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Table 2

Correlation matrix

Variables	Absorptive capacity antecedents
Variables	Prior knowledge	Employees’ skills	Educational projects	Interactions with the environment
Absorptive capacity (overall)	0.459**	0.539**	0.364**	0.568**
Absorptive capacity dimensions
Acquisition	0.368**	0.501**	0.387**	0.631**
Assimilation	0.321**	0.402**	0.188*	0.357**
Transformation	0.359**	0.382**	0.166*	0.375**
Exploitation	0.491**	0.519**	0.493**	0.552**

Variables	Absorptive capacity antecedents
Variables	Prior knowledge	Employees’ skills	Educational projects	Interactions withthe environment
Absorptive capacity (overall)	0.459**	0.539**	0.364**	0.568**
Absorptive capacity dimensions
Acquisition	0.368**	0.501**	0.387**	0.631**
Assimilation	0.321**	0.402**	0.188*	0.357**
Transformation	0.359**	0.382**	0.166*	0.375**
Exploitation	0.491**	0.519**	0.493**	0.552**

Notes:

**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (two-tail); *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (two-tail)