The effects of organizational learning and absorption capacity on the performance of product innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises

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https://doi.org/10.5585/iji.v9i2.19463

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Absorptive capacity, Organizational learning, Performance of product innovation, Small and medium enterprises, Structural equation modeling.

Abstract

Objective: Verify the moderating role of absorptive capacity in the relationship between organizational learning and the performance of product innovation in small and medium-sized companies (SMEs).

Methodology: The research has a descriptive quantitative approach using the survey method and questionnaires applied to 233 owners of small and medium-sized companies (SMEs). Data were analyzed using the Smart-PLS software using the structural equation modeling technique.

Originality: The research used a quantitative and descriptive approach to investigate product innovation performance in the SMEs' field. Investigations into the performance of innovation in SMEs are still a limited and little-explored field in Brazil (Manthey et al., 2017; Davila, Varvakis, North, 2019). Another prominent factor was that the absorptive capacity does not act as a moderator in the relationship between organizational learning and product innovation performance, which goes against the assumptions present in the literature.

Main results: The results showed that organizational learning influenced positively the performance of product innovation in the investigated companies, as well as organizational learning positively impacted absorption capacity. However, the moderating role of absorption capacity in the relationship between organizational learning and product innovation performance has not been confirmed in the field of study of the investigated SMEs.

Theoretical/methodological contributions: The research showed that the capacity of absorption in the investigated SMEs could not moderate, affecting the direction or intensity of product innovation performance. This fact represents a counterpoint to the previously published literature that advocates a positive relationship between AC and innovation.

Social/management contributions: The purpose of this study was to obtain more information on how SMEs absorb knowledge and transform it to improve the performance of innovations. The understanding of practices to develop the knowledge absorption capacity in SMEs is still configured as a "black box" to be explored.

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Author Biographies

Alessandra Cassol, Universidade do Contestado (UnC)

Doutoranda em Administração na Linha de Pesquisa de Estratégia (Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVE, 2014 a 2018). Mestre em Administração (Linha de Pesquisa: Estratégia e Gestão Organizacional pela Universidade do Vale do Itajaí - UNIVALI (2012-2014). Especialista em Gestão Empresarial pela Universidade do Contestado (2010-2011). Graduada em Administração com Habilitação em Comércio Exterior pela Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina (2005-2009). Experiência na área de Estratégia, Capacidade Absortiva, Inovação, Competências. Atuou como Coordenadora do Curso de Graduação em Administração (2014 a 2017), é Docente no Curso de Administração e Ciências Contábeis e Pesquisadora do Grupo de Pesquisa de Administração e Ciências Contábeis (GEPACC) na Universidade do Contestado (UNC) Integrante do Conselho Editorial da Revista de Gestão e Secretariado. Editora Executiva Revista Ágora (Qualis B4) na Área de Administração Pública e de Empresas, Ciências Contábeis e Turismo. Participou do curso de extensão: Innovation & Entrepreneurship no Institut d'Administration des Entreprises de Grenoble - França (2014).

Márcio Luiz Marietto, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal.

Pós-Doutorado (em andamento) no Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal. Doutor em Administração de Empresas pela UNINOVE/SP. Mestre em Administração de Empresas pela FACCAMP/SP. Especialista em Gestão da Saúde pela UNIFESP e Graduado em Administração de Empresas com habilitação em Comércio Exterior pela UNIP/Sorocaba. Docente e Pesquisador no Stricto Sensu (Mestrado e Doutorado) em Administração de Empresas e Desenvolvimento Regional. Foi coordenador do Curso de Pós-Graduação (Lato Sensu) Gestão de Negócios Internacionais. É docente em cursos de MBA, especialização e graduação nas áreas de Administração de Empresas, Comércio Exterior, Negócios Internacionais, Gestão da Saúde, Gestão em Logística Empresarial, Gestão em Seguros e Reseguros, entre outros. Membro e avaliador científico do Academy of Management (AOM), European Group of Organizational Studies (EGOS), European Academy of Management (EURAM), Iberoamerican Academy of Management e International Institute of Informatics and Systemics. Avaliador em Periódicos Científicos Internacionais e Nacionais. Possui Prêmio concedido pelo Academy of Management como Melhor Avaliador da Área de Estratégia e Políticas de Negócios (2010) e os Prêmios concedidos pela ANPAD como melhor artigo do EnANPAD (2009) e melhor artigo da divisão de Administração Pública e Gestão Social (2009). Pesquisa nos temas: Estratégia como Prática (Strategy as Practice), Estratégias Empresariais, Estudos Organizacionais; Teoria Institucional; Inovação Organizacional; Capacidade Absortiva; Estruturacionismo; Ontologia e Epistemologia da Administração; Internacionalização de Empresas; Declínio Organizacional; Comércio Exterior e Indicadores Organizacionais.

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Cassol, A., & Marietto, M. L. (2021). The effects of organizational learning and absorption capacity on the performance of product innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises. International Journal of Innovation, 9(2), 322–352. https://doi.org/10.5585/iji.v9i2.19463

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