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

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.