Randomized trial examines supply chain collaboration's impact on incremental innovation in manufacturing firms, suggesting key absorptive capacities.
Key Points
This study aims to analyze the impact of supply chain collaboration and absorptive capacity on incremental innovation performance in manufacturing firms.
Conducted a survey among supply chain department personnel in Korean manufacturing firms, collecting 218 valid responses.
Analyzed data using structural equation modeling.
Supply chain collaboration significantly positively influences both potential absorptive capacity and realized absorptive capacity, with a stronger effect on realized absorptive capacity.
Both potential and realized absorptive capacities significantly positively influence incremental innovation performance, with realized absorptive capacity having a greater impact.
Direct influence of supply chain collaboration on incremental innovation performance was not significant, indicating that absorptive capacities are critical mediators.