Structural Change; Labor productivity; Labor relocation; Shift-share analysis; Asia.

Abstract

The increased competition at market place leads companies to
strive and develop new mechanism to attain competitive position in
the market. It is observed that the major focus of the knowledge
management is only on the hard side like to manage financial
transaction, cost etc., while the present study focuses on soft side
of the knowledge management for which only scant knowledge is
available. Textile industry is considered to be the back bone of the
economy of Pakistan, therefore it is considered for testing the
conceptual model. On the basis of existing literature and theories
available on the constructs indicated in proposed models, 4
hypotheses have been formulated. Quantitative research has been
carried out for testing of these hypotheses. The textile is the largest
sector and therefore cannot be covered entirely due to the
consideration of time restriction, geographical limitation (in terms
of transportation cost) to access it. Therefore, the main concern of
this research study is to evaluate Knowledge Management by
integration phenomenon in the textile sector of Pakistan, which are
listed in APTMA. Thus, the researcher is permitted to conduct
study only in the particular textile firms located in Pakistan.
Sample size of the present study is 350 middle and top level
employees from different cities of Punjab. SEM multivariate
analysis techniques is employed for exploring the linkage between
indicators and latent variables. Hypothesized linkage is explored
via AMOS software, which is divided into two phases, CFA model
and structural model analysis used for assessing the absolute
model fitness. The findings illustrated that KM phenomenon and competitive advantage is positively and significantly linked with
TQM focused SCM practices. Besides this, certain limitations and
contribution of the study, managerial implications and future
directions are also provided in order to get deep insights into the
unexplored areas which are not covered in this study.