Although literature affirms that reaching critical size is relevant to outperform competitors, developing absorptive capacity through alliances enables small suppliers to sustain their innovation development and, hence, competitiveness without the need to become big. However, when AC is...

Intra-firm replication of complex knowledge is difficult yet critical to firm growth and the exploitation of competitive advantage. Inter-unit organizational structures can facilitate the replication of complex knowledge between a source unit and a recipient unit. This study examines how...