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An examination of the relationships between technical competence, adaptive capacity, core competencies, and competitive advantage among ICT firms in Taiwan /

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dc.contributor.authorChiu, Hui-Mei.
dc.contributor.schoolUniversity of South Australia.
dc.date.issued2007
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references: leaves 242-259.
dc.description.abstractThe major focus of this research is on the relationships between technical competencies (TC) and a firms competitive advantage (CA) within the Information and Technology industry (ICT) in Taiwan. This was achieved by an examination of the extent to which firms' technical learning (absorptive capacity (AC), integrative capacity (IC) and collaborative capacity of technical competencies (CTL)) influences their TC, adaptive capacity of technical competencies (AT), core competencies (CC) and CA. The thesis investigated whether Taiwanese ICT firms process relationships among the critical elements that enable a firm to develop their capability portfolio for competition. A mail survey was conducted among Taiwanese ICT firms and questionnaires were returned from 114 large and meduim sized companies. From these, the relationships among the key variables were analysed using Mediated Regression. The results indicated that the absorptive capacity (AC) and integrative capacity (IC) were significant in effecting technical competencies, but the collaborative capacity of technical competencies (CTL) was shown not to have a direct influence on technical competencies. Furthermore, the results indicated that technical competencies, adaptive capacity of technical competencies (AT) and core competencies (CC) have a significant influence on a firm's competitive advantage. The findings of this research suggest that Taiwanese ICT firms should develop multiple crucial learning elements (AC+ IC+ CTL) and multiple-dynamic competencies (TC+AT+CC) to contribute to competitive advantage.
dc.description.dissertationThesis (DBA(DoctorateofBusinessAdministration))--University of South Australia, 2007.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.8/80682
dc.language.isoen
dc.subject.lcshBusiness information services
dc.subject.lcshCompetition.
dc.subject.lcshCore competencies.
dc.subject.lcshInformation technology
dc.subject.lcshOrganizational learning.
dc.subject.lcshPerformance.
dc.titleAn examination of the relationships between technical competence, adaptive capacity, core competencies, and competitive advantage among ICT firms in Taiwan /
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