Does Intellectual Capital Boost Firm Resilience Capability? Conceptualizing Logistic Service Quality as a Moderating Factor Between Resilience Capability and Firm Performance
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
2.1. Intellectual Capital
2.2. HR Practices and Risk Management Capability
2.3. Artificial Intelligence
2.4. Logistic Service Quality
3. Methodology
3.1. Research Methods and Scale Development
3.2. Sampling and Data Collection
3.3. Ethical Considerations
4. Data Analysis
4.1. Structural Equation Modeling Approach
4.2. Hypothesis Testing
4.3. Importance Performance Matrix
4.4. Effect Size Analysis and Variance
4.5. Moderation Analysis
5. Discussion
Implications for Theory, Methods, and Practice
6. Conclusions
Research Limitations and Future Directions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Appendix B
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Indicators | Loadings | α | CR | AVE |
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AIN1: Artificial intelligence assists me to retrieve right data information. | 0.866 | 0.854 | 0.911 | 0.774 |
AIN2: Artificial intelligence assists me to analyze complex data. | 0.883 | |||
AIN3: Artificial intelligence helps me to take important decision. | 0.891 | |||
HCP1: This firm has highly skilled workers to manage operations. | 0.907 | 0.890 | 0.932 | 0.820 |
HCP2: Employees in this firm are expert to manage complex problems. | 0.919 | |||
HCP3: Employees in this firm are considered best in industry. | 0.890 | |||
HRP1: Firm offers range of training programs to develop employee skills. | 0.804 | 0.886 | 0.921 | 0.746 |
HRP2: Firm offers job rotation opportunity to develop multiple skills. | 0.907 | |||
HRP3: Firm hires employees based on diverse experience to perform variety of tasks. | 0.876 | |||
HRP4: Firm improves employee skills through broader job design. | 0.864 | |||
LSR1: Firm has ability to deliver goods in accordance with customer requirement. | 0.886 | 0.863 | 0.916 | 0.785 |
LSR2: Firm delivers error free and undamaged goods to end customers. | 0.896 | |||
LSR3: Firm has support system to respond customer queries quickly. | 0.876 | |||
PER1: In comparing this firm is more profitable. | 0.899 | 0.876 | 0.924 | 0.802 |
PER2: This firm has superior reputation in industry. | 0.893 | |||
PER3: This firm has visible market share growth. | 0.894 | |||
RCP1: Employees feel comfortable while sharing information with each other. | 0.881 | 0.867 | 0.918 | 0.789 |
RCP2: This firm is active in developing long term relationship with stakeholders. | 0.897 | |||
RCP3: Employees extensively collaborate with customers and suppliers to develop new solution. | 0.887 | |||
REC1: This logistic firm is able to deal with unprecedented situation. | 0.873 | 0.878 | 0.925 | 0.804 |
REC2: This logistic firm is able to respond quickly to disruption. | 0.905 | |||
REC3: This logistic firm has ability to adapt and recover quickly. | 0.911 | |||
RMC1: Firm is capable to find potential supply chain risk regularly. | 0.843 | 0.833 | 0.899 | 0.749 |
