... transformation a key driver of corporate change. This study examines the impact of internal and external factors, such as social capital, absorptive capacity and government support, in facilitating open social innovation and digital transformation activities, which may ultimately enhance business performance...

...-Based View, Relational View, and Absorptive Capacity theories. Empirically, a survey questionnaire was distributed to Indian IT organisations through the online survey tool “Qualtrics”. The research framework was tested using the data collected from 346 Indian IT organisations. Findings The results...

...*,” “discussion forum*,” “shared database*,” and “workflow’s software*.” The Boolean logic operators were employed to establish connections between these keywords and those related to ACAP, which encompassed: “ absorptive capacity,” “ACAP,” “external knowledge acquisition,” “external knowledge assimilation...

... (depth) with universities, the higher the innovation process efficiency. Furthermore, organizational routines aimed at improving firms' assimilation absorptive capacity further strengthen the positive effects of intensive collaboration on innovation process efficiency. Practical implications Findings...

...Blendi Gerdoçi; Nertila Busho; Daniela Lena; Marco Cucculelli Purpose This paper explores the relationships between firm absorptive capacity, novel business model design (NBMD), product differentiation strategy and performance in a transition economy. Design/methodology/approach The study uses...

... that are continually fluctuating. Drawing upon neo-institutional theory as well as absorptive capacity, the current empirical study unpacks the relationships between external institutional forces (i.e. regulative, mimetic and normative pressures) and management innovation through investigating the role of absorptive...

...Chia-Yang Chang; Kuen-Hung Tsai; Billy Sung Purpose This paper examines the effect of market knowledge on market success of product innovativeness and the moderating role of absorptive capacity. We separated market knowledge into market diversity and market significance components and examined...

...Muhammad Farrukh; Ali Raza; Abdul Waheed Purpose Based on the social network theory, this study investigates the impact of political ties on innovation performance. Besides, this study also tests a mediation role of absorptive capacity (AC) and a moderation role of technology turbulence. Design...

... significant when the venture capital institutions have profounder industry experience, higher shareholding ratio and are syndicated. Further research finds that venture capital mainly promotes open innovation through three mechanisms: increasing monetary funds, improving absorptive capacity and strengthening...

... only Absorptive capacity Indigenous knowledge transfer Innovation Transnational knowledge transfer Innovation is the first driving force for development and the most critical factor in a country's overall national strength and core competitiveness, specifically emphasized...

.... In this context, a knowledge search strategy is regarded as an effective means of obtaining inside and outside resources and an important way to break the innovation bottleneck. Moreover, information technology (IT) is deemed an important asset for sourcing knowledge, whereas absorptive capacity is seen...

... of absorptive capacity and individual creativity. Design/methodology/approach On the basis of the knowledge base view and organizational learning theory, the study propose a model to verify the impact of inbound and outbound knowledge sharing on organizational innovation performance based on previous...

...Fláviade Souza Costa Neves Cavazotte; Fábio de Oliveira Paula Purpose This study investigates the influence of shared leadership on creativity and absorptive capacity in R&D teams. Based on theories of intragroup processes, it proposes that shared leadership positively affects such team...

... by means of a structural equation modeling approach, using partial least-squares algorithms. Findings The results statistically supported the role of firm-level knowledge repositories (intellectual capital) and knowledge exploration and exploitation capabilities (absorptive capacity) as sequential...

...Kehinde Medase; Laura Barasa Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how specialised capabilities including absorptive capacity and marketing capabilities influence innovation commercialisation in manufacturing and service firms in Nigeria. The authors hypothesise that absorptive...

...Lisa A. Pace; Ian Miles Purpose Firms need to develop absorptive capacities to effectively source and exploit knowledge relevant to environmental behaviour for their own innovation activity. Business-to-business interactions can represent a significant route through which knowledge and resources...

... of headquarters’ absorptive capacity (AC) and the coordination mechanisms they adopt as antecedents of RKT. Design/methodology/approach Quantitative data were collected from 104 Spanish multinational companies. Structural equation modeling was used to test hypotheses. Findings Findings provide...

... advantage of access to the necessary information to overcome their internal resource constraints for R&D and innovation. The originality of these findings adds value in terms of furthering the understanding of this phenomenon. Firm performance Collaboration Absorptive capacity Knowledge spillover...

...@unipd.it © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Absorptive capacity Exploration and exploitation Invention performance Knowledge utilization Similarity and complementarity Technology-based M&A We tested our hypotheses on a cross-sectional data set encompassing the acquisitions...

... reviews recent literature related to the roles of absorptive capacity (AC) and social capital (SC) in interaction. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative case research on developing collaborations between UAS and small- and medium-sized enterprises for innovation activities. Findings...