CORPORATE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: FROM ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING (ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY) TO INNOVATION

Abstract

This study examines organizational learning while
drawing on the concepts of absorptive capacity and
innovation, bearing in mind that, in today’s fastchanging business landscape, firms must innovate if
they are to remain competitive. using quantitative
data collected from 2547 firms, our research looks,
first, at the impact of organizational learning on
innovation and then considers the question of
whether the combination of organizational learning
and innovation affords a competitive advantage to
the firm. Our findings show that organizational
learning has a crucial impact on innovation.
similarly, the pairing of organizational learning and
innovation enables the firm to secure a competitive
advantage on the market.