan and questionnaires were used for data collection with multi-item scales already developed and validated. The findings suggest that knowledge management capacities significantly influence a firm's competitive advantage or supply chain agility. The supply chain agility fully mediates between absorptive capacity, transformative capacity, and firm competitive advantage. Further, supply chain agility partially mediates between inventive capacity and firm competitive advantage. Meanwhile, inter-functional integration moderates the relationship between supply chain agility and firm competitive advantage, with their positive relationship strengthening when inter-functional integration is high. The study provides empirical evidence that knowledge management capacities (such as absorptive capacity, transformative capacity, and inventive capacity), supply chain agility, and inter-functional can be important factors in improving firm performance.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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The Influence of Knowledge Management Capacities on Pharmaceutical Firms Competitive Advantage: The Mediating Role of Supply Chain Agility and Moderating Role of Inter Functional Integration

Sarfraz

Khawaja

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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“…However, the researchers can build a solid knowledge base which should be transferred to practice. The importance of revenue management must be highlighted even for SME hoteliers, as the knowledge and its transfer lead to a better market position, creating a longterm competitive advantage and sustainable business operations (Vrabcová et al, 2022).…”

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The current state of the application of revenue management activities in the SME segment: A case from the Czech Republic

2023

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The article aims to investigate the level of adoption of revenue management activities in small and medium-sized hotels in the Czech Republic. One hundred fifty members of the Association of Hotels and Restaurants from the Czech Republic were questioned. The questionnaire was derived from the MERMI model used to evaluate the adoption of revenue management activities in hotel operations. For this research, the scope was reduced to fit better the focus on the SME based on the Delphi method. The results show the low level of adoption of revenue management in this segment, where 23 % of the respondents stated no interest in revenue management, and only 17 % had the revenue manager in their organisational chart. The GM or marketing and sales managers prosecute the revenue management activities for the rest of the hotels. As revenue management is one of the departments highly supported by information and communication technologies, their adoption is low, as 30 % of the respondents from small hotels are using these technologies. It is crucial to mention that these are not only the revenue management tools but also the WBEs, Channel Managers or CRMs. The results support the increasing gap between academia and revenue management practitioners. The paper's novelty lies in its focus on the SME segment, where the previous studies mainly focused on the applications in upper-scale and luxurious hotels. The SME segment, with its majority in the segment (in the context of the number of hotels), was omitted entirely. Therefore, the paper showcases a significant theoretical and practical knowledge gap. Further research should focus on the SME segment and deliver actionable proposals for the hoteliers losing competitiveness by omitting the revenue management principles.

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“…In this context, it is crucial that government implement strategies to promote innovation capabilities in the SMEs, because innovation is a vital element to promote a sustainable society. In addition, entrepreneurship and innovation can be suitable vehicles for competitiveness (Urbancová and Vrabcová, 2023;Vrabcová, et al 2021;Bigliardi, et al, 2020); Wang, et al 2019;Gupta et al, 2016;Rossi and Raimondi, 2007). Table 1 presents several results of the theoretical research on the innovation-competitiveness relationship.…”

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Supply Chain Management and Innovation Practices as Core Strategies for Business Competitiveness and Performance

Bocanegra

2024

Advances in Management and Applied Economics

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The purpose of the study was to analyze the effects of supply chain management and business innovation on business competitiveness and performance. Preliminary notes expose a deep historical review of the theoretical and empirical research addressing the relationships between the variables that are being subject of study. The empirical study was conducted in 230 manufacturing SMEs located in Mexico and data analysis was performed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). For the assessment of the reliability and validity a Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was applied, using the maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) with the support of the EQS 6. Main findings conclude that implementing supply chain management and business innovation strategies are vital for business competitiveness and performance. At the final part of this paper, conclusions address the main implications of current research findings for enterprises and government. JEL classification numbers: M11, O32. Keywords: Business Performance, Competitiveness, Innovation, Supply Chain Management, Mexico.

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Knowledge and its transfer – key prerequisite for long-term competitive advantage and sustainable business

Cited by 6 publications

References 63 publications

The Influence of Knowledge Management Capacities on Pharmaceutical Firms Competitive Advantage: The Mediating Role of Supply Chain Agility and Moderating Role of Inter Functional Integration

The Influence of Knowledge Management Capacities on Pharmaceutical Firms Competitive Advantage: The Mediating Role of Supply Chain Agility and Moderating Role of Inter Functional Integration

The current state of the application of revenue management activities in the SME segment: A case from the Czech Republic

Supply Chain Management and Innovation Practices as Core Strategies for Business Competitiveness and Performance

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