Firm absorptive capacity: multidimensionality, drivers and contextual conditions

Absorptive Capacity and Contextual Factors that Influence Green IT Assimilation

The first wave of research in Green IT has often focused on organisational adoption. As Green IT matures in organisations it is important to look beyond adoption and to investigate the assimilation of Green IT. To this end we draw from and compare two theories – contextual theory and absorptive capacity – and investigate which of the two theories better explains the level of Green IT assimilati...

Absorptive Capacity: One Size Fits All? Firm-level Analysis of Absorptive Capacity for Different Kinds of Knowledge

Inter-Organizational Relationships and Firm Performance: Impact of Complementary Knowledge and Relative Absorptive Capacity

In this paper, we examine the phenomenon of dyadic inter-organizational relationships and develop a conceptual model to explain the influence of complementary knowledge and relative absorptive capacity on firm performance. Using theoretical perspectives emanating from the knowledge-based view of the firm and organizational learning, we suggest that performance outcomes in inter-organizational r...

Social Networks and Absorptive Capacity

The resource-based view of the firm regards knowledge as one of the most important organizational assets and a key strategic resource that contributes unique value to organizations. The acquisition, absorption and internalization of external knowledge are central to an organization’s innovative capabilities. This ability to evaluate, acquire and integrate new knowledge from its environment is r...

Impact of Institutional Pressures on Absorptive Capacity of a Firm and Web 2.0 Assimilation

We investigate a theoretical model that combines two streams of research in IT adoption. The first is the institutional theory perspective, which provides the institutional pressures that induce a firm to align itself with the members of the institution of which it is a part. The second is the learning perspective on organization, which has been used to study firm characteristics that promote t...