Abstract:

The capacity of to hold in the industry varies depending on their effective management, innovation behaviors and competitive strategies to increase and compete with their customer potential. Companies in the industry need to demonstrate innovative behavior to ensure continuity. The competitive advantage, innovation and management are intrinsic and important concepts with each other. Today, as a natural result of globalization, increasing competition in the business world forces to become more and more innovative. This study, which is discussed in order to determine the role of mediation of the competitive advantage in the relationship between leadership and innovation, includes an example of 297 staff working in the maritime sector operating in the province of Istanbul. The study using the easy sampling method, the data was obtained through the survey technique that included demographic, leadership, competitive advantage and innovation questions. The data is analyzed through the SPSS program. The analysis of the detection factor and the verifying factor analysis were conducted to test the validity and reliability of the scales used in the study. In the light of studies in national and international literature, the Sobel test was used to identify the role of mediation by creating hypotheses and the results were interpreted in this direction. Between leadership and innovation, between leadership and competitive advantage, the effect between competitive advantage and innovation has been shown to be significantly effective. The study found that the competitive advantage of the leader has taken part of the role of mediation in improving innovation performance through mediation.

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