Absorptive Capacity, Environmental Turbulence, and the Complementarity of Organizational Learning Processes
基于175家工业企业的调查数据，研究了吸收能力中探索性、转化性和利用性学习对创新和绩效的互补效应，并强调了在技术和市场动荡环境下动态能力的重要性。
Following the process-based definition of absorptive capacity, this article identifies technological and market knowledge as two critical components of prior knowledge in the organizational learning processes of absorptive capacity. Data from a multi-informant survey conducted in 175 industrial firms show that exploratory, transformative, and exploitative learning have complementary effects on innovation and performance. The results emphasize the multidimensional nature of absorptive capacity, and they help to explain interfirm discrepancies in profiting from external knowledge. Moreover, the findings underscore the importance of dynamic capabilities in contexts characterized by high degrees of technological and market turbulence.