The roles of absorptive capacity and cultural balance for exploratory and exploitative innovation in SMEs
Summary. This study examines how absorptive capacity and organizational culture influence innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises. Using survey data from 138 SMEs, the researchers found that realized absorptive capacity fully mediates the effect of potential absorptive capacity on both exploratory and exploitative innovation. Balanced organizational culture strengthens how realized absorptive capacity drives innovation, though it doesn't affect the potential-to-realized capacity conversion. The findings highlight that cultural equilibrium matters for SMEs pursuing simultaneous exploratory and exploitative innovation.
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Limaj, E., & Bernroider, E.. (2017). The roles of absorptive capacity and cultural balance for exploratory and exploitative innovation in SMEs. Journal of Business Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.10.052
Limaj, Everist, and Edward Bernroider. “The roles of absorptive capacity and cultural balance for exploratory and exploitative innovation in SMEs.” Journal of Business Research, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.10.052.
Limaj, Everist, and Edward Bernroider. 2017. “The roles of absorptive capacity and cultural balance for exploratory and exploitative innovation in SMEs.” Journal of Business Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.10.052.
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title = {The roles of absorptive capacity and cultural balance for exploratory and exploitative innovation in SMEs},
author = {Everist Limaj and Edward Bernroider},
journal = {Journal of Business Research},
year = {2017},
doi = {10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.10.052},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.10.052}
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- 10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.10.052
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- entrepreneurship, innovation-theory, general-innovation
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- 2026-04-28