Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities

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¹ PhD Student of Technology Management, Department of Technology Management, Faculty of Management and Economics, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

² Assistant Professor of Industrial Management, Department of Industrial Management, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran

³ Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Management and Progress Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

⁴ Associate Professor of Technology Management, Department of Industrial Management, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22035/isih.2020.4053.4131

Abstract

Innovation capacity is a concept that, under the influence of various factors, plays an important role in increasing the probability of success of the innovation process. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of innovation capacity on innovative performance in start-ups in Fintech, emphasizing the role of absorptive capacity and learning capability. The present paper based on a deductive approach that has analyzed this issue by using structural equation modelling method. The statistical population consists of individuals in 48 member companies of the Iranian FinTech Startup Business Association, based on which the number was 279, and the sample size was 160 using IBM Sample Power software. The results showed that innovation capacity has a positive and significant effect on innovative performance. Also, while learning ability has affected both dimensions of absorptive capacity only realized absorptive capacity had a positive and significant effect on innovative performance and innovation capacity.

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Innovation and Technology

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Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities

Volume 12, Issue 4 - Serial Number 48
July 2020
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