The Effect of Absorptive Capacity on Innovativeness: Context and Information Systems Capability as Catalysts |
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| Authors: | Gabriel Cepeda‐Carrion Juan G Cegarra‐Navarro Daniel Jimenez‐Jimenez |
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| Institution: | 1. Management and Marketing Department, University of Seville, Ramón y Cajal 1, +3441018 Sevilla, Spain;2. Polytechnic University of Cartagena, Facultad de Ciencias de la Empresa, Paseo Alfonso XIII 50, +3430203 Cartagena, Murcia, Spain;3. Management and Finance Department, University of Murcia, Facultad de Economia y Empresa, Campus de Espinardo – Murcia, Spain |
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| Abstract: | The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between absorptive capacity and company innovativeness and to identify potential contexts and capabilities that can act as catalysts for these relationships. We also examine the relationship between absorptive capacity and the existence and enhancement of innovativeness. These relationships are examined through an empirical investigation of 286 large Spanish companies. Our results show that absorptive capacity is an important dynamic determinant for developing a company's innovativeness. Moreover, this relationship is best explained by two related constructs. First, the company's unlearning context is a crucial determinant for both potential capacity and realized absorptive capacity. Second, the results also indicate a tangible means for managers to enhance their absorptive capacity through information systems capabilities. |
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