Front end of innovation

This study "Sustained product innovation in small companies through the lens of absorptive capacity" conducts qualitative and quantitative research into the ability of small companies to acquire and exploit new knowledge (absorptive capacity) and how this capability together with organisational processes, resources, capabilities and characteristics influence the front-end of the product innovation process; and how this in turn impacts on successful and sustained product innovation, in the context of small food manufacturing companies in Australia.

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The research extends the understanding of these factors through the incorporation of Absorptive Capacity (ACAP). Accordingly, a model is developed that integrates ACAP, MVC and MV with market-driving innovation performance, comprising before-launch stage performance, post-launch stage performance and financial performance. External and internal structural factors relevant to the firm such as size and the nature of its competitive environment are also considered as moderators in the model.

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