Resumen: This paper deals with the determinants of absorptive capacity from foreign direct investment (FDI) spillovers. We study how firm behavior, capabilities, and structure drive absorptive capacity such as research and development (R&D;) activities and expenditures, R&D; results, internal organization of innovation, external relationships of innovation, human-capital quality, family management, business complexity, and market concentration. Our results enhance and complement previous evidence of the determinants of absorptive capacity, particularly with different approaches to innovative activities as mediators of the capability. Idioma: Inglés DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2013.06.006 Año: 2014 Publicado en: International Business Review 23, 2 (2014), 429-439 ISSN: 0969-5931 Factor impacto JCR: 1.713 (2014) Categ. JCR: BUSINESS rank: 43 / 114 = 0.377 (2014) - Q2 - T2 Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/ECO2009-09623 Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva) Área (Departamento): Organización de Empresas (Departamento de Dirección y Organización de Empresas)