Impact of Big Data Analytics, Knowledge Management, and Capabilities on the Firms' Ability and Performance

Abstract

Recently, big data analysis (BDA) capabilities and knowledge management are the essential elements for organizational performance, and this aspect needs researchers' and regulators' attention. Hence, the current article investigates the impact of BDA knowledge management, BDA technological, and management capabilities on the firm performance of the oil industry in the UAE. The study also analyzes the mediating role of firms' agility among BDA knowledge management, BDA technological and management capabilities, and firm performance in the oil industry in the UAE. The researchers have gathered the primary data from the BDA of the oil industry using survey questionnaires. The article has employed the smart-PLS to check the data reliability and association among variables. The results indicated that BDA knowledge management, BDA technological, and management capabilities have a positive association with the firm performance of the oil industry in the UAE. The findings also exposed that the firms' agility significantly mediates among BDA knowledge management, BDA technological and management capabilities, and firm performance in the oil industry in UAE. This article guides the regulators in making regulations regarding the improvement of firm performance using BDA knowledge management and BDA technological and management capabilities.