The availability of technology in the form social networks and tools for knowledge sources is one investments funded by higher education. However, can its increase absorptive learning capability, so students have innovation capability? This research designed surveying project-based courses that require innovative ideas. study's findings indicate network use affects capability but does not gener...

Absorptive capacity, defined as the organizational capability to identify, absorb and exploit knowledge, is one of the most discussed topics in the management literature. Yet, its complex nature makes it almost impossible to empirically test it. This paper develops SimAC, an agent-based simulation tool that enables studying and comparing different absorptive capacity strategies, their related f...

Construction has been described as a sector with weak levels of Absorptive Capacity. At a time when the performance of the UK construction sector, in terms of levels of exports and future financial sustainability, is being widely discussed by policy makers, are the actual levels of Absorptive Capacity a ‘real and present’ risk to future sector performance? High levels of Absorptive Capacity hav...

This paper empirically investigates the importance of technological catch-up in explaining productivity growth in a sample countries since the 1960s. New proxies for a country's absorptive capability – based on data for students studying abroad, telecommunications and publications – are used. Various regression models are estimated, with both GDP per worker growth and multifactor productivity g...

Sustainability of innovations reflects not only the economic aspect, but also the social and environmental concerns embedded on innovation, whilst dynamic capability indicates the sources of knowledge to achieve that sustainability. Hence, this paper places an emphasis on innovation as the means to add not only economic value, but also to the environment and society and also in capabilities tha...

An important source for a firm’s competitive advantage is its external knowledge-related relationships. Absorptive capability is a firm’s ability to recognize the value of new, external information, assimilate it, and apply it to commercial ends. It pertains to knowledge creation and utilization that enhances a firm’s ability to gain and sustain a competitive advantage. Four capabilities compos...

In this paper, we observe that developed countries are generally equipped with innovation capabilities and produce major chunk of the world’s knowledge and technology. The contribution of developing countries, on the other hand, is insignificant, and most of them far behind the global technological front. More specifically, we empirically observe that the developing world neither contributes su...