Intellectual Identity, Entrepreneurial Competency, Supply Chain Management Innovation, and Economic Sustainability of Thai Community Enterprises: A Synthesized Conceptual Research Framework

Abstract

This article aims to synthesize the literature and propose an integrative conceptual framework explaining the structural relationships among intellectual identity, entrepreneurial competency, supply chain management innovation, value creation, and the economic sustainability of Thai community enterprises. Based on a narrative conceptual review of academic databases between 2017 and 2026, the study analyzes theoretical and empirical works on intangible assets, entrepreneurial capabilities, innovative supply chain management, and sustainable performance in the context of community enterprises. The framework adopts the Resource-Based View to position intellectual identity as a strategic resource, the Dynamic Capabilities Theory to conceptualize entrepreneurial competency as a resource‑transforming mechanism, and stakeholder‑oriented value creation theories to explain how value is co‑created with multiple stakeholders and translated into economic sustainability outcomes. The findings highlight value creation as a mediating mechanism that links the three input factors intellectual identity, entrepreneurial competency, and supply chain management innovation to the economic sustainability of Thai community enterprises, rather than assuming a simple direct effect. The framework contributes to organizing fragmented knowledge on community enterprise development, clarifies the role of value creation as a linking mechanism between intangible resources and sustainable economic outcomes, and provides a theoretical foundation for developing structural equation models in future empirical research.