New perspectives on learning and innovation in cross-sector collaborations

Matthew Murphy, Francois Perrot and Miguel Rivera-Santos

Journal of Business Research, 2012, vol. 65, issue 12, 1700-1709

Abstract: This study explores whether absorptive capacity, one of the most important concepts in the literature on inter-partner learning and innovation in alliances, can be directly transposed to cross-sector alliances. The results of the analysis suggest that current models of absorptive capacity only imperfectly reflect the learning and innovation dynamics characteristic of cross-sector alliances, due to differences in alliance partners, their goals, and the type of innovations they pursue. This article introduces the concept of relational capacity for Social Innovation, a model better suited to the analysis of learning and innovation in the context of cross-sector alliances, especially those operating at the base of the economic pyramid.

Keywords: Absorptive capacity; Cross-sector alliances; Social innovation; Innovation; Base-of-the-pyramid (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2012.02.011

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