Building on previous research, this study develops a research simulation model for the main factors affecting business innovation performance. It links the properties of knowledge obtained from outside network, firm’s absorptive capacity and the features of a firm’s knowledge network topology to predict innovation performance. We use VB.NET 2005 programming languages to develop simulations to c...

The ability to accumulate new knowledge constitutes a driving force in the development and growth of young firms. Through interorganizational relationships firms can get access to external knowledge and combine it with existing knowledge. In this paper we focus on the relationship between the Venture Capital firm and its Portfolio Companies. Our premise is that the more absorptive capacity both...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the influence of four mechanisms of knowledge transfer (training, technical visits, expatriation, and standard operating procedures) on the different dimensions (potential and realized) of absorptive capacity in international technical cooperation. METHODS We examine the case of implementation of the Sociedade Moçambicana de Medicamentos. Data have been collected using se...

Interest in business ecosystems has grown exponentially over the last decade. This article focuses on operational benefits of by investigating how embeddedness influences supply chain competence. Specifically, it considers mediating effect external knowledge capacities (i.e. absorptive, desorptive and connective capacity). Data from 271 European firms was collected to test paper’s hypotheses us...

We present the development and validity field testing of two new measures: Absorptive Capacity and Experienced Community of Practice. We propose the Knowledge Transfer Ecosystem (KTE) as a model for organizing the different facets of knowledge transfer. We used a holdout sample of 1,980 engineers from a larger study in a Fortune 500 technology company to develop and test a 9-item scale of Absor...

Researchers and practitioners regard information technology (IT) as a competitive tool. However, current knowledge on IT capability mechanisms that affect firm performance remains unclear. Based on the dynamic capabilities perspective and the view of a hierarchy of capabilities, this article proposes a model to examine how IT capabilities (i.e., flexible IT infrastructure and IT assimilation) a...

This chapter focuses on the gap between the speed of proliferation of theoretical and empirical contributions and the speed of accumulation of the acquired scientific knowledge regarding absorptive capacity. To contribute to narrowing this gap, we will in particular review the conceptual developments of the absorptive capacity construct. Based on the seminal contributions of Cohen & Levinthal (...