The Impact of Administrative Empowerment on the Achievement of Sustainable Competitive Advantage: A Field Study at Pharmaceutical Manufacturers in Yemen

Abstract

This study aimed at measuring the impact of administrative empowerment on achieving sustainable competitive advantage at Yemeni pharmaceutical manufacturers. It also aimed to identify the extent to which sustainable competitive advantage is achieved and the level of administrative empowerment practice in these companies.  To achieve the objectives of the study, the analytical descriptive method was adopted and a questionnaire was developed to collect data from the total population of (1116) individuals at the Yemeni pharmaceutical manufacturing companies. The sample (280) was selected by means of the stratified proportional random sampling method and 245 questionnaires were valid for analysis. Data were processed and analyzed using SPSS.  Findings of the study revealed that the targeted companies have shown paramount interest towards administrative empowerment practices and the achievement of sustainable competitive advantage. Findings also showed that administrative empowerment had an impact on achieving sustainable competitive advantage in the companies, and that the dimension of sharing information had the highest impact on the achievement of sustainable competitive advantage while the dimension of influence had the lowest impact.  The study recommends the reinforcement of enhancing the practice of administrative empowerment in the companies targeted in this study.