A Capability‐Based Framework for Open Innovation: Complementing Absorptive Capacity

Ulrich Lichtenthaler, Eckhard Lichtenthaler · 2009 · Journal of Management Studies

Summary. This paper develops a capability-based framework for open innovation by extending absorptive capacity theory. The authors identify six critical knowledge capacities—inventive, absorptive, transformative, connective, innovative, and desorptive—that firms use to manage knowledge both internally and externally. Knowledge management capacity acts as a dynamic capability that reconfigures these six capacities over time. The framework explains why firms differ in their innovation performance, alliance strategies, and organizational boundaries.

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  author  = {Ulrich Lichtenthaler and Eckhard Lichtenthaler},
  journal = {Journal of Management Studies},
  year    = {2009},
  doi     = {10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00854.x},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00854.x}
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DOI

10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00854.x

Countries

Germany

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Europe

Categories

innovation-theory, innovation-networks, general-innovation

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2026-04-28