How collaborative innovation networks affect new product performance: Product innovation capability, process innovation capability, and absorptive capacity
Summary. Collaborative innovation networks improve new product performance through product and process innovation capabilities, but only when firms possess absorptive capacity to acquire external knowledge. Research on Iranian manufacturers found that collaboration with research organizations and competitors strengthens product innovation, while collaboration with research organizations and suppliers strengthens process innovation. Absorptive capacity acts as a critical condition enabling these benefits.
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Najafi-Tavani, S., Najafi-Tavani, Z., Naudé, P., Oghazi, P., & Zeynaloo, E.. (2018). How collaborative innovation networks affect new product performance: Product innovation capability, process innovation capability, and absorptive capacity. Industrial Marketing Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2018.02.009
Najafi-Tavani, Saeed, et al. “How collaborative innovation networks affect new product performance: Product innovation capability, process innovation capability, and absorptive capacity.” Industrial Marketing Management, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2018.02.009.
Najafi-Tavani, Saeed, Zhaleh Najafi-Tavani, Peter Naudé, Pejvak Oghazi, and Elham Zeynaloo. 2018. “How collaborative innovation networks affect new product performance: Product innovation capability, process innovation capability, and absorptive capacity.” Industrial Marketing Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2018.02.009.
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- 10.1016/j.indmarman.2018.02.009
- Countries
- Iran
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- innovation-networks, innovation-theory, general-innovation
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- 2026-04-28