Competitive Advantage and Knowledge Absorptive Capacity: the Mediating Role of Innovative Capability

Ávila, Minerva Martínez

doi:10.1007/s13132-020-00708-3

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“…AC helps firms tackle market uncertainties to gain a CA ( 18 ). Moreover, the literature states that a company's AC strengthens the firm's knowledge process, substantially providing the firm with a CA ( 19 ). Significantly, AC is an effective means of gaining a competitive advantage.…”

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The Influence of Knowledge Management Capacities on Pharmaceutical Firms Competitive Advantage: The Mediating Role of Supply Chain Agility and Moderating Role of Inter Functional Integration

Sarfraz

Khawaja

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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This study investigates the factors such as knowledge management capacities and their positive influence on firm competitive advantage or the supply chain agility of the firm and the underlying mechanisms (supply chain agility) that facilitate the firm's performance and leads to firm competitive advantage. It also explores the moderating role of inter-functional integration. We have collected the data from the 308 supply chain managers of pharmaceutical firms in Pakistan and questionnaires were used for data collection with multi-item scales already developed and validated. The findings suggest that knowledge management capacities significantly influence a firm's competitive advantage or supply chain agility. The supply chain agility fully mediates between absorptive capacity, transformative capacity, and firm competitive advantage. Further, supply chain agility partially mediates between inventive capacity and firm competitive advantage. Meanwhile, inter-functional integration moderates the relationship between supply chain agility and firm competitive advantage, with their positive relationship strengthening when inter-functional integration is high. The study provides empirical evidence that knowledge management capacities (such as absorptive capacity, transformative capacity, and inventive capacity), supply chain agility, and inter-functional can be important factors in improving firm performance.

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The Influence of Knowledge Management Capacities on Pharmaceutical Firms Competitive Advantage: The Mediating Role of Supply Chain Agility and Moderating Role of Inter Functional Integration

Sarfraz

Khawaja

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Front. Public Health

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“…Other studies have elaborated on the definition of AC and many theoretical considerations as well as empirical studies have converged to the conclusion that absorptive capacity is a complex construct consisting of a set of discrete organizational routines and processes. They also present empirical evidence for the role of prior knowledge and intensity of efforts or commitment in problem solving and of interaction with external sources of knowledge in improving the effectiveness of learning and innovative processes (Ávila, 2021 ; Caloghirou et al, 2004 ; Carayannis et al, 2006 ; Eisenhardt & Martin, 2000 ; Jiménez-Barrionuevo et al, 2011 ; Kastelli et al, 2004 ; Lane & Lubatkin, 1998 ; Lane et al, 2001 ; Larrañeta et al, 2017 ; Laursen & Salter, 2006 ; Mowery et al, 1996 ; Proeger, 2020 ; Zahra & George, 2002 ).…”

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Linking Digital Capacity to Innovation Performance: the Mediating Role of Absorptive Capacity

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Digital technologies are considered as factors that accelerate the pace of innovation and increase the firm’s innovation performance. However, few studies have investigated whether this claim is conditioned by other elements that contribute to innovation. Furthermore, firms increasingly rely on external knowledge sources to expand their internal knowledge base for the development of innovations. In this context, absorptive capacity can be considered as an essential organizational capability to embrace adoption of digital technologies and enhance their positive effect on innovation performance. This paper builds on this discussion and studies the contribution of digital capacity on innovation performance, proposing the mediating role of absorptive capacity in the context of the digital transformation. It uses evidence from an extensive Greek survey in 1014 manufacturing firms and analyzes the complex relationships underlying the role of digital transformation to innovation. The contribution of the paper is two-fold: (i) it provides a deeper insight into the underlying mechanisms through which firms can leverage their digital capacity to accelerate innovation, and (ii) it highlights the important mediating role of absorptive capacity in enhancing the positive effects of digitalization indicating that digital capacity is not an unquestionable asset for innovation performance. Accordingly, our results show a positive direct contribution of digital capacity to innovation performance, which is enhanced in the presence of absorptive capacity as a mediator. In fact, the indirect effect of digital capacity to innovation performance through absorptive capacity is stronger. These findings present important policy implications, as there is need for improvement in other innovation-related aspects of the business ecosystem to efficiently address the challenge of digital transformation, such as R&D efforts, training, interaction among actors, and building of communities of practice.

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“…One way to understand the innovative process is to know how absorptive capacity occurs and how the company develops routines and procedures to internalize and apply internal and external knowledge innovation (Ávila, 2022;Mura et al, 2013;Wang & Hu, 2020). In this sense, innovation is fundamental to economic growth (Schumpeter, 1997) and the primary source of differentiation and competitive advantage for organizations (Brown, 2008), including in the long term (Buchele et al, 2015).…”

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The absorptive capacity of incubated enterprises and innovation actions in the context of agribusiness in Paraíba, Brazil

Lima

Batista

Moreira

2022

RAM, Rev. Adm. Mackenzie

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Purpose: This article analyzes companies’ absorptive capacity and innovation actions incubated in the Agribusiness Incubator of Cooperatives, Community Organizations, Associations, and Rural Settlements of the Semiarid Region of Paraíba (Iacoc). Originality/value: The value of this research is the validation of the literature and the process’ effectiveness of fostering incubators with incubated enterprises, whose transfer of resources/knowledge can generate innovation. We present the theoretical relationship between absorptive capacity and innovation actions in the context of incubated enterprises, inspiring management practices for different types of innovation, including in specific contexts, such as agribusiness. Design/methodology/approach: We carried out a qualitative multicase study whose analysis focused on six projects incubated at Iacoc. Documentary research and semi-structured interviews with the leading managers were used, and the ATLAS.ti software processed the data. Subsequent content analysis framed the data into four main categories: absorptive capacity combined with the product, marketing, process, and organizational innovations. Findings: Results show that the analyzed projects presented advancements from the absorptive capacity realized, with the generation of innovations in management and planning, people management, the direction of production techniques, product design characteristics, and access to markets. We argue that the theoretical association of the field of absorptive capacity and innovation in the context of incubated enterprises can trigger substantial gains for the thematic area and the actors of innovation ecosystems: the capture of knowledge by companies, innovation actions, the transformation of those involved in the initiatives and socioeconomic impact.

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Competitive Advantage and Knowledge Absorptive Capacity: the Mediating Role of Innovative Capability

Cited by 47 publications

References 87 publications

The Influence of Knowledge Management Capacities on Pharmaceutical Firms Competitive Advantage: The Mediating Role of Supply Chain Agility and Moderating Role of Inter Functional Integration

The Influence of Knowledge Management Capacities on Pharmaceutical Firms Competitive Advantage: The Mediating Role of Supply Chain Agility and Moderating Role of Inter Functional Integration

Linking Digital Capacity to Innovation Performance: the Mediating Role of Absorptive Capacity

The absorptive capacity of incubated enterprises and innovation actions in the context of agribusiness in Paraíba, Brazil

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