Absorptive Capacity in Inbound and Outbound Open Innovation in Emerging Economy context

Palabras clave: Absorptive capacity, incoming open innovation, outgoing open innovation

Resumen

The knowledge society is characterized by competitive and complex business environments, a situation that forces companies to develop permanent innovation processes to generate competitive advantages that allow them to survive in a new business environment. In response to this premise, dynamic capabilities and specifically Absorptive Capacity (ACAP), is the most relevant capacity to obtain higher levels of organizational performance. In this context, this study analyzed whether ACAP influences the development of inbound and outbound open innovation. Through surveys directed at 252 managers of SMEs that offer technology services in an emerging economy, and using the PLS-SEM technique, it was evidenced that ACAP has a positive relationship with Inbound and Outbound Open Innovation. The results reveal that the application of innovation models requires the development of dynamic capabilities, mainly absorptive capacity, with four of its components: assimilation, acquisition, transformation and exploitation. Organizations must adopt strategies to correctly detect and absorb external knowledge in order to establish an adequate connection with internal knowledge and, in this way, take advantage of the benefits inherent to open innovation.

Biografía del autor/a

Carlos A. Manosalvas Vaca

PhD en Administración Estratégica de Empresas en la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú – CENTRUM. Magíster en Gestión Empresarial e Ingeniero en Electrónica y Computación. Docente Investigador Titular de la Universidad Estatal Amazónica del Ecuador y Docente de Posgrado de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, IAEN y UTA. Quito- Ecuador. Email: cmnosalvas@uea.edu.ec / camanosalvasva@uide.edu.ec. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7521-069X

Luis Manosalvas Vaca

Doctor Business Administration Magister Business Administration Consultor y Capacitador especialista en Temas de Neurociencia Empresarial, Inteligencia Artificial, Programación Neurolinguista y Neurocoaching Docente a nivel de Posgrados en temas de Estrategia Empresarial Global Marketing y Ventas Metodología de la Investigación. Profesor de la Universidad Estatal Amazónica. Puyo, Ecuador. Email: lmanosalvas@uea.edu.ec. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4659-8090

María Auxiliadora Guerrero Bejarano

Doctora en administración, máster en Administración de empresas e Ingeniera en Negocios Internacionales. Directora Académica en Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, Docente Investigadora en Universidad César Vallejo, Lima, Perú y Tecnológico Universitario Espíritu Santo. Lima-Perú. Email: maguerrerobe@uide.edu.ec ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1412-5870 

Daniel Ricardo Silva Siu

Doctor en Gestión Pública y Gobernabilidad, Máster en Inteligencia de Negocios por INCAE y en tecnologías de la Información por ESAN, Ingeniero Industrial. Catedrático en la Escuela Profesional de Ingeniería Industrial, Universidad César Vallejo. Callao- Perú. Email: dsilvas@ucv.edu.pe ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1783-6261

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Publicado
2023-06-14
Cómo citar
Manosalvas Vaca, C. A., Manosalvas Vaca, L., Guerrero Bejarano, M. A., & Silva Siu, D. R. (2023). Absorptive Capacity in Inbound and Outbound Open Innovation in Emerging Economy context. Revista Venezolana De Gerencia, 28(103), 1069-1084. https://doi.org/10.52080/rvgluz.28.103.10
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TRIMESTRE

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