KNOWLEDGE INFLOWS FROM MARKET- AND SCIENCE-BASED ACTORS, ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY, INNOVATION AND PERFORMANCE — A STUDY OF SMEs

Graciela Corral de Zubielqui, Janice Jones, Laurence Lester · 2016 · International Journal of Innovation Management

Summary. This study examines how small and medium-sized enterprises absorb external knowledge and convert it into innovation and business performance. Using data from 838 Australian SMEs, the researchers found that knowledge from market-based sources (like customers and competitors) directly boosts innovation, while knowledge from science-based sources (like universities) works indirectly by first building the firm's absorptive capacity. Both pathways ultimately improve firm performance through innovation.

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  title   = {KNOWLEDGE INFLOWS FROM MARKET- AND SCIENCE-BASED ACTORS, ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY, INNOVATION AND PERFORMANCE — A STUDY OF SMEs},
  author  = {Graciela Corral de Zubielqui and Janice Jones and Laurence Lester},
  journal = {International Journal of Innovation Management},
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  doi     = {10.1142/s1363919616500559},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1142/s1363919616500559}
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DOI

10.1142/s1363919616500559

Countries

Australia

Regions

Oceania

Categories

innovation-theory, innovation-networks, entrepreneurship, general-innovation

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2026-04-28