The Reification of Absorptive Capacity: A Critical Review and Rejuvenation of the Construct

By Peter J. Lane, Balaji R. Koka, Seemantini Pathak. 2006

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Subfields: Public Administration, Strategy and Management

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Toward a learning-based view of internationalization: The accelerated trajectories of cross-border learning for latecomers (2010, background): “…of tacitness is central to many research streams, including knowledge creation (see Nonaka et al., 2006 for a review); absorptive capacity (see Lane et al., 2006 for a review); RBV (see King, 2007 for a review); organizational form (see Li, 1998 for a review), and entry mode (see Martin and…”
The Roles of Worker Expertise, Information Sharing Quality, and Psychological Safety in Manufacturing Process Innovation: An Intellectual Capital Perspective (2011, background): “…that asserts that innovation success largely depends on an organization or a project team’s ability to process knowledge, that is, to understand, share, and exploit knowledge (e.g., Cohen and Levinthal 1990, Huber 1991, Lane et al. 2006, Nonaka 1991, Sink-ula 1994, Slater and Narver 1995).”
Did the global financial crisis impact firms' innovation performance? The role of internal and external knowledge capabilities in high and low tech industries (2018, positive): “Reflecting the cumulative nature of knowledge (Lane et al., 2006; Zahra and George, 2002), firms need to develop strong internal capabilities to support their strategic objectives and survive during economic downturn conditions.”
Stakeholder co-creation during the innovation process: Identifying capabilities for knowledge creation among multiple stakeholders (2016, background): “Indeed, scholars have argued that absorptive capacity as a construct is often a black box (Bierly et al., 2009; Lane et al., 2006; Lewin et al., 2011).”
The paradox of openness: Appropriability, external search and collaboration (2014, background): “In the prevailing models of absorptive capacity, appropriability concerns are often represented as a second order conditioning factor rather than a central determining element shaping the firm’s external knowledge absorption efforts (see Lane et al., 2006; Todorova and Durisin, 2007).”
A century of evolution from Harris׳s basic lot size model: Survey and research agenda (2014, methodology): “…by adding each paper’s number of sent and received citations and then normalizing the sum by dividing it by 100 (the number of years covered by the sample, according to Lane et al. (2006) This process provides an index denoting the average annual number of links to and from the EOQ literature.”
Knowledge Transfer in University Quadruple Helix Ecosystems: An Absorptive Capacity Perspective (2016, positive): “KT in the context of innovation, does not always reach the exploitation or commercialisation phase, however learning still takes place and will inform prior knowledge for future innovation activities (Cohen and Levinthal, 1990; Lane et al. 2006).”
AI adoption and diffusion in public administration: A systematic literature review and future research agenda (2022, positive): “Lane, Koka, and Pathak (2006) describe two antecedents of absorptive capacity – internal and external.”
Knowledge Internalization and Product Development in Family Firms: When Relational and Affective Factors Matter (2016, background): “Further, Lane, Koka, and Pathak (2006) see knowledge transformation as the link between knowledge exploration and exploitation in which new and existing knowledge is combined, allowing the latter to be used in new ways.”