SMEs innovating in collaborative networks: how does absorptive capacity matter for innovation performance in times of good partnership quality?
| Autor: | Marie-Anne Le Dain, Lamiae Benhayoun, Néstor Fabián Ayala |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Laboratoire en Innovation, Technologies, Economie et Management (EA 7363) (LITEM), Université d'Évry-Val-d'Essonne (UEVE)-Université Paris-Saclay-Institut Mines-Télécom Business School (IMT-BS), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT), Département Technologies, Information & Management (TIM), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom Business School (IMT-BS), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul [Porto Alegre] (UFRGS), Conception collaborative (G-SCOP_CC), Laboratoire des sciences pour la conception, l'optimisation et la production (G-SCOP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), LITEM-NPR, ANR-14-CE29-0015,ACIC,Développer les Capacités d'Absorption dans les Réseaux Collaboratifs pour renforcer l'innovation dans les PME(2014), Département Technologies, Information & Management (IMT-BS - TIM), Institut Mines-Télécom Business School (IMT-BS) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Process management
Strategy and Management media_common.quotation_subject Collaborative networks Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Absorptive capacity Originality 0502 economics and business Quality (business) OLS regression Practical implications media_common Operationalization Innovation performance Partnership quality 05 social sciences SME Computer Science Applications Control and Systems Engineering General partnership [SHS.GESTION]Humanities and Social Sciences/Business administration 050211 marketing Business 050203 business & management Software |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Emerald, 2021, 32 (8), pp.1578-1598. ⟨10.1108/JMTM-11-2020-0439⟩ Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 2021, 32 (8), pp.1578-1598. ⟨10.1108/JMTM-11-2020-0439⟩ |
| ISSN: | 1741-038X |
| DOI: | 10.1108/JMTM-11-2020-0439⟩ |
| Popis: | PurposeWe 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/approachWe use a mixed methodology consisting of a qualitative than a quantitative phase. The first stage relies on an in-depth literature review and 22 interviews with 17 manufacturing SMEs having operated in collaborative innovation projects to characterize the potential and realized ACAP of such SMEs in the creation and operation stages of a CN. The second phase aims at testing four hypotheses through a hierarchical regression based on 74 responses to a survey involving SMEs with prior CN experience.FindingsOur results explain how an SME’s ACAP in the creation stage affects its ACAP in the operation stage. We also demonstrate that this latter capability contributes positively to innovation performance in the CN. Furthermore, partnership quality was found to have counterproductive effects regarding potential ACAP.Practical implicationsWe provide manufacturing SMEs with guidance to deploy ACAP throughout their collaborative experience and overcome the potential pitfalls of good partnership quality.Originality/valueWe operationalize ACAP of manufacturing SMEs to contribute to mutual innovation goals in CNs and uncover its properties. We explain how this dynamic capability accumulates over the CN stages to result in higher innovation performance and show how it helps in striking a balance between the “dark” and “virtuous” sides of partnership quality. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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