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Purpose This paper aims to study the role of business intelligence, knowledge sharing and organisational innovation on gaining competitive advantage. Design/methodology/approach The statistical population of the study was the managers and the specialists of some export companies of which 213 persons participated in this research. Path analysis was carried out to analyse and interpret the data by Amos software. Findings The results showed that business intelligence has a positive and significant impact on knowledge sharing, organisational innovation and gaining competitive advantage. Further, business intelligence has a positive and significant effect on competitive advantage through knowledge sharing and organisational innovation. Knowledge sharing impacts gaining competitive advantage positively and significantly. Finally, organisational innovation impacts gaining competitive advantage positively and significantly. Originality/value This research highlights the role of business intelligence, knowledge sharing and organisational innovation on gaining competitive advantage in export companies.
Eidizadeh et al. (Tue,) studied this question.