The Influence of tawhidic paradigm in managing firms for sustainable competitive advantage: a Malaysian case

Businesses continue to struggle to achieve sustainable competitive advantage for better profitability and strategic positioning in the competitive markets. The underpinned understanding in achieving sustainable competitive advantage is driven by organizational objectives. However, the sustainability...

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Main Authors: Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi, Sarwar, Abdullah Al-Mamun, Ismail, Yusof
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Language:English
Published: Leena & Luna International, Oyama, Japan 2015
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author Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi
Sarwar, Abdullah Al-Mamun
Ismail, Yusof
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Sarwar, Abdullah Al-Mamun
Ismail, Yusof
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description Businesses continue to struggle to achieve sustainable competitive advantage for better profitability and strategic positioning in the competitive markets. The underpinned understanding in achieving sustainable competitive advantage is driven by organizational objectives. However, the sustainability of the business, business continuity and sustainable competitive advantage depends on both external and internal factors of the firm. Indeed, a unified theory of the firm is necessary to provide insights for rigorous, dynamic and comprehensive strategic management analyses. Hence, this study has attempted to investigate the influence of Tawhidic paradigm in managing firms’ for sustainable competitive advantage from Malaysian perspective. Data has been collected from 242 public listed companies listed in the main board of Bursa Malaysia. The respondents were asked to evaluate items from 4 different constructs through a 6 point scale varied from never, rarely, slightly, sometime, usually, and always. Furthermore, Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) has been run for exploring the relationship that exists among the different salient variables which in turn measures the influence of Tawhidic paradigm in managing firms for sustainable competitive advantage in Malaysia. Based on the results, it can be perceived that Tawhidic paradigm is to a great extent influenced by organizational goals and objectives as well as organizational knowledge and innovation. The Tawhidic approach contributes to the theoretical and practical understanding of the development of a unified theory of the firm.
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spelling iium-423522017-11-22T01:29:40Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/42352/ The Influence of tawhidic paradigm in managing firms for sustainable competitive advantage: a Malaysian case Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi Sarwar, Abdullah Al-Mamun Ismail, Yusof HF5387 Business ethics Businesses continue to struggle to achieve sustainable competitive advantage for better profitability and strategic positioning in the competitive markets. The underpinned understanding in achieving sustainable competitive advantage is driven by organizational objectives. However, the sustainability of the business, business continuity and sustainable competitive advantage depends on both external and internal factors of the firm. Indeed, a unified theory of the firm is necessary to provide insights for rigorous, dynamic and comprehensive strategic management analyses. Hence, this study has attempted to investigate the influence of Tawhidic paradigm in managing firms’ for sustainable competitive advantage from Malaysian perspective. Data has been collected from 242 public listed companies listed in the main board of Bursa Malaysia. The respondents were asked to evaluate items from 4 different constructs through a 6 point scale varied from never, rarely, slightly, sometime, usually, and always. Furthermore, Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) has been run for exploring the relationship that exists among the different salient variables which in turn measures the influence of Tawhidic paradigm in managing firms for sustainable competitive advantage in Malaysia. Based on the results, it can be perceived that Tawhidic paradigm is to a great extent influenced by organizational goals and objectives as well as organizational knowledge and innovation. The Tawhidic approach contributes to the theoretical and practical understanding of the development of a unified theory of the firm. Leena & Luna International, Oyama, Japan 2015-03-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/42352/1/Sarif_Sarwar_Ismail_2015_Published_Copy_%28AJMS%29.pdf Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi and Sarwar, Abdullah Al-Mamun and Ismail, Yusof (2015) The Influence of tawhidic paradigm in managing firms for sustainable competitive advantage: a Malaysian case. Asian Journal of Management Sciences & Education (AJMSE), 3 (7). pp. 15-24. ISSN 2186-845X (O), 2186-8441 (P) http://www.ajmse.leena-luna.co.jp/
spellingShingle HF5387 Business ethics
Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi
Sarwar, Abdullah Al-Mamun
Ismail, Yusof
The Influence of tawhidic paradigm in managing firms for sustainable competitive advantage: a Malaysian case
title The Influence of tawhidic paradigm in managing firms for sustainable competitive advantage: a Malaysian case
title_full The Influence of tawhidic paradigm in managing firms for sustainable competitive advantage: a Malaysian case
title_fullStr The Influence of tawhidic paradigm in managing firms for sustainable competitive advantage: a Malaysian case
title_full_unstemmed The Influence of tawhidic paradigm in managing firms for sustainable competitive advantage: a Malaysian case
title_short The Influence of tawhidic paradigm in managing firms for sustainable competitive advantage: a Malaysian case
title_sort influence of tawhidic paradigm in managing firms for sustainable competitive advantage: a malaysian case
topic HF5387 Business ethics
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