Investigating the factors affecting the competitiveness of selected knowledge-based companies in the fourth industrial revolution

Karimi, Zahra; Zanjirchi, Seyed Mahmood; Mir Fakhroddini, Sayed Haidar; Mirghafouri, Sayed Habibullah

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Karimi Z, Zanjirchi S M, Mir Fakhroddini S H, Mirghafouri S H. Investigating the factors affecting the competitiveness of selected knowledge-based companies in the fourth industrial revolution. ORMR 2023; 13 (3) :141-160
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Investigating the factors affecting the competitiveness of selected knowledge-based companies in the fourth industrial revolution

Zahra Karimi¹

, Seyed Mahmood Zanjirchi

², Sayed Haidar Mir Fakhroddini³

, Sayed Habibullah Mirghafouri⁴

1- Phd student, Department of Management Science, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran.
2- Associate Professor, Department of Management Science, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran. , zanjirchi@yazd.ac.ir
3- Full Professor, Department of Management Science, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran.
4- Associate Professor, Department of Management Science, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran.

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This study examines the factors affecting the model that is presented for the competitiveness of selected knowledge-based companies in the fourth industrial revolution. 23 components were identified and categorized into six factors: causal, contextual, intervening, central phenomenon, strategies and measures, and consequences. Using these components, a questionnaire was designed to determine the current status of selected knowledge-based companies in Iran, and a total of 127 completed questionnaires were collected from 197 knowledge-based manufacturing companies of the first type in the field of electricity and electronics, laser and photonics in the country. was done to examine the current state of the model components. The data was analyzed with SPSS and PLS software. In the analysis carried out, the coefficients of factor loadings of the components are more than 0.4, which shows the appropriateness of this model. Cronbach's alpha and composite reliability is more than 0.7, which indicates the appropriate reliability of the model. Construct validity, convergent validity and divergent validity also had favorable results. The results showed that all the components in the presented model for the competitiveness of selected knowledge-based companies in the fourth industrial revolution played a role, and the current state of all factors except the causal factor, which is in an average state, are in a favorable state.

Keywords: fourth industrial revolution, competitiveness, knowledge-based companies.

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Article Type: Descriptive & Survey | Subject: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Received: 2023/05/24 | Accepted: 2023/09/23 | Published: 2023/04/30

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