eng Science and Education Publishing Journal of Business and Management Sciences 2333-4533 2016-05-23 4 2 43 52 10.12691/jbms-4-2-3 JBMS2016423 article Zuher Hamed Al-Omari 1 Mohd Sharifuddin Ahmad 1 Elsadig Musa Ahmed elsadig1965@gmail.com 2 Nor'ashikin Bte. Ali 2 College of Graduate Studies, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kajang, Malaysia Faculty of Business, Multimedia University, Melaka, Malaysia The main aim of this paper is to propose management response framework to analyze the effects of knowledge growth on services and products competitive advantages. The proposed framework is developed based on literature review of knowledge growth and competitive advantage value chain. The proposed framework validated through brainstorming technique using questionnaire and practical example of knowledge in business organizations. The significant findings showed that knowledge growth benefits could be analyzed based on two stages which are effect of knowledge growth on businesses operations and the relation between business operations improvements and competitive advantages enhancing. http://pubs.sciepub.com/jbms/4/2/3/jbms-4-2-3.pdf knowledge growth businesses operations competitive advantages business organizations