Absorptive capacity, knowledge management and innovation in entrepreneurial small firms

By C. Gray. 2006

423 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management

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In Economics and Econometrics

1. Syed Awais Ahmed Tipu
2. Hannu Littunen
3. Miika Varis
4. Malte Brettel
5. Vinit Parida
6. Tessa Flatten
7. Joakim Wincent
8. James C. Ryan

In Management of Technology and Innovation

1. Vinit Parida
2. Syed Awais Ahmed Tipu
3. Hannu Littunen
4. Miika Varis
5. Malte Brettel
6. Tessa Flatten
7. Joakim Wincent
8. Javier Cenamor

In Strategy and Management

1. Vinit Parida
2. Joakim Wincent
3. Syed Awais Ahmed Tipu
4. Hannu Littunen
5. Miika Varis
6. Malte Brettel
7. Tessa Flatten
8. Javier Cenamor

Citations in the corpus

• Explaining the entrepreneurial orientation–performance relationship in emerging economies: The intermediate roles of absorptive capacity and improvisation (2017, neutral): “, 2014) and should strengthen the EO–performance relationship (e.g., De Jong & Freel, 2010; Gray, 2006; Liao et al., 2003; Wales et al., 2013b) by enabling it to make better and more informed decisions while acting entrepreneurially.”
• The Effect of Absorptive Capacity on Innovativeness: Context and Information Systems Capability as Catalysts (2010, neutral): “Most studies consider that RACAP injects new ideas into the organization, increases the capacity to understand new ideas and strengthens creativity and the ability to identify new opportunities (e.g. Chesbrough, 2003; Garcı́a-Morales, LlorénsMontes and Verdú-Jover, 2008; Gray, 2006).”
• Types of innovation, sources of information and performance in entrepreneurial SMEs (2010, background): “Although the capability to successfully manage innovative activities and related external relations is sometimes associated with sophisticated skills acquired through formal education, technical and vocational qualifications are often more important with this respect (Gray, 2006).”
• How entrepreneurial SMEs compete through digital platforms: The roles of digital platform capability, network capability and ambidexterity (2019, background): “Entrepreneurial SMEs are a key source of flexibility and innovation (Gray, 2006; Varis & Littunen, 2010).”
• Absorptive Capacity and Firm Performance in SMEs: The Mediating Influence of Strategic Alliances (2011, background): “For instance, few scholars have examined ACAP in the context of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) (e.g., Liao et al., 2003; Gray, 2006; Muscio, 2007; Zahra et al., 2009), or in the context of newly established firms (e.”
• Leadership effects on innovation propensity: A two-factor full range leadership model (2013, background): “such as frequency counts of innovations (Bunce & West, 1996; Burningham & West, 1995; Gray, 2006; He & Wong, 2009; Moura-Leite, Padgett, & Galan, 2012; Ong, Wan, & Chng, 2003), or draw upon secondary data sources of innovation (Frenz & Ietto‐Gillies, 2007; Huiban & Bouhsina, 1998; Roper, Love, Ashcr”