In this paper, absorptive capacity e ects of human capital on innovation are introduced into the endogenous growth model. In order to empirically test their relevance, a spatial endogenous sample splitting estimator is proposed. With the help of the proposed model and estimation strategy, we are able to empirically demonstrate the relevance of absorptive capacity e ects on innovation controllin...

In spite of much research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) responses to secondary stakeholders (i.e., social movements, activists, media, civil society and non-governmental organizations), the debate on how companies learn from pressure and collaboration with these societal groups is still open. Building upon stakeholder and knowledge management theories, this paper analyzes how seconda...

An organization’s absorptive capacity is important for facilitating innovation that can lead to organizational performance. I examine the effects of absorptive capacity on open source software development group performance. Specifically, in addition to the commonly noted importance of OSS developers, the role of the Internet-based user community is introduced as fundamental in developing absorp...

Previous research has shown that the knowledge that is available to an organization is an important factor influencing the adoption of open source software (OSS). Hence, it is important that organizations develop their absorptive capacity in order to successfully adopt OSS. Absorptive capacity refers to the ability of an organization to acquire, assimilate, and exploit new knowledge. However, n...

The important relationship between knowledge and innovation is well established in the literature. However, little is known about how new ventures’ acquisition, assimilation, transformation, and exploitation of knowledge (i.e., their absorptive capacity) affects innovation. We examine the role of the individual components of absorptive capacity on innovation on a sample of new firms in the Swed...

The paper examines the impact of absorptive capacity on ERP adoption of the firm. The comprehensive framework of the relationships among absorptive capacity, trust, and knowledge acquisition is addressed and tested empirically. The results of the path analysis confirm that the proposed model is acceptable and seven out of its nine paths such as 1) between absorptive capacity and knowledge acqui...

A theoretical model to investigate factors influencing enterprise resource planning (ERP) system users’ performance in the post-implementation stage within organization is developed. The hypotheses were tested using survey data from companies that implemented ERP systems. Results from partial least squares (PLS) analyses suggest that organization climate, absorptive capacity, ease of use and sy...