scholarly journals Technological Innovation and Strategic Leadership Axis on Competitive Advantage of Telecommunication Enterprises

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
erpetua S. Wanaswa ◽  
Zachary B. Awino ◽  
Martin Ogutu ◽  
Joseph Owino
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Strategic Leadership ◽  
Telecommunication Industry ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
The Relationship

The study conceptualized a relationship between technological innovation and strategic leadership on competitive advantage. Technological innovation has been posited to influence performance competitive advantage however; this position has been largely tautological and hence required more empirical testing. Although implied, the role of strategic leadership in the relationship between technological innovation and competitive advantage has been largely lacking. The study, therefore, specifically sought to determine the moderating role of strategic leadership on the relationship between technological innovation and competitive advantage of large telecommunication enterprises (LTEs) in Kenya. Significant transformations have been evident in Kenya’s telecommunication industry for the last two decades, which has resulted in intense competition, and technological innovation has become the new face of competition among these firms. The target population comprised all 83 large telecommunication enterprises in Kenya and census was used. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were employed in data analysis. Strategic leadership was found to have a positive and significant influence on the relationship between technological innovation and competitive advantage. It is deduced from the findings that strategic leadership would affect the strength of the relationship between technological innovation and competitive advantage. This can be attributed to the importance of organizational leadership’s role as decision makers and key enablers of technological innovation among large telecommunication enterprises. The study presented notable implications on the policy framework, the strategic management practice, and theory implications in the telecommunication industry and beyond. At policy level, the Government of Kenya would benefit from the study by ensuring that policy makers and regulatory authorities in the telecommunication sector formulate policies that would promote technological innovation and strategic leadership for enhancing competitive advantage. Managerial practitioners may consider institutionalizing innovation and leadership by creating the requisite direction and controls that enable the emergence of innovation and value creation for sustainable competitive advantage. The study findings’ implications further extended, supported, and added value on the theories adopted by the study.

scholarly journals Technological Innovation and Competitive Advantage: Empirical Evidence from Large Telecommunication Firms

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Perpetua S. Wanaswa ◽  
Zachary B. Awino ◽  
Martin Ogutu ◽  
Joseph Owino
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Telecommunication Industry ◽  
Inferential Statistics ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey

Empirical research demonstrating the influence of technological innovation on competitive advantage has produced inconclusive results. This paper, therefore, aims to investigate the association amidst technological innovations and competitive advantage. Significant transformations have been evident in Kenya’s telecommunication industry for the last two decades, which has resulted in intense competition, and technological innovation has become the new face of competition among firms. The study applied the positivism philosophy and adopted the descriptive cross-sectional survey design. The target population comprised all 83 large licensed telecommunications service providers where census method was used. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were utilized in the analysis of data. Descriptive statistics comprised of frequencies, percentages, means, and standard deviations while inferential statistics used linear regression analysis which was employed in testing the hypothesis. Findings reveal a significant and positive influence of technological innovation on competitive advantage. Technological innovation explained the variations in competitive advantage. It is deduced from the findings that more technologically innovative telecommunication firms are likely to produce better products and services and consequently able to acquire more customers earning competitive advantage compared to less innovative telecommunication firms. The study presented notable implications on the policy framework, the strategic management practice, and theory implications in the telecommunication industry and beyond. At policy level, the Government of Kenya would benefit from the study by ensuring that policy makers and regulatory authorities in the telecommunication sector formulate policies that would promote technological innovation for enhancing competitive advantage. Managerial practitioners may consider institutionalizing innovation by creating the requisite direction and controls that enable the emergence of innovation and value creation for sustainable competitive advantage. The study findings’ implications further extended, supported, and added value on the theory adopted by the study.

scholarly journals Effect of internal R&D activities to the accumulation of organizational technical knowledge with the mediation role of absorptive capacity to establish the innovation capability of electronic industries

2018 ◽  
Vol 154 ◽  
pp. 01059 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bambang Purwanggono ◽  
Yohana Aeria Damyana
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Electronics Industry ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Innovation Capability ◽  
The Relationship

Innovation is a strategy for the electronics industry to create a sustainable competitive advantage, in the midst of a rapidly changing environment with all its complexity. Seven AT program as an effort for PT. Hartono Istana Teknologi (Polytron) into enterprise knowledge, will accelerate the innovation process, combined with good organizational technical knowledge management. Organizational technical knowledge will be instrumental in innovation capabilities properly if there is an internal R & D activities that support and absorptive capacity as a mediator. This study reviewed the organizational technical knowledge influence to innovation capability, the influence of R & D activities to organizational technical knowledge, as well as the role of absorptive capacity as a mediator. The study was conducted by distributing questionnaires to 130 employees of PT. Hartono Istana Teknologi. Data processing was conducted using SEM. The results showed that the absorptive capacity mediate the relationship between R & D activities and organizational technical knowledge by 51%, and organizational technical knowledge affect innovation capabilities by 64%.

