Absorptive capacity components: Performance effects in related and unrelated diversification
研究将吸收能力分为获取、同化和利用三个组成部分，分析企业在相关与非相关多元化中侧重不同部分如何影响从外部知识获益，基于153家美国ICT企业面板数据验证假设。
We study how firms can benefit from external knowledge resources contingent on absorptive capacity. We separate the three components of absorptive capacity – acquiring, assimilating, and exploiting external knowledge – and posit that the benefits of a firm's knowledge expansion through diversification into related and unrelated business domains differ by the firm's relative emphasis on the three components. We test our predictions on a panel of 153 large US-traded ICT firms. Our analysis broadly supports our hypotheses, highlighting the unique contribution of individual absorptive capacity components to organizational learning through diversification strategy.