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Although the literature has established the positive effect of the firm's absorptive capacity on manufacturing flexibility, the separate role of the innovation competencies of exploitation and exploration in such a relationship is still under-investigated. In this study, the authors examine how these competencies affect manufacturing flexibility.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>The authors use survey data from 370 manufacturing firms and analyze them using covariance-based structural equation modeling (CB\u2013SEM).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>The results indicate that absorptive capacity has a strong, positive and direct effect on exploitative and exploratory innovation competencies, proactive and responsive market orientations, and manufacturing flexibility. The authors\u2019 findings also demonstrate that the exploitative innovation competencies mediate the relation between responsive market orientation and manufacturing flexibility. Essentially, these exploitative innovation competencies produce a direct positive effect on manufacturing flexibility while simultaneously being a vehicle for absorptive capacity's indirect effects on it. An exploration innovation strategy does not significantly affect manufacturing flexibility.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study contributes by combining key strategic features of firms with manufacturing flexibility, while providing new empirical evidence of the mediation of the exploitative innovation competencies in the relation between responsive market orientation and manufacturing flexibility.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/ijppm-04-2020-0156","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,2,15]],"date-time":"2021-02-15T02:45:22Z","timestamp":1613357122000},"page":"1786-1809","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Effects of absorptive capacity and innovation spillover on manufacturing flexibility"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"71","author":[{"given":"Jos\u00e9","family":"Pinheiro","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Luis 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