Absorptive Capacity in the Software Industry : identifying dimensions that affect knowledge and knowledge creation activities
By: MATUSIK, Sharon F
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Contributor(s): HEELEY, Michael B.
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ArticlePublisher: London : Sage, August 2005Journal of management : J.O.M 31, 4, p. 549-572Abstract: The ability of the firm to effectively use external knowledge (its absorptive capacity) is important to firm competitiveness and innovativeness. However, the wide array of approaches to studying absorptive capacity has obscured our understanding of what drives the effective use of external knowledge. The authors show that absorptive capacity is composed of mutliple dimensions: (a) the firms relationship to its external environment; (b) the structure, routines, and knowledge base of the main value creation group(s); and (c) individuals absorptive abilities. Their data illustrate that each of these dimensions contributes to increased knowledge or knowledge creation activities
The ability of the firm to effectively use external knowledge (its absorptive capacity) is important to firm competitiveness and innovativeness. However, the wide array of approaches to studying absorptive capacity has obscured our understanding of what drives the effective use of external knowledge. The authors show that absorptive capacity is composed of mutliple dimensions: (a) the firms relationship to its external environment; (b) the structure, routines, and knowledge base of the main value creation group(s); and (c) individuals absorptive abilities. Their data illustrate that each of these dimensions contributes to increased knowledge or knowledge creation activities
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