Na Liu, Jiangning Wu and Zhaoguo Xuan Institute of Systems Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Abstract In the study, a conceptual model for knowledge transfer is proposed which focuses on the disseminative capacity, absorptive capacity, and benefits of actors including the knowledge sender and knowledge r...

An important dynamic capability for firms is their absorptive capacity. Information and communication technologies (ICT) and Knowledge Management Systems (KMS) can enable and enhance a firm’s absorptive capacity. Absorptive capability is a dynamic capability pertaining to knowledge creation and utilization that enhances a firm’s ability to gain and sustain a competitive advantage. Four capabili...

The paper empirically analyses the effect of R&D activities, human resource and knowledge management, and the organisation of knowledge sharing within a firm on the absorptive capacity of innovative firms. Using data from the German innovation survey we investigate how firms are able to exploit knowledge from external partners for successful innovation activities. We distinguish between three t...

Under the background of knowledge economy, business managers have gradually realized that improving innovation performance requires breaking organizational boundaries to obtain knowledge, technology and other resources from outside. As one important external subjects new product development (NPD), customers actively participate in NPD activities become an effective way acquire customer knowledg...

This study uses the concept of absorptive capacity to provide a framework for exploring benefit realization in the post-implementation phase of ERP systems. Success factors of ERP adoption such as: training, communication, process change, and integration extension are organized into two types of knowledge absorptive capacity: potential capacity and realization capacity. This study proposes that...

measuring the performance of a production system has been an important task in management for purposes of control, planning, etc. lord kelvin said :“when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind.” hence, manageme...