Benefiting from Open Innovation: A Multidimensional Model of Absorptive Capacity*

Ann‐Kristin Zobel · 2016 · Journal of Product Innovation Management

Summary. Firms benefit from external innovation sources through absorptive capacity—their ability to recognize, assimilate, and exploit outside knowledge. This study shows that recognition capacity helps firms identify external technologies, assimilation capacity determines whether they can integrate that knowledge, and exploitation capacity directly boosts competitive advantage in product innovation. Together, these three capacities explain why some firms succeed at open innovation while others struggle.

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  title   = {Benefiting from Open Innovation: A Multidimensional Model of Absorptive Capacity*},
  author  = {Ann‐Kristin Zobel},
  journal = {Journal of Product Innovation Management},
  year    = {2016},
  doi     = {10.1111/jpim.12361},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12361}
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DOI

10.1111/jpim.12361

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innovation-theory, innovation-networks, general-innovation

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2026-04-28