Absorptive Capacity in the Software Industry: Identifying Dimensions That Affect Knowledge and Knowledge Creation Activities
指出吸收能力由企业与外部环境的关系、主要价值创造团队的结构与知识基础、以及个人吸收能力三个维度构成，并证明每个维度都能促进知识或知识创造活动。
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 firm’s 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.