THE IMPACT OF ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY ON SMEs' COLLABORATION

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Sources of innovation and industry–university interaction: Evidence from Spanish firms (2008, background): “for Germany; Negassi (2004) for France and López (2006) for Spain.”
Process innovation in small- and medium-sized enterprises: The critical roles of external knowledge sourcing and absorptive capacity (2020, background): “However, most of the existing empirical evidence is based on studies of large, high-tech firms from developed countries (exceptions are Muscio, 2007; Parida et al., 2012; S. Lee et al., 2010).”
Formal and informal appropriation mechanisms: The role of openness and innovativeness (2016, background): “Furthermore, appropriation hazards may depend on the level of absorptive capacity of partners (Muscio, 2007).”
Capturing value from alliance portfolio diversity: The mediating role of R&D human capital in high and low tech industries (2017, background): “Our findings highlight the need to invest in internal research capabilities by upskilling and training R&D staff to harness external knowledge assets (Lin, 2014; Muscio, 2007).”
Absorptive Capacity and Firm Performance in SMEs: The Mediating Influence of Strategic Alliances (2011, background): “For instance, few scholars have examined ACAP in the context of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) (e.g., Liao et al., 2003; Gray, 2006; Muscio, 2007; Zahra et al., 2009), or in the context of newly established firms (e.”