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http://dx.doi.org/10.22156/CS4SMB.2021.11.11.125

Effect of internal and external capabilities and activities of a company on absorptive capacity and performance  

Kim, Young-Ki (Department of MIS, Chungbuk National University)
Park, Seong-Taek (Strategy Planning Headquarters, CISTEP)
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Journal of Convergence for Information Technology / v.11, no.11, 2021 , pp. 125-136 More about this Journal
Abstract
Innovation is essential for the survival of a company in the fierce competitive environment of the global era of borders along with rapid technological development and changes from the environment. It is very important to secure your own competitive advantage. In this study, the relationship between internal R&D capability and organizational support as a company internal factor and external R&D capability, external knowledge search, and absorptive capability as a company external factor on performance was examined. As a result of the analysis, it was found that internal R&D capability, organizational support, and external knowledge search had a significant effect on absorptive capability, and innovation performance had a positive effect on new product performance. However, the mediating effect of absorptive capacity has not been verified, suggesting that absorptive capacity has a low correlation between innovation performance and new product performance, or that other important factors act between absorptive capacity and performance variables. The results of this study are expected to be utilized as useful guidelines when establishing R&D strategies in companies.
Keywords
Internal R&D capability; Organizational support; External R&D capability; External knowledge search; Absorptive capability; Performance;
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