Intellectual Capital as a Competitive Advantage in Pan African Nigeria Limited, Abuja

Opusunju Michael Isaac; Jiya Ndalo Santeli; Murat Akyuz

doi:10.20321/nilejbe.v3i7.146

Intellectual Capital as a Competitive Advantage in Pan African Nigeria Limited, Abuja

Opusunju Michael Isaac, Jiya Ndalo Santeli, Murat Akyuz

Abstract

The study examines the relationship between intellectual capital and competitive advantage in Pan African Nigeria Limited, Abuja. The study also sought to find out how intellectual capital (human capital, social capital, relational capital and structural capital) enhances competitive advantage in Pan African Nigeria Limited, Abuja. The population of 65 employees were used and the population was used as sample size. Point in time data were collected from primary source and Ordinary Least Square was adopted and finding reveals that the relationship between intellectual capital and competitive advantage in Pan African Nigeria Limited is significant. This shows that there is a significant relationship between human capital and competitive advantage in Pan African Nigeria Limited, Abuja. There is a significant relationship between relational capital and competitive advantage in Pan African Nigeria Limited, Abuja. There is a significant relationship between structural capital and competitive advantage in Pan African Nigeria Limited, Abuja. There is a significant relationship between social capital and competitive advantage in Pan African Nigeria Limited, Abuja. It is therefore recommended that Pan African Nigeria Limited should emphasis more on intellectual capital such as human capital, social capital, relational capital and structural capital since it help them to achieve competitive advantage over other firms within the industry.

Keywords

Intellectual capital; social capital; human capital; structural capital; competitive advantage

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