Influence of intellectual capital on process innovation generation and adoption | |
| Author | Dost, Mir |
| Call Number | AIT Diss. no.SM-16-09 |
| Subject(s) | Intellectual capital--Management Human capital Organizational change--Management |
| Note | A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Management, School of Management |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Innovation is the lifeblood of every firm. Firms continuously strive to innovate their products, processes, technologies and services to sustain, improve their performance and also to gain competitive advantage in the industry. In order to do so, firms need to identify and utilize their resources accordingly. Among these resources, knowledge is identified as a critical resource for acquiring competitive advantage than conventional resources. This study contributes to the existing literature by examining the influence of aspects of intellectual capital on both process innovation generation and process innovation adoption. It addresses the separate and interrelated effects of three aspects of Intellectual Capital — human capital, social capital and organizational capital — to understand how different dimensions of intellectual capital affect the way firms generate and/or adopt innovation in their process technologies. Data were collected from 318 respondents of chemical manufacturing firms and analyzed to determine if human capital, social capital and organizational capital exert a significant influence on the process innovation generation and process innovation adoption. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used for the data analysis. Contrary to the study’s hypothesis, organizational capital did not exert significantly positive impact on process innovation adoption, whereas, social capital exerted significantly a positive impact on both process innovation generation and process innovation adoption. As anticipated, the moderating role of social capital strengthened the effects that organizational capital had on process innovation adoption. Similarly, human capital exerts statistically significant influence on the process innovation generation. However, the moderation of social capital further strengthened the impact that human capital had on process innovation generation. The overall findings suggest that social capital displays a critical role in the way that innovation in the process technologies is generated and/or adopted in a firm. Theoretical and managerial implications have been drawn to further understand the link between knowledge (or Intellectual capital) and process innovation generation and adoption. Directions are also proposed for future research so that more can be contributed to the theory and practice of the knowledge-innovation phenomenon. |
| Year | 2016 |
| Type | Dissertation |
| School | School of Management |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Doctor of Philosophy in Management (Publication code = SM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Badir, Yuosre |
| Examination Committee(s) | Sununta Siengthai;Dailey, Matthew N.;Nor, Khalil Bin Md.; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences (LUAWMS), Pakistan; |