Open innovation search in manufacturing firms: the role of organizational slack and absorptive capacity

Yueqi Wang, Bin Guo, Yanjie Yin · 2017 · Journal of Knowledge Management

Summary. This study examines how organizational slack influences manufacturing firms' openness to external innovation search. Using ten years of data from 298 U.S. manufacturers, the researchers found that absorbed slack discourages open innovation search, while unabsorbed slack encourages it. Absorptive capacity moderates this relationship, reducing the negative effect of absorbed slack. The findings apply across both high-tech and low-tech firms of varying sizes.

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Wang, Y., Guo, B., & Yin, Y.. (2017). Open innovation search in manufacturing firms: the role of organizational slack and absorptive capacity. Journal of Knowledge Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/jkm-09-2016-0368

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DOI: 10.1108/jkm-09-2016-0368
Countries: United States
Regions: North America
Categories: innovation-theory, innovation-networks, general-innovation
Added: 2026-04-28