The Effect of Knowledge Management on Competitive Advantage

The purpose of this study was to analysis the effect of knowledge management on competitive advantage. The population in this study was all the College managed by the community in Southeast Sulawesi that numbered 37 universities. The questionnaire used in this study is distributed to higher education managed by the community through two ways (1) researchers delivered directly to the college managed by the community through the institution or personally to the leadership of the University managed by the community in Southeast Sulawesi. Then make an agreement for the return of the questionnaire. (2) Researchers delivered the questionnaire through APTISI Kendari that then distributed to higher education managed by the communities that are the target population in this research. Through two ways, the entire questionnaire distributed. Samples used in this study as much as 90 samples. Methods of data analysis used in this research are Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) based on partial variance Least Square (PLS). The result showed that knowledge management has positive and not significant influence on the competitive advantage. This indicates that a good knowledge management is not directly determinan competitive advantage