TY - JOUR
T1 - Absorptive capacity and radical innovation in industrial districts
AU - Molina Morales, Francesc Xavier
AU - De Marchi, Valentina
AU - Martínez-Cháfer, Luis
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by Universitat Jaume I under Grant [UJI–B2018–29] and by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities under Grant [RTI2018–100823–B–I00].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The aim of this paper is to adopt the absorptive capacity (ACAP) framework to understand radical innovation in industrial districts (IDs), adopting a multi-level perspective. By performing a longitudinal case study on an ID that has successfully introduced a radical innovation–the plastic ski boot innovation developed within the Montebelluna Sportsystem district in Italy–the paper highlights how key elements of the ACAP framework (i.e. its components, antecedents, and contingent factors) allow understanding wherein IDs might indeed successfully introduce radical innovations, and what are the specificities as respect as considering a single organisation as unit of analysis. Important policy implications arise, regarding how to support IDs competitiveness and resilience thanks to radical innovation.
AB - The aim of this paper is to adopt the absorptive capacity (ACAP) framework to understand radical innovation in industrial districts (IDs), adopting a multi-level perspective. By performing a longitudinal case study on an ID that has successfully introduced a radical innovation–the plastic ski boot innovation developed within the Montebelluna Sportsystem district in Italy–the paper highlights how key elements of the ACAP framework (i.e. its components, antecedents, and contingent factors) allow understanding wherein IDs might indeed successfully introduce radical innovations, and what are the specificities as respect as considering a single organisation as unit of analysis. Important policy implications arise, regarding how to support IDs competitiveness and resilience thanks to radical innovation.
KW - absorptive capacity
KW - cluster
KW - Industrial district
KW - radical innovation
KW - technological adaptation
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U2 - 10.1080/09537325.2020.1869207
DO - 10.1080/09537325.2020.1869207
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85099297677
SN - 0953-7325
VL - 33
SP - 1088
EP - 1100
JO - Technology Analysis and Strategic Management
JF - Technology Analysis and Strategic Management
IS - 9
ER -
