Abstract:
The purposes of the study of the impact of the dynamic capabilities on business competitive advantages of smart farmer in Maha Sarakham province were to: 1) study the dynamic capabilities of the smart farmers who were the member of Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives in Maha Sarakham province, 2) study the competitive advantages of the smart farmers who were the member of Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives in Maha Sarakham province, 3) Test the relationship of the dynamic capabilities on the competitive advantages of the smart farmers who were the member of Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives in Maha Sarakham province, and 4) Test the impact of the competitive advantages on the success of the smart farmers who were the member of Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives in Maha Sarakham province. The samples were 355 smart farmers who were the member of Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives in Maha Sarakham province. The research instrument was questionnaire. The statistics used in analyzing data consisted of percentage, mean, standard deviation, multiple correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis.
The results revealed that:
The smart farmers in Maha Sarakham province had the overall opinion on the dynamic capabilities in the high level. When consider in each aspect, it was found that all aspect were reported in the high level. They could be arranged from the first three in the descending order as the knowledge absorptive capacity, innovation capacity, and adaptive capacity respectively. The smart farmers in Maha Sarakham province had the overall opinion on the competitive advantages in the high level. When consider in each aspect, the results could be arranged from the first three in the descending order as the business could utilize the resources for the most valuable and effective, the ability to increase the more products than the previous year, and the business could reduce the costs of production, operation, and others, and the business could develop the products or quality of products which is different from competitors respectively. The smart farmers in Maha Sarakham province had the overall opinion on the success of business in the high level. When consider in each aspect, it was found that all aspect were reported in the high level. They could be arranged from the first three in the descending order as business could most effectively utilize the resources with the awareness of the worth investment, the business had the higher profit than the previous year, and the business could reduce the production cost more than the previous year respectively.
The results of the analysis of the relationship between the impact of the dynamic capabilities and the competitive advantages of the business of the smart farmers in Maha Sarakham province showed that there was the significantly positive relationship with the dependent variable which was the competitive advantages on the success of the business of the smart farmers in Maha Sarakham province at the level of 0.01.
The results of the regression analysis of the impact of the dynamic capabilities on the business competitive advantages of the smart farmers in Maha Sarakham province were in the same direction which could be used to create the regression equation as below:
BCA = 0.993+ 0.341 (ABC) + 0.297 (ATC) + 0.143 (INC)