... and cross-border M&As had a significant and positive impact on firm performance, and such relationship was positively moderated by organizational absorptive capacity. Research limitations/implications This study only tested the economic performance of OFDI persistence rather than innovation...

...Karun Pratoom Purpose This study aims to examine the effects of trait goal orientations (mastery, performance-prove and performance-avoid goals) on individual-level absorptive capacity (AC), ultimately adaptive performance. This study also explores the cross-level moderating effects...

... and innovation. This paper investigates the role of familiness in relation to absorptive capacity (ACAP). It also explores the specificities of nonfamily members’ social capital when different knowledge management (KM) approaches are adopted. Design/methodology/approach An exploratory comparative case study...

... report the findings from their qualitative study based on an analysis of four COs. The organizational inertia and absorptive capacity theories are the theoretical underpinning of the research. Findings The study shows that the dynamics of TC of the cluster companies included in the study sample...

...Peter Dahlin; Mikko Moilanen; Stein Eirik Østbye; Ossi Pesämaa Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of absorptive capacity (ACAP) and co-creation on innovation performance (INN). Design/methodology/approach The authors use survey data from Swedish and Norwegian companies...

...Angel Martinez-Sanchez; Fernando Lahoz-Leo Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the mediating effect of supply chain agility (SCA) in the relationship between absorptive capacity (AC) and firm performance. Design/methodology/approach The authors use data from 231 Spanish firms...

...José-Antonio Belso-Martínez; Manuel Expósito-Langa; José-Vicente Tomás-Miquel Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the degree to which absorptive capacity and previous innovative performance affect network dynamics, specifically in the creation or destruction of inter-business...

...Ieva Martinkenaite Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of knowledge‐specific, organizational and inter‐organizational antecedents of transfer in business acquisitions. A study gives special attention to the intrinsic nature of knowledge, absorptive capacity of the acquirer...