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Realising potential: The impact of business incubation on the absorptive capacity of new technology-based firms [PDF]
International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship, 2013 This article explores the potential of university technology business incubators to enhance the absorptive capacity of new technology-based firms. The research pursues three critical themes: it employs the absorptive capacity construct to analyse and evaluate the potential of incubation to strengthen the business model of new technology firms.
Patton, Dean
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The absorptive capacity of family firms
Journal of Family Business Management, 2015 Purpose– Absorptive capacity (AC) is a key competitive advantage and is defined as the capacity to absorb knowledge from the environment. Although some studies have examined how various antecedents to AC differ between family firms and non-family firms, no studies have set out to specifically analyze AC in the context of family firms.
Andersén, Jim +2 more
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Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 2022 The current ecosystem of organisations has generated a high degree of competition amongst business actors, requiring them to develop a range of business management strategies to enhance competitiveness and sustainability.
Américo Hurtado-Palomino +2 more
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Absorptive capacity: a process perspective [PDF]
, 2008 Absorptive capacity is regarded as an important factor in both corporate innovation and general competitive advantage. The concept was initially developed largely from reviews of the literature and has subsequently been extended by empirical studies ...
Jason Ferdinand +7 more
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How does absorptive capacity influence the origin and evolution of dynamic capabilities [PDF]
, 2010 In this thesis, I deploy a qualitative case-study method to examine the influence of a firm’s absorptive capacity of external knowledge on the origin and evolution of dynamic capabilities.
Lawer, Christopher
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A review of potential amine solvents for CO 2 absorption process: Absorption capacity, cyclic capacity and pKa [PDF]
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 2017 Abstract Solvent selection is an important element to enable low energy requirement in post combustion CO2 capture process by means of chemical absorption. In this paper, we investigated the CO2 capture performance of 132 different aqueous amine solvents available in the literature. The properties studied were absorption capacity, cyclic capacity and
Bernhardsen, Ida Mortensen +1 more
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Absorbing the Concept of Absorptive Capacity: How to Realize Its Potential in the Organization Field [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2009 The purpose of this Perspective Paper is to advance understanding of absorptive capacity, its underlying dimensions, its multi-level antecedents, its impact on firm performance and the contextual factors that affect absorptive capacity. Nineteen years after the Cohen and Levinthal 1990 paper, the field is characterized by a wide array of theoretical ...
Volberda, H. W. +2 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 The combination of external new knowledge and organizational capability has become a cornerstone in the internationalized enterprises. Sources of knowledge acquisition are among the most valuable resources that an internationalized firm can achieve ...
Guo-Song Wu +6 more
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Redefining the Relationship between Intellectual Capital and Innovation: The Mediating Role of Absorptive Capacity [PDF]
BAR: Brazilian Administration Review, 2016 The objective of this study is to analyze the relationship between absorptive capacity, intellectual capital and innovation. The main purpose of this research is to demonstrate that absorptive capacity can leverage the relation between intellectual ...
Alessandra Cassol +2 more
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Exploring the antecedents of potential absorptive capacity and its impact on innovation performance [PDF]
Omega, 2008 This paper builds upon the theoretical framework developed by Zahra and George [Absorptive capacity: a review, reconceptualization, and extension. Academy of Management Review 2002;27:185–203] to empirically explore the antecedents of potential absorptive capacity (PAC), i.e. the ability to identify and assimilate external knowledge flows.
Fosfuri, Andrea +1 more
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