...Qiaozhe Guo; Shujia Chen; Jian Li Purpose This study aims to explore the relationship between dialect diversity and collaborative innovation, drawing on the absorptive capacity view. It examines how communication barriers caused by dialect differences hinder firms’ ability to absorb external...

... resources and processes, absorptive capacity and innovativeness form the underlying base for sustainable competitive advantage in this dynamic world. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional explanatory research design is adopted. Using the quantitative data obtained from the sample of Indian...