This study aims to better understand how a firm’s resources can be used to improve performance of supply chain. Extending prior research on the resources-based view, this study develops an integrated model, which delineates the relationship among three IT-related resources, absorptive capacity, and supply chain (SC) process performance. Through a field survey of 205 managers from Taiwan’s firms...

Many writers have claimed that research and development (R&D) has two faces. In addition to the conventional role of stimulating innovation, R&D enhances technology transfer (absorptive capacity). We explore this idea empirically using a panel of industries across twelve OECD countries. We find R&D to be statistically and economically important in both technological catch-up and innovation. Hum...

Based on a case study of copper interconnect technology, I propose three kinds of absorptive capacity exist: disciplinary, domain-specific and encoded. Each depends upon distinct mechanisms and organizational tradeoffs. Absorbing disciplinary research requires a firm to actively contribute to the scientific community, while protecting its domain-specific knowledge. Absorbing domain-specific kno...

Knowledge is currently considered a major organizational asset as it enables the achievement of competitive advantage. Sharing knowledge can help an organization achieve better organizational performance through the implementation of new ideas, processes, products and/or services. This paper studies the relationship between knowledge sharing, composed of two processes (donation and collection )...

This study examines the relationship between firm absorptive capacity and organizational responsiveness in the context of growth-oriented small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). By measuring the different dimensions of absorptive capacity, external knowledge acquisition and intra-firm knowledge dissemination were found to be positively related to organizational responsiveness. In addition, t...

In this study, we theoretically identify three dimensions of expatriate competenciesability, motivation, and opportunity seeking—for knowledge transfer. Integrating the ability-motivation-opportunity framework and the absorptive capacity perspective, we propose that expatriate competencies in knowledge transfer influence a subsidiary's performance through the knowledge received by the subsidiar...

What are the influential factors determine SME’s performance in transition economy? From the resource-based view, researchers have explored the effects of social ties, absorptive capacity and entrepreneurial orientation on firm performance. This study adds to this literature by distinguishing the types of social ties based on the resources they supply, while prior studies generally focus on the...

This study looks at organizations’ perceptions of the importance of absorptive capacity attributes in the deployment of radio frequency identification (RFID) in a supply chain and their relationships with supply chain process integration and information technology infrastructure support. Data for this pilot research study was collected using a survey questionnaire administered online to members...

The rapid development of service outsourcing is a product of international industrial restructuring, promoting the structure optimization of service industrial. Since service outsourcing depends on knowledge highly, this paper explores the relationship between knowledge stock and knowledge absorptive capacity in knowledge management of service outsourcing enterprise, uses SPSS statistical softw...

A small-world network is a locally clustered network with short path lengths connecting different clusters. In this study, we explore contingent factors that affect the impact of small-world networks on firm performance, maintaining that benefits from such networks may depend on a firm’s absorptive capacity to recognize and assimilate external information and knowledge. Using a sample of U.S. v...