Investigating the Impact of Intellectual Capital on Competitive Advantage Moderating the Quality and Speed of Innovation, and Business Intelligence

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Department of Economics and Management, Naragh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Naragh, Iran.

10.22103/jdc.2024.22681.1447

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Objective: The study aimed to investigate the effect of intellectual capital on competitive advantage with the moderating role of business intelligence, innovation speed and innovation quality.
Method: The present study is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of data collection. The statistical population includes all knowledge-based and technology companies in Isfahan Scientific and Research City. The data collection tool was a questionnaire distributed online and 420 questionnaires were collected, of which 390 valid items were selected for final analysis by screening outliers. SEM (CB-SEM) and CFA methods were used for structural equations and factor confirmation structure using SPSS and AMOS software, respectively; and Process software was used to estimate indirect effects and path analysis, and finally, the bootstrapping method was used for moderating effects.
Results: Structural, relational and human capital on competitive advantage; with the moderating role of business intelligence, have a negligible, significant negative and significant positive effect, respectively. b) Structural, relational and human capital have a significant positive, insignificant negative and insignificant negative effect on competitive advantage with the moderation of innovation quality, respectively. c) Structural, relational and human capital have a significant positive and significant negative effect on competitive advantage with the moderation of innovation speed, respectively. In addition, business intelligence, speed and quality of innovation have a different response to human, structural and relational capital, so they will have different results and effects on competitive advantage. However, the only explanation for the lack of the aforementioned moderation effect (if any) is the low level of components related to intellectual capital.
Conclusion: Companies should continuously strive to develop and maintain their intellectual capital in order to gain greater competitiveness through investments in employee recruitment and selection, employee training and development, process design and improvement, and other matters.

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  • Receive Date: 14 December 2023
  • Revise Date: 03 March 2024
  • Accept Date: 02 April 2024

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