Resource and Information Access for SME Sustainability in the Era of IR 4.0: The Mediating and Moderating Roles of Innovation Capability and Management Commitment
| Autor: | Irfan Hameed, Isyaku Salisu, Hassan Danial Aslam, Jawad Iqbal, Muhammad Imran |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Knowledge management
industrial revolution (IR 4.0) Information access SMEs Bioengineering resource lcsh:Chemical technology information lcsh:Chemistry Nonprobability sampling Moderated mediation Resource (project management) innovation capability 0502 economics and business Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous) lcsh:TP1-1185 business.industry Process Chemistry and Technology 05 social sciences sustainability management commitment Access to information lcsh:QD1-999 Sustainability Management commitment 050211 marketing Business Small and medium-sized enterprises 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | Processes Volume 7 Issue 4 Processes, Vol 7, Iss 4, p 211 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 2227-9717 |
| Popis: | In the era of industrial revelation 4.0 (IR 4.0), sustainability has been a serious challenge of contemporary small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Using Natural Resource-Based-View (NRBV), the current paper examines the moderated mediation model of the role of information access in the sustainability of SMEs, through the mediating role of access to resource and innovation capability in the relationship between information access and sustainability, and the moderating role of management commitment in the relationship between innovation capability and SME sustainability. This paper gathered data from 222 SMEs in Pakistan. The study used a purposive sampling technique to distribute the survey questionnaire. Smart-PLS software was used to analyze the data. The study finding indicates that access to information affects both sustainability and innovation capability. Moreover, access to resources affects innovation capability, though it did not affect SME sustainability. Furthermore, innovation capability mediates the relationship between access to resources, access to information, and SME sustainability. Additionally, management commitment moderates the relationship between access to information and innovation capability however, it does not moderate the relationship between access to resources and innovation capability. Practical, theoretical, and methodological implications are discussed in the study. |
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