Absorptive Capacity and Source‐Recipient Complementarity in Designing New Products: An Empirically Derived Framework^*

Céline Abecassis, Sihem Ben Mahmoud‐Jouini · 2008 · Journal of Product Innovation Management

Summary. This paper examines how firms absorb external design knowledge from sources outside their organization and use it in new product development. Analyzing cases in clothing and construction industries, the authors identify three distinct absorption processes and show that complementarity between the recipient firm's existing knowledge and the source's design knowledge critically determines NPD success. Design knowledge combined with prior marketing or technological knowledge drives better product innovation outcomes.

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  journal = {Journal of Product Innovation Management},
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DOI

10.1111/j.1540-5885.2008.00315.x

Countries

Portugal, France

Regions

Europe

Categories

innovation-theory, innovation-networks, general-innovation

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2026-04-28