Knowledge Acquisition and Product Development Capability Magnify Competitive Advantage: Insight into Higher Education Institutions of Pakistan
Pemerolehan Pengetahuan dan Keupayaan Pembangunan Produk Memperbesar Kelebihan Daya Saing: Wawasan ke Institusi Pengajian Tinggi Pakistan

Department of Leadership and Business Management, IBMAS
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur
Bagdad campus
63100 Bahawalpur, PAKISTAN.

Kashif.akram@iub.eud.pk

Department of Economics and Finance
College of Business Administration
University of Bahrain
Zallaq Campus
32038 Kingdom of BAHRAIN

abrar@uob.edu.bh

Faculty of Management Sciences
Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology
44100 Islamabad, PAKISTAN.

saqlainraza1983@hotmail.com

Department of Sociology
Bahauddin Zakariya University
60000 Multan, PAKISTAN.

hina.fazal@bzu.edu.pk

Mulyadi Suhardi
Department of Business Administration
International Women University
40173 Bandung west of Java INDONESIA.

mulyadi@iwu.ac.id

Abstract

With the emergence of a knowledge-based economy, knowledge has become an integral factor in providing a competitive advantage for organizations including higher education institutions. The objective of this study is to empirically examine the mediating effect of product development capability (PDC) in the relationship between knowledge acquisition (KA) and competitive advantage (CA) in public higher education institutions (PHEIs) of Pakistan. Data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire. A total of one hundred questionnaires were distributed through random sampling technique to vice-chancellors of PHEIs eliciting eighty-six respondents or a response rate of eighty-six percent. Data were analysed by using PLS through a structural equation modelling approach. The findings revealed significant positive effect of KA and PDC on CA. Additionally, KA also produced a significant positive effect on PDA. Further, PDA was shown to mediate the relationship between KA and CA. The current research provides more specific direction on how practitioners can strategically gain CA through KA and PDC within context of PHEIs of Pakistan.

Keywords

competitive advantage; higher education; Knowledge acquisition; product development capability
https://doi.org/10.17576/pengurusan-2022-64-10

Citation

Akram, K., Haq, M. A., Raza, S., Fazal, H., & Suhardi, M. (2022). Knowledge Acquisition and Product Development Capability Magnify Competitive Advantage: Insight into Higher Education Institutions of Pakistan. Jurnal Pengurusan, 64, 119–130. https://doi.org/10.17576/pengurusan-2022-64-10

@article{akram2022knowledge,
  title={Knowledge Acquisition and Product Development Capability Magnify Competitive Advantage: Insight into Higher Education Institutions of Pakistan},
  author={Akram, Kashif and Haq, Muhammad Abrar ul and Raza, Saqlain and Fazal, Hina and Suhardi, Mulyadi},
  journal={Jurnal Pengurusan},
 

volume={64},
  number={},
  pages={119—130},
  year={2022},
  doi={https://doi.org/10.17576/pengurusan-2022-64-10},
  publisher={Penerbit UKM},
}

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Article received: November 19, 2020 
Accepted for publication: June 2, 2022 
Available online: October 7, 2022

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