Title: How the coopetition-driven innovation model works: a closer look at in-learning and absorptive capacity from a knowledge-based view

Authors: Lobel Trong Thuy Tran

Addresses: Faculty of Business Administration, Ton Duc Thang University, No. 19 Nguyen Huu Tho Street, Tan Phong Ward, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Abstract: This research explores whether the linkage between coopetition capability and innovation performance depends on the mediating role of in-learning, and, if so, the extent of the moderation of absorptive capacity. Drawing on the knowledge-based view, this study presents a framework to incorporate constructs and test their relationships with a sample of 235 financial service firms. The findings substantiate the mediating role of in-learning in the coopetition capability-innovation performance link, in which, at a higher level of absorptive capacity, in-learning increases rapidly as coopetition capability increases. This study recommends for incorporating in-learning and absorptive capacity into research on coopetition capability and innovation performance.

Keywords: knowledge-based view; coopetition capability; in-learning; absorptive capacity; innovation performance.

DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2025.143865

European Journal of International Management, 2025 Vol.25 No.2, pp.334 - 358

Received: 03 May 2020
Accepted: 11 Jun 2020
Published online: 12 Jan 2025 *

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