Open innovation
an analysis based on knowledge absorption capacity
Keywords:
Open Innovation, Absorption Capacity, Manufacturing companies, Structural equation modelingAbstract
The way organizations practice innovation has undergone transformations in recent decades. While until the end of the 20th century, the innovation process was developed individually or with a few agents, today, this process has become broader, in a perspective called open innovation (OI). OI encompasses different internal and external actors and addresses the knowledge exploration in its environment, and the transformation and use of acquired knowledge, called knowledge input and output flow, respectively. The development of OI depends on the firm's ability to absorb knowledge and, therefore, this study aims to analyze how OI relates to knowledge absorption capacity. To achieve this objective, this research is developed using a quantitative method. Data collection is based on a survey strategy with the participation of 218 Brazilian manufacturing companies and the data is analyzed using the structural equation modeling technique. The results indicate that the knowledge absorption capacity positively influences the two OI flows and shows how the components of the innovation capacity interfere individually in relation to OI.
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