...Lamiae Benhayoun; Néstor Fabián Ayala; Marie-Anne Le Dain Purpose We investigate the impact of Absorptive Capacity (ACAP) for SMEs embedded in Collaborative Networks (CNs) on innovation performance, considering the network stages and the influence of partnership quality. Design/methodology...

...Rob Dekkers; Hermann Kühnle; Jens Eschenbächer; Novica Zarvić Purpose Collaborative networks (CN) are organizational forms that are especially enabled by innovations in the area of information and communication technologies. For an in‐depth understanding of CN a theoretical foundation is required...

...Rob Dekkers; Hermann Kühnle; Roberto da Piedade Francisco; Américo Azevedo; António Almeida Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the alignment measurement in collaborative networks, using the fit concept and predictive performance measurement as its main enablers. A performance prediction...