RMC2: Prior experience assists employee to minimize frequency of the risk. | 0.877 | |||
RMC3: Employees are able to analyze risk and its impact on operations. | 0.875 | |||
SCP1: Knowledge is kept in proper manuals, archives and databases. | 0.878 | 0.850 | 0.909 | 0.769 |
SCP2: Firm uses intellectual property rights to store knowledge. | 0.871 | |||
SCP3: Firm is capable to protect knowledge and useful information. | 0.882 |
Factors | AIN | HCP | HRP | LSR | PER | RCP | REC | RMC | SCP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIN1 | 0.866 | 0.661 | 0.691 | 0.537 | 0.527 | 0.660 | 0.743 | 0.697 | 0.658 |
AIN2 | 0.883 | 0.651 | 0.667 | 0.574 | 0.576 | 0.687 | 0.720 | 0.642 | 0.679 |
AIN3 | 0.891 | 0.690 | 0.694 | 0.538 | 0.573 | 0.724 | 0.723 | 0.740 | 0.705 |
HCP1 | 0.666 | 0.907 | 0.694 | 0.572 | 0.611 | 0.720 | 0.756 | 0.730 | 0.718 |
HCP2 | 0.679 | 0.919 | 0.777 | 0.609 | 0.644 | 0.788 | 0.802 | 0.752 | 0.807 |
HCP3 | 0.716 | 0.890 | 0.697 | 0.558 | 0.604 | 0.796 | 0.766 | 0.720 | 0.752 |
HRP1 | 0.625 | 0.615 | 0.804 | 0.500 | 0.513 | 0.635 | 0.639 | 0.661 | 0.632 |
HRP2 | 0.673 | 0.735 | 0.907 | 0.609 | 0.625 | 0.723 | 0.768 | 0.725 | 0.778 |
HRP3 | 0.680 | 0.738 | 0.876 | 0.588 | 0.640 | 0.694 | 0.746 | 0.751 | 0.744 |
HRP4 | 0.704 | 0.668 | 0.864 | 0.595 | 0.643 | 0.702 | 0.787 | 0.737 | 0.761 |
LSR1 | 0.538 | 0.525 | 0.587 | 0.886 | 0.842 | 0.557 | 0.575 | 0.566 | 0.572 |
LSR2 | 0.588 | 0.588 | 0.614 | 0.896 | 0.732 | 0.573 | 0.612 | 0.604 | 0.634 |
LSR3 | 0.536 | 0.596 | 0.569 | 0.876 | 0.721 | 0.558 | 0.563 | 0.579 | 0.612 |
PER1 | 0.589 | 0.671 | 0.655 | 0.754 | 0.899 | 0.672 | 0.670 | 0.637 | 0.671 |
PER2 | 0.581 | 0.650 | 0.651 | 0.756 | 0.893 | 0.653 | 0.665 | 0.625 | 0.701 |
PER3 | 0.536 | 0.521 | 0.587 | 0.819 | 0.894 | 0.551 | 0.561 | 0.540 | 0.556 |
RCP1 | 0.702 | 0.751 | 0.766 | 0.577 | 0.628 | 0.881 | 0.791 | 0.774 | 0.780 |
RCP2 | 0.685 | 0.747 | 0.697 | 0.601 | 0.639 | 0.897 | 0.739 | 0.732 | 0.714 |
RCP3 | 0.702 | 0.765 | 0.662 | 0.514 | 0.592 | 0.887 | 0.756 | 0.746 | 0.748 |
REC1 | 0.740 | 0.772 | 0.726 | 0.584 | 0.616 | 0.738 | 0.873 | 0.759 | 0.723 |
REC2 | 0.741 | 0.772 | 0.798 | 0.594 | 0.635 | 0.794 | 0.905 | 0.763 | 0.810 |
REC3 | 0.748 | 0.760 | 0.773 | 0.592 | 0.646 | 0.777 | 0.911 | 0.776 | 0.808 |
RMC1 | 0.624 | 0.646 | 0.641 | 0.561 | 0.543 | 0.653 | 0.674 | 0.843 | 0.650 |
RMC2 | 0.672 | 0.669 | 0.739 | 0.581 | 0.561 | 0.712 | 0.716 | 0.877 | 0.709 |
RMC3 | 0.739 | 0.778 | 0.771 | 0.566 | 0.628 | 0.816 | 0.816 | 0.875 | 0.832 |
SCP1 | 0.712 | 0.765 | 0.729 | 0.560 | 0.616 | 0.794 | 0.832 | 0.770 | 0.878 |
SCP2 | 0.672 | 0.721 | 0.747 | 0.615 | 0.621 | 0.698 | 0.708 | 0.729 | 0.871 |
SCP3 | 0.646 | 0.717 | 0.755 | 0.625 | 0.650 | 0.715 | 0.740 | 0.734 | 0.882 |
Factors | AIN | HCP | HRP | LSR | PER | RCP | REC | RMC | SCP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIN | 0.880 | ||||||||
HCP | 0.759 | 0.905 | |||||||
HRP | 0.777 | 0.799 | 0.864 | ||||||
LSR | 0.625 | 0.641 | 0.666 | 0.886 | |||||
PER | 0.635 | 0.685 | 0.704 | 0.868 | 0.895 | ||||
RCP | 0.784 | 0.849 | 0.799 | 0.635 | 0.697 | 0.889 | |||
REC | 0.828 | 0.856 | 0.854 | 0.658 | 0.705 | 0.859 | 0.897 | ||
