El capital intelectual y su influencia en la ventaja competitiva en el sector público ecuatoriano, caso de gobiernos locales

Public institutions in rural areas face the challenge of translating their intellectual capital (IC) into sustainable competitive advantages, in a context of fragmented evidence and poorly institutionalized processes. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between IC management and competitive advantage in the Comprehensive Rural Development subprocess of the Riobamba GAD and, simultaneously, to validate a metric scheme. A descriptive, non-experimental, cross-sectional study was designed with a quantitative approach, using purposive sampling (n=40; N=120), a survey, and reliability analysis, sample adequacy, exploratory factor analysis, and Spearman's correlation, processed in IBM SPSS v25 and Excel. The results indicate α=0.976; KMO=0.713; Bartlett p