Examining the effects of national intellectual capital on economic growth: does digital services trade restrictiveness matter?

IF 6.6 2区 管理学 Q1 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE Journal of Knowledge Management Pub Date : 2024-10-17 DOI:10.1108/jkm-12-2023-1288
Duc Hong Vo, Merrill Warkentin, Ngoc Phu Tran
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Abstract

Purpose

The moderating role of digital services trade restrictiveness to the effects of national intellectual capital on economic growth has been largely ignored in the existing literature. As such, this paper aims to examine how national intellectual capital and digital services trade restrictiveness affect economic growth. In addition, the moderating role of digital services trade restrictiveness in the relationship between national intellectual capital and economic growth is also examined.

Design/methodology/approach

In this study, a sample comprising 62 countries worldwide is used. The national intellectual capital for each country is computed using the index of national intellectual capital. Data pertaining to digital services trade restrictiveness are extracted from the digital services trade restrictiveness index (OECD Statistics on International Trade in Services database). To ensure the robustness of the findings, the generalized method of moments (GMM) is used in the analysis.

Findings

The findings of this study confirm that national intellectual capital supports economic growth. Accumulating intellectual capital at the national level plays an essential role in supporting economic growth. The authors also find evidence to confirm that digital services trade restrictiveness negatively affects economic growth, particularly for high-income and lower-middle-income countries. Interestingly, digital services trade restrictiveness deteriorates economic growth across countries globally, except for upper-middle-income countries, with a weak effect. The empirical results also confirm that the joint effects between national intellectual capital and digital services trade restrictiveness are negative and significant. As such, findings from our analysis suggest that digital services trade restrictiveness moderates the relationship between national intellectual capital and economic growth.

Practical implications

The findings of this study provide valuable implications for policymakers to formulate and implement policies aiming to improve national intellectual capital to support sustainable economic growth. In addition, limiting digital services trade restrictiveness across countries appears to provide both direct and indirect effects in enhancing sustainable economic growth.

Originality/value

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first empirical study conducted to examine the moderating role of digital services trade restrictiveness on the national intellectual capital – economic growth nexus.

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考察国家知识资本对经济增长的影响:数字服务贸易限制是否重要?
目的 在现有文献中,数字服务贸易限制性对国家知识资本对经济增长影响的调节作用在很大程度上被忽视了。因此,本文旨在研究国家智力资本和数字服务贸易限制对经济增长的影响。此外,本文还探讨了数字服务贸易限制性在国家智力资本与经济增长关系中的调节作用。每个国家的国家知识资本都是通过国家知识资本指数计算得出的。有关数字服务贸易限制性的数据来自数字服务贸易限制性指数(经合组织国际服务贸易统计数据库)。为确保研究结果的稳健性,在分析中使用了广义矩方法(GMM)。在国家层面积累知识资本对支持经济增长起着至关重要的作用。作者还找到证据证实,数字服务贸易限制对经济增长有负面影响,尤其是对高收入和中低收入国家。有趣的是,数字服务贸易限制性会恶化全球各国的经济增长,但对中上收入国家的影响较弱。实证结果还证实,国家智力资本与数字服务贸易限制性之间的共同效应是负的,而且是显著的。因此,我们的分析结果表明,数字服务贸易限制性调节了国家知识资本与经济增长之间的关系。此外,限制各国之间的数字服务贸易限制似乎对促进可持续经济增长具有直接和间接的作用。 原创性/价值 据作者所知,这是第一项研究数字服务贸易限制对国家知识资本-经济增长关系的调节作用的实证研究。
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期刊介绍: Knowledge Management covers all the key issues in its field including: ■Developing an appropriate culture and communication strategy ■Integrating learning and knowledge infrastructure ■Knowledge management and the learning organization ■Information organization and retrieval technologies for improving the quality of knowledge ■Linking knowledge management to performance initiatives ■Retaining knowledge - human and intellectual capital ■Using information technology to develop knowledge management ■Knowledge management and innovation ■Measuring the value of knowledge already within an organization ■What lies beyond knowledge management?
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