Managing external knowledge flows: The moderating role of absorptive capacity

By Alvaro Escribano, Andrea Fosfuri, J. Tribó. 2009

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Subfields: Communication, Strategy and Management

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Capturing value from alliance portfolio diversity: The mediating role of R&D human capital in high and low tech industries (2017, background): “much of which is embedded in its products, processes and people (Escribano et al., 2009).”
External knowledge search, absorptive capacity and radical innovation in high-technology firms (2017, background): “, Escribano et al., 2009; Nitzsche, Wirtz, & Göttel, 2016). More specifically, with regards to Hypothesis 3 on the influence of potential AC, results confirm its positive effect, suggesting that it is worth investing in processes and routines that facilitate greater recognition and assimilation of e”
Process Innovation: Open Innovation and the Moderating Role of the Motivation to Achieve Legitimacy (2018, background): “Yet, such a culture also fosters an organization’s ability to effectively identify, assimilate, and exploit knowledge from the environment (Escribano et al., 2009), thereby increasing the organization’s absorptive capacity (Lane et al., 2006).”
The effects of global knowledge reservoirs on the productivity of multinational enterprises: The role of international depth and breadth (2012, background): “A firm’s wn research is an effective means of exploring and learning about he technologies of competitors (Levin et al., 1987; Harhoff, 2000; scribano et al., 2009).”
Absorptive capacity, innovation, and financial performance (2011, methodology): “Firms, however, may vary in their ability to identify and exploit external knowledge inflows; even those firms belonging to the same sector or experiencing the same amount of knowledge inflows (Escribano et al., 2009).”
Value innovation, deliberate learning mechanisms and information from supply chain partners (2012, background): “, Lichtenthaler & Lichtenthaler, 2009; Tsai, 2009) these studies consider absorptive capacity as a ‘stock’ moderator between levels of external information provision and degree of innovation (Escribano et al., 2009; Fabrizio, 2009; Hsieh et al., 2010).”
Knowledge stocks, knowledge flows and innovation: Evidence from matched patents and innovation panel data (2015, background): “their ability to identify, assimilate and utilize appropriate external knowledge to complement knowledge stocks (Escribano et al. 2009).”