The Impact of Intellectual Capital on Sustainable Competitive Advantage and Organizational Learning with mediating role of University Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Private Universities in Egypt

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to empirically investigate the relationship between Intellectual Capital and Organizational Learning in the Private Universities in Egypt. The objectives of this research are: to test the relationship between Intellectual Capital and Sustainable Competitive Advantage, to examine the relationship between Intellectual Capital and University Entrepreneurship, to investigate the relationship between University Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Competitive Advantage, to examine the relationship between University Entrepreneurship and Organizational Learning, to investigate the mediation role of University Entrepreneurship between Intellectual Capital and Sustainable Competitive Advantage, to examine the mediation role of University Entrepreneurship between Intellectual Capital and Organizational Learning and to develop a theoretical framework illustrates the relationship amongst selected variables using structural equation modelling. The methodology will be based on quantitative analysis by using a questionnaire tool to gather required data and structural equation model analyses (SEM) using AMOS software. The main conclusions drawn from this study are the direct effect between Intellectual Capital and Sustainable Competitive Advantage is statistically significant, the direct effect between Intellectual Capital and Organizational Learning is statistically significant, the direct effect between Intellectual Capital and University Entrepreneurship is statistically significant, the direct effect between University Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Competitive Advantage is statistically significant, the direct effect between University Entrepreneurship and Organizational Learning is statistically significant. Finally, the study found that the University Entrepreneurship mediates the relationship between Intellectual Capital and Sustainable Competitive Advantage and the study found that the University Entrepreneurship mediates the relationship between Intellectual Capital and Organizational Learning