ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY: COMPONENTS AND ORGANIZATIONAL MECHANISMS FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT

Organizational Learning and Absorptive Capacity in Managing ERP Implementation Projects

In this paper we focus on large-scale IS implementation using the lens of absorptive capacity. Our case study concentrates on the double loop learning process that occurs over the implementation phase of ERP which we depict as a series of learning cycles. From this perspective, ERP implementation is best viewed not as a one-time process but rather as a series of implementation and practical use...

Knowledge creation: absorptive capacity, organizational mechanisms, and knowledge storage/retrieval capabilities

Drawing on a knowledge-based perspective of the firm (KBV), this study develops a framework that delineates the interrelationships among ‘the roles of individuals as well as organizations,’ ‘the IT capabilities of knowledge storage/ retrieval,’ and ‘knowledge creation.’ In order to test the feasibility of this framework, we conducted an empirical study. This study employed a survey instrument, ...

Organizational Structure and Absorptive Capacity in Offshore Outsourcing

The offshore outsourcing (offshoring) posits a high level of risk because of time zone difference, cultural difference and client’s need for more controls over quality and schedule, etc. Knowledge gap between clients and vendors is one of the key challenges for outsourcing success. Offshoring vendors need to continuously acquire external knowledge from clients, assimilate and internalize the ne...

R&D/Returns Causality: Absorptive Capacity or Organizational IQ

Absorptive capacity is the principle that assimilating new knowledge requires prior knowledge. The attendant prescription is to invest more in R&D to derive greater benefit from the R&D of others (spillovers). Empirical tests of R&D productivity typically find absorptive capacity (R&D*rival R&D) to be significant. This result poses a puzzle however: What can a firm conducting 50% of industry R&...

Knowledge absorptive capacity: New insights for its conceptualization and measurement