Absorptive capacity confers an ability to recognize the value of new information, assimilate it and apply it to commercial ends. It is well believed that the stronger absorptive capacity means the greater competitive advantage. However, this perception of firms’ knowledge transferring seems to misunderstand real learning due to three characteristics of absorptive capacity: path dependence, rela...

We calculate a correction to the electromagnetic current induced by a heavy quark loop. The contribution of this correction to the vacuum polarization function appears at the O(αs) order of perturbation theory and has a qualitatively new feature – its absorptive part starts at zero energy in contrast to other contributions where the absorptive parts start at the two-particle threshold. Our resu...

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...

Exploring how organizational antecedents affect potential and realized absorptive capacity, this study identifies differing effects for both components of absorptive capacity. Results indicate that organizational mechanisms associated with coordination capabilities (cross-functional interfaces, participation in decision making, and job rotation) primarily enhance a unit’s potential absorptive c...

The colonic lumen is likely to contain oxidants derived from unabsorbed dietary materials including transition metals, rancid fat, drugs and bacterial metabolites. The present study looks at the effect of luminal exposure of different oxidants on colonic mucosal lipid peroxidation and absorptive function. All the oxidants tested induced fluid and electrolyte secretion and indomethacin, a prosta...

Paracellular permeability and absorptive water flux across the intestine of the euryhaline killifish were investigated using in vitro gut sac preparations from seawater- and freshwater-acclimated animals. The permeability of polyethylene glycol (PEG), a well-established paracellular probe, was measured using trace amounts of radiolabelled oligomers of three different molecular sizes (PEG-400, P...

1. A method of conservation has been demonstrated in the kidneys of winter frogs. 2. The mechanism of this conservation is an increase in the absorptive function and a decrease in the excretory activity of the tubular epithelium. 3. The excessive absorptive process may be depressed by various means. Such a depression in the tubular activity is followed by large increases in the rate of excretio...

In the rat, under constant illumination, the activities of the digestive enzyme sucrase and the absorptive transport system for glucose follow circadian rhythms on ad lib. and controlled feeding regimens. In response to controlled feeding, (1400-1800 h or 0200-0600 h, EST), both rhythms shift with time and the general level of activities are enhanced. Sucrase activity peaks before feeding and t...

Absorptive capacity is a firm’s ability to identify, assimilate, transform, and apply valuable external knowledge. It is considered an imperative for business success. Modern information technologies perform a critical role in the development and maintenance of a firm’s absorptive capacity. We provide an assessment of absorptive capacity in the information systems literature. IS scholars have u...

research on ambidexterity is burgeoