I argue that research on the business case for corporate social responsibility must account
for the path-dependent nature of firm-stakeholder relations, and I develop the construct of …

Exploring how organizational antecedents affect potential and realized absorptive capacity,
this study identifies differing effects for both components of absorptive capacity. Results …

Absorptive capacity is an ability firms should develop if they wish to adapt to changes in an
increasingly competitive and changing environment and to achieve and sustain competitive …

External knowledge search is critical for innovation performance and centers on a firm's
absorptive capacity. This study investigates whether and how two dimensions of absorptive …

This paper empirically analyzes the effect of R&D activities, human resource and knowledge
management, and the organization of knowledge sharing within a firm on the absorptive …

Drawing on the notions of relational capabilities and absorptive capacity, the authors
examine the effects of interactional, functional, and environmental knowledge stores on …

Absorptive capacity plays a key role in determining firms' capability to access and make use
of external knowledge. However, little evidence has been provided about this important …

This book presents a solid, research-based conceptual framework that demystifies
organizational learning and bridges the gap between theory and practice. Using an …

A case study of copper interconnect technology suggests that absorptive capacity exist in
three forms: disciplinary, domain specific and encoded. Each involves different ways of …

Despite the growing popularity of organizational learning and the proliferation of literature
on the subject, the concept remains elusive for researchers and managers alike. This article …