Title: Absorptive capacity factors impacting performance and flexibility in strategic alliances: a TISM model

Authors: Sanjay Dhir; Swati Dhir

Addresses: Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India ' International Management Institute New Delhi, B-10, Qutab Institutional Area, Tara Crescent, New Delhi – 110016, India

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to understand the possible linkage among the variables that are accountable for the innovative performance in the case of strategic alliances. This study has attempted to comprehend the complicated relationship among the variables which is required to put together in order to create innovative performance in strategic alliances to grow and develop the firm. This study is to identify the various variables from the coherent literature reviews and analyse the objects. The examining of variables would lead to the innovative performance of a firm. Total interpretive structural modelling (TISM)/MICMAC have been used to explore the variables to understand the complex connection among them.

Keywords: absorptive capacity; ACAP; strategic alliances; innovative performance; flexibility; total interpretive structural modelling; TISM.

DOI: 10.1504/IJKL.2024.137139

International Journal of Knowledge and Learning, 2024 Vol.17 No.2, pp.197 - 221

Received: 03 Aug 2021
Accepted: 05 Nov 2022
Published online: 04 Mar 2024 *

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