... significant, signaling absorptive capacity, value-chain integration, and economies of scale. The pattern supports an input → output transition: FDI is more responsive to commercialized technological capability than to research effort alone, aligning with modernized OLI, Internalization, and the mature-product...

...) in Mexican manufacturing firms and how absorptive capacity (AC) shapes these effects. Design/methodology/approach Survey data from 304 manufacturing firms were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Findings BD enhances BR and SP. BR positively affects SP, and AC...

...) as a mediator and absorptive capacity (AC) as a moderator. Design/methodology/approach With a survey data set of 390 employees from Pakistani software small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the current study employed Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using Smart Partial Least Squares to estimate...

...Gizem Kara; Hulya Turkcan; Salih Zeki Imamoglu; Huseyin Ince Purpose This study aims to investigate the relationship between market culture and innovation performance and to reveal the role of absorptive capacity and resistance to change by building on the resource-based view. Design...

...Gharib Hashem Purpose Based on a quantitative investigation, this paper endeavors to examine Industry 4.0 (I4.0) adoption process by studying the impacts of absorptive capacity (AC) and innovative ambidexterity (exploration, exploitation), while also considering the moderating influence...

...Abdulmawlay Ramadhan; Kolawole Iyiola; Ahmad Bassam Alzubi Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the absorptive capacity (AC) of a firm and project success (PS), with particular attention to the mediating role of customer knowledge management capability (CKMC...

...Alireza Jalali; Said Mohamad Al Riyami; Mohammad Rezaur Razzak; Hanin Suleiman Alqam Purpose The purpose of this study is to empirically examine the direct effect of extra-industry network (EIN) and organization–stakeholder relationships (OSR) on absorptive capacity (ACAP). In addition, this study...

... examines the interaction of social factors that influences tacit knowledge sharing, absorptive capacity, and project site performance. Design/methodology/approach The data were collected from Chinese project-based organizations and examined using structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the model...

...Mahmoud M. Migdadi Purpose Existing research on knowledge management processes (KMPs) and absorptive capacity (ACAP) is primarily conceptual and descriptive in nature, and empirical research confirming the real impact of KMPs when developing ACAP is lacking. Furthermore, the relationship between...

...Hongyun Tian; Shuja Iqbal; Farooq Anwar; Shamim Akhtar; Muhammad Aamir Shafique Khan; Weijie Wang Purpose This study examines the impact of network embeddedness (NE) on innovation performance in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and analyses absorptive capacity as mediator and openness...

... industries, drawing suitable support from the existing body of literature. The proposed model is a combination of the status quo bias theory and absorptive capacity theory to measure employee resistance that negatively lead to symbolic adoption of a user. Design/methodology/approach This research used...

... insight. Insights from multiple NPD projects in a single highly innovative firm were collected and coded. Findings The analysis shows how the organization of the NPD projects, alignment strategies, approaches to reward structure, supplier integration willingness and absorptive capacity were all...

...T. Ramayah; Pedro Soto-Acosta; Khoo Kah Kheng; Imran Mahmud Purpose Firms' knowledge-processing capabilities have a central role in achieving innovation performance and competitive advantage. Absorptive capacity capabilities and innovation are viewed as essential for enterprise success. Absorptive...

...Jorge Tarifa-Fernández; Jerónimo de-Burgos-Jimenez; José Cespedes-Lorente Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore and advance on existing knowledge regarding supply chain integration (SCI) and absorptive capacity (AC). On the one hand, new elements, such as high-performance human resource...

...Madhavi Latha Nandi; Jacob Vakkayil Purpose The purpose of this paper is to adopt two different perspectives of an organization’s absorptive capacity, namely, the asset perspective and the capability perspective, to examine its impact on enterprise resource planning (ERP) assimilation. While prior...

... the context of enhanced absorptive capacity (AC). Finally, the paper considers how such routines could be developed, drawing on some case examples. Design/methodology/approach The authors start with a literature review on OI and use the lens of AC to explore challenges in finding, assimilating...

... an international survey on a sample of 524 companies) grounded on the resource-based view theory, innovation management and operations management literature. Findings The results show that innovation is positively affected by supplier collaboration, which in turn is favored by purchasing absorptive capacity...

... performance (CP). Moreover, the moderating effect of absorptive capacity on such relationships is tested. Design/methodology/approach First, the direct relationship between the different components of relational capital and CP is analyzed through a linear regression model. Then, to test the moderating...

... and financial performance of suppliers. More demanding and less frequently used forms of supplier development may lead to improved supplier performance given the suppliers have sufficient absorptive capacity and the presence of an adequate collaborative and relational learning context. Research limitations...