Enabling and Enhancing Potential Absorptive Capacity through the Use of Ict
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An important dynamic capability for firms is their absorptive capacity. Information and communication technologies (ICT) and Knowledge Management Systems (KMS) can enable and enhance a firm’s absorptive capacity. Absorptive capability is a dynamic capability pertaining to knowledge creation and utilization that enhances a firm’s ability to gain and sustain a competitive advantage. Four capabilities compose a firm’s absorptive capacity: acquisition, assimilation, transformation, and exploitation. Potential absorptive capacity comprises acquisition and assimilation and makes a firm receptive to acquiring and assimilating external information and knowledge. We present and discuss how potential absorptive capacity can be enabled and enhanced through the use of ICT and KMS.
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