RMC | 0.788 | 0.811 | 0.833 | 0.657 | 0.670 | 0.846 | 0.855 | 0.865 | |
SCP | 0.773 | 0.839 | 0.847 | 0.682 | 0.717 | 0.842 | 0.871 | 0.850 | 0.877 |
Hypothesis | Path | β | STDEV | t-Statistics | Significance | Decision |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H1 | HCP → REC | 0.191 | 0.069 | 2.786 | 0.003 | Supported |
H2 | RCP → REC | 0.146 | 0.074 | 1.973 | 0.024 | Supported |
H3 | SCP → REC | 0.190 | 0.071 | 2.657 | 0.004 | Supported |
H4 | HRP → REC | 0.181 | 0.074 | 2.438 | 0.007 | Supported |
H5 | RMC → REC | 0.111 | 0.071 | 1.566 | 0.059 | Rejected |
H6 | AIN → REC | 0.194 | 0.071 | 2.715 | 0.003 | Supported |
H7 | REC → PER | 0.288 | 0.059 | 4.883 | 0.000 | Supported |
Firm Performance Outcome Factor | ||
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Construct | Total Effect | Performance Level |
Artificial intelligence | 0.056 | 71.886 |
Human capital | 0.055 | 72.390 |
Human resource practices | 0.052 | 70.671 |
Logistic service quality | 0.767 | 75.238 |
Relational capital | 0.042 | 73.917 |
Resilience capability | 0.288 | 72.728 |
Risk management capability | 0.032 | 71.650 |
Structural capital | 0.055 | 73.823 |
Construct | Resilience Capability | Impact |
---|---|---|
Artificial intelligence | 0.083 | Small effect |
Human capital | 0.058 | Small effect |
Human resource practices | 0.052 | Small effect |
Relational capital | 0.029 | Small effect |
Risk management capability | 0.017 | No-effect |
Structural capital | 0.047 | Small effect |
Firm performance | ||
Logistic service quality | 1.392 | Substantial |
Resilience capability | 0.200 | Medium-effect |
Coefficient of determination | ||
Resilience capability | 86.5% | Substantial |
Firm performance | 79.5% | Substantial |
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Abdalatif, O.A.A.; Yamin, M.A.Y. Does Intellectual Capital Boost Firm Resilience Capability? Conceptualizing Logistic Service Quality as a Moderating Factor Between Resilience Capability and Firm Performance. Sustainability 2025, 17, 7948. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17177948
Abdalatif OAA, Yamin MAY. Does Intellectual Capital Boost Firm Resilience Capability? Conceptualizing Logistic Service Quality as a Moderating Factor Between Resilience Capability and Firm Performance. Sustainability. 2025; 17(17):7948. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17177948
Chicago/Turabian StyleAbdalatif, Omima Abdalla Abass, and Mohammad Ali Yousef Yamin. 2025. "Does Intellectual Capital Boost Firm Resilience Capability? Conceptualizing Logistic Service Quality as a Moderating Factor Between Resilience Capability and Firm Performance" Sustainability 17, no. 17: 7948. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17177948
APA StyleAbdalatif, O. A. A., & Yamin, M. A. Y. (2025). Does Intellectual Capital Boost Firm Resilience Capability? Conceptualizing Logistic Service Quality as a Moderating Factor Between Resilience Capability and Firm Performance. Sustainability, 17(17), 7948. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17177948