Measurement model of knowledge based resources for competitiveness of technical and vocational colleges in undeveloped areas of China

• Main Authors: Zhang, Y., Udin, A., Kamin, Y., Karim, N. A.
• Format: Article
• Published: Serials Publications 2017
• Subjects: LB2300 Higher Education
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/76886/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85025451977&partnerID=40&md5=f912de0eb12cc6b7e6f5dffbd93701c2

Competitiveness is one of the most important and valuable advantage that ensures technical and vocational colleges to achieve success and long-term viability. In order to improve competitiveness of technical and vocational colleges in undeveloped areas of China, this paper proposed a new perspective which drew knowledge-base and dynamic capability view into evaluating vocational colleges' key resources and capabilities, specifically for the intangible resources and dynamic capabilities. This paper presents a new viewpoint of researching competitiveness via measuring specific knowledge based intangible resources and dynamic capabilities for vocational colleges in undeveloped areas of China. Integrated theories of knowledge-based resources and dynamic capability view, and based on the findings of experimental study in selected five vocational colleges in undeveloped areas of China, eventually, the paper reoriented and identified the key components of intangible resources and dynamic capabilities for vocational colleges, also shed light on the measurement model of intangible resources, the measurement model of dynamic capabilities, which effected on enhancing competitive advantage of vocational colleges in undeveloped areas of China. Accordingly, the outcomes of this study would contribute for managers of vocational college to improve competitiveness of technical and vocational colleges.