Many transcription factors are involved in the molecular control of intestinal epithelial cell differentiation. We report in this study that the transcription factor Cdx2 functions to define absorptive enterocytes during intestinal epithelial differentiation. Cdx2 is expressed in the villi of the normal small intestine. Intestinal metaplasia, which expresses Cdx2, occurs as a pathological condi...

In the modern IT industrial cluster environment, IT cluster companies increasingly depend on external sources of information to promote innovation and improve their performance. In doing so, IT cluster companies should first enhance their absorptive capacities to increase their abilities to evaluate, assimilate, and apply external knowledge to their industries. Absorptive capacity is what enabl...

A gastric [U-14C]glucose load (4.8 mg/g body wt.) was delivered to unrestrained post-absorptive or 30 h-starved rats bearing peripheral and portal vein catheters and continuously perfused with [3-3H]glucose, in order to compare their metabolic and hormonal responses. In the basal state, portal and peripheral glycaemia were less in starved rats than in rats in the post-absorptive period (P less ...

Title of Dissertation: ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE PROJECT PERFORMANCE Sherae Lee Daniel, Doctor of Philosophy 2007 Dissertation directed by: Ritu Agarwal Decision and Information Technologies Katherine Stewart Decision and Information Technologies The open source phenomenon is an exciting movement that is transforming traditional forms of software development. Some open source...

In the context of increased pharmaceutical innovation deficits and Big Pharma blockbusters' patent expirations, this paper examines the moderating role of firms' absorptive capacity in external innovation activities of Big Pharma firms. The study indicates a rising interest of Big Pharma in acquisitions of and alliances with biotechnology companies. Unfortunately, this increased interest is not...

Theories of absorptive capacity propose that knowledge gained from prior experience facilitates the identification, selection, and implementation of related profitable practices. Researchers have investigated how managers may develop absorptive capacity by building internal knowledge stocks, but few have focused on the distribution of this knowledge within the firm and the role managers play in...

1 An Empirical Examination of the Relationship between Organization’s Learning Culture and Performance Measurement System in Malaysia *Tze San Ong, Boon Heng Teh Department of Accounting and Finance, Faculty of Economics and Management, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Malaysia, Faculty of Management, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia. *[email protected] Abstr...

This paper attempts to theoretically understand the process of catching-up or falling behind particularly within the context of developing countries. The main aim of the paper consists in investigating the impact of domestic innovation, via its interaction with the learning capability, on the technology gap of an economy. More specifically, we seek to shed some light on why the tendency for poo...

This paper analyses the influence of two variables related with industrial structure (technological opportunity and knowledge spillovers) and one management variable (absorptive capacity) on the innovative efforts developed by firms. These relationships are investigated in a total of 406 Spanish manufacturing companies with an established degree of innovative activity. In addition the nature of...