1of Human Resource Management Program, Higher Institute of Business Administration (HIBA)Damascus, Syria
2Department of Human Resource Management, Higher Institute of Business Administration (HIBA), Damascus, Syria
Purpose: The objective of this paper is to explore the relationship between Absorptive Capacity, exploratory innovation and exploitative innovation.
Design/methodology/approach: A questionnaire planned as a self-reported summary, which was handed out to administrative personnel in public and private universities in Damascus, with a total sample of 240 respondents.
Findings: The results of this study show that both the potential absorptive capacity and the Realized absorptive capacity affect positively in both exploratory and exploitative innovation, but in different proportions.
Originality/value: This study will contribute in an acceptable way to highlight the effects and role of both the potential absorptive capacity and the Realized absorptive capacity in their role as independent variables and the results of this in innovation in turn as a dependent variable which will be measured by exploratory innovation and exploitative innovation
Potential absorptive capacity, Realized absorptive capacity, Exploratory innovation, Exploitative innovation