The Role of Lean Marketing in Achieving Sustainable Competitive Advantage: An Analytical Study at Al-Mosul Dairy Manufactory

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-72
Author(s):  
Harith Hussein Ali ◽  
Shahla Salem Khalil ◽  
Rana Jamal Khalil
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Analytical Study ◽  
Main Tool ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
A Company

This paper aims to examine the relationship between Lean Marketing (LM) and implementing Sustainable Competitive Advantage (SCA).  Based on discussing the different types of waste that a company can produce during the production process.   This study targeted the Mosul Dairy Manufactory.  In total (67%) valid completed questionnaires, out of (75) questionnaire forms distributed to the manufacturer’s marketing departments and distribution outlets.  This study is based on a number of conceptual and applied questions concerning the relationship of correlation and its influence between the variables of research. The questionnaire was used as the main tool for collecting data and information. Statistical quantitative methods like (SPSS) were adopted in analyzing the data collected by the questionnaire. The main outcomes indicated, the existence of a significant correlation between the two variables, as well as, the existence of a significant impact of lean marketing on the sustainable competitive advantage. The main significance suggests; the necessity to adopt the concept of lean marketing in the manufacturing facility to achieve sustainable competitive advantage.

scholarly journals Organizational Learning Capacity as sustainable Competitive Advantage: Role of Leader’s Emotional Intelligence and Resistance to Change on Organizational Learning Capacity

2021 ◽  
pp. 1280-1301
Author(s):  
Muhammad Jawad ◽  
Saqib Anwar Siddiqui ◽  
Munazza Naz ◽  
Nauman Waheed ◽  
Sohail Rizan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Resistance To Change ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Learning Capacity ◽  
Organizational Learning Capacity ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This research study is based on the investigation and validation of Organizational Learning Capacity with regards to leaders in educational sector as source of Competitive Advantage to the Higher Education Institutions and testing the impact of leader’s Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Resistance to Change to enhance Organizational Learning Capacity (OLC). This study can be the hallmark for the HEI’s for gaining competitive advantage through their human capital.The results shows that EI has significant contribution towards the OLC and when measured together with the trait of resistance to change the results significantly transformed which suggest that RTC negatively and significantly affect the relationship between EI and OLC therefore, to control and reduce the aspect of resistance to change by enhancing and investing in the trait of Emotional Intelligence of the individuals and leaders is suggested to gain the benefits of OLC to become superior in the industry.

Organizational Climate and Strategic Leadership in Industry 4.0

2021 ◽  
pp. 201-216
Author(s):  
Semra Tetik ◽  
Bülent Akkaya
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Organizational Climate ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Strategic Leadership ◽  
Strategic Leaders ◽  
The Relationship

Strategic leadership and organizational climate have been made more important by the Industry 4.0 revolution. Strategic leadership and organizational climate enable businesses to adapt easily to rapidly changing environmental conditions and innovations for sustainability. Therefore, the role of strategic leaders is important in creating an organizational climate to manage and implement strategic changes and also in the preparation and implementation of roadmap to design the future of the business in Industry 4. 0. This study aims to discuss the strategic leadership skills in creating the organizational climate in Industry 4.0. The authors found that there is a relationship between organizational climate and strategic leaders' skills in Industry 4.0. Understanding the relationship between the skills of strategic leaders and organizational climate is essential to uncovering the critical links to firm performance to get competitive advantage in Industry 4.0. Strategic leadership is a key interpreter of how climate of the organization links to the wider systems and requires leadership systems.

Boundary-spanning search, knowledge integration capability and sustainable competitive advantage

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miaomiao Yang ◽  
Juanru Wang ◽  
Jin Yang
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Knowledge Integration ◽  
Boundary Spanning ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how boundary-spanning search affects sustainable competitive advantage under the conditions that competitors also search and to test the moderating role of knowledge integration capability.Design/methodology/approachThis paper classifies boundary-spanning search into proactive search and responsive search by considering competition and develops a theoretical model in which knowledge integration capability moderates the effects of proactive and responsive searches on sustainable competitive advantage. Empirical analyses were conducted on the data of 245 Chinese advanced manufacturing firms.FindingsThe results show that proactive and responsive searches have inverted U-shaped relationships with sustainable competitive advantage. Moreover, the relationships between proactive and responsive searches and sustainable competitive advantage are moderated by knowledge integration capability. Specifically, as knowledge integration capability increases, the inverted U-shaped relationship between proactive search and sustainable competitive advantage becomes flatter, whereas the inverted U-shaped relationship between responsive search and sustainable competitive advantage becomes almost linear.Originality/valueThis paper enriches the research of boundary-spanning search by considering competition and uncovers how boundary-spanning search affects sustainable competitive advantage under the conditions that competitors also search. Furthermore, this paper sheds light on that the effects of proactive and responsive searches on sustainable competitive advantage are even more complex than inverted U-shaped patterns and provides a contingent viewpoint to deeply understand the relationship between boundary-spanning search and sustainable competitive advantage.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP IN STIMULATING TOURISM IN JORDAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 1384-1387
Author(s):  
Mohammad Shabib KHASAWNEH ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Hypothesis Test ◽  
Strategic Leadership ◽  
Main Hypothesis ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The Relationship

The study aimed to uncover the relationship between adopting the strategic leadership approach and enhancing the competitive advantage of the tourism sector in Jordan. To meet this goal, the viewpoint of a sample of (20) people who have extensive exp erience in the field of strategic planning and strategic management was surveyed. The results of the main hypothesis test showed a positive correlatio n between adopting the strategic leadership approach and enhancing the competitiveness of the Jordanian tourism sector.The study re commended the necessity of training leaders in the Ministry of Tourism on the strategic approach and the necessity of adopting strategic pl anning as a basic option to enhance the competitiveness of tourism in Jordan.

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