Knowledge, Competences and Competitive Advantage of the Green-Technology Companies in Poland

Magdalena Marczewska, Adrianna Jaskanis and Mariusz Kostrzewski
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Magdalena Marczewska: Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw, 02-678 Warsaw, Poland
Adrianna Jaskanis: Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw, 02-678 Warsaw, Poland
Mariusz Kostrzewski: Faculty of Transport, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 21, 1-19

Abstract: The article deals with the issue of competitive advantages based on the knowledge of Polish green-technology companies. It aims to identify the sources of knowledge and indicate companies’ competences in acquiring knowledge, which are believed to be the basis of their market success. Empirical research presented in this article was based on qualitative studies using in-depth interviews. The obtained results allowed to identify the most important sources of knowledge that can be structured into the following pillars: research and development works, knowledge on the competitors, customers and recipients, green technology domestic market, and foreign markets for green technologies. Moreover, it allowed to identify the competences of green-technology companies in Poland and describe the process of acquiring these competences. The analysis of the collected data and the obtained results allowed to create a model of acquiring new knowledge by green-technology companies in Poland, which serves as a basis for these companies to gain distinctive competences.

Keywords: knowledge; sources of knowledge; competitive advantage; green technologies; knowledge management; resource-based theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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