Knowledge integration and entrepreneurial capabilities for sustainable competitive advantage through supply chain management

Abstract

Sustainable Competitive Advantage (SCA) is very much needed in the development of the business world. This study aims to determine the model of increasing the SCA variable with Entrepreneurial Capability (EC) and Knowledge Integration Capability (KIC) directly or through Supply Chain Management (SCM) variables indirectly so that the objectives of SCA in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can be achieved effectively. The research method used is a quantitative method with a structural model type using the SmartPLS version 3.2 program. The population in this study were all 2,296 administrators and members of IPEMI West Java. The sampling method used is random sampling. Data collection techniques using questionnaires were addressed to 360 respondents and 344 respondents were properly collected. The results show that EC influenced SCA with a T statistics score of 3.971, EC for SCM was 4.858, KIC for EC was 13.874, KIC for SCA was 1.886, KIC against SCM was 7.876, and SCM against SCA was 7.796 and it can be concluded that KIC to SCA can be significant if it is through SCM.