How Firm Performs Under Stakeholder Pressure: Unpacking the Role of Absorptive Capacity and Innovation Capability

Sanjay Kumar Singh, Manlio Del Giudice, Melita Nicotra, Fabio Fiano · 2020 · IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Summary. Stakeholder pressure drives small and medium-sized enterprises to develop absorptive capacity—the ability to learn and integrate new knowledge—which in turn builds innovation capability. The study of 291 manufacturing SMEs shows that absorptive capacity mediates how stakeholder pressure influences innovation capability, and innovation capability mediates how absorptive capacity affects firm performance. This chain demonstrates that managing external pressure through learning capacity directly improves business outcomes.

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DOI

10.1109/tem.2020.3038867

Countries

Ireland, France, Italy

Regions

Europe

Categories

innovation-theory, entrepreneurship, general-innovation

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2026-04-28