The extant literature shows that firm capabilities such as knowledge transfer and innovation are highly related to firm … innovation on the performance of German-based companies operating in Malaysia; (2) to determine if these relationships and … another latent variable (cultural intelligence) has an altering or "moderating" influence on the effects of innovation and …

effective innovation performance. In this paper we develop a conceptual model of direct and moderated network effects on a firm …’s innovation. We test this model on a large sample of small and medium-sized firms from a posttransitional and developed economy …. We show that absorptive capacity moderates the relationship between networks and innovation outcomes, but with some …