In spite of an increasing amount of research on absorptive capacity and its relationship with the innovative performance of a firm, more recently the theoretical debate has drawn attention to the micro-foundation of this construct as a promising perspective. According to this claim recent research has focused on processes and routines that make-up this capacity, but mostly from a static point of view. In order to analyse the dynamic nature of ACAP two unanswered questions should be addressed: how do ACAP processes interact to each other and how these processes are developed. Our paper contribute to a micro-foundation of absorptive capacity by a dynamic perspective. Through an inductive research based on a multiple case study we provide an empirical investigation on key processes and related organizational practices of external knowledge absorption and preliminary insights on their relationship and development

A dynamic perspective on absorptive capacity: an empirical investigation

COMACCHIO, Anna;BONESSO, Sara
2010-01-01

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In spite of an increasing amount of research on absorptive capacity and its relationship with the innovative performance of a firm, more recently the theoretical debate has drawn attention to the micro-foundation of this construct as a promising perspective. According to this claim recent research has focused on processes and routines that make-up this capacity, but mostly from a static point of view. In order to analyse the dynamic nature of ACAP two unanswered questions should be addressed: how do ACAP processes interact to each other and how these processes are developed. Our paper contribute to a micro-foundation of absorptive capacity by a dynamic perspective. Through an inductive research based on a multiple case study we provide an empirical investigation on key processes and related organizational practices of external knowledge absorption and preliminary insights on their relationship and development
2010
EURAM 2010 10th, Back to the future, Conference Proceeedings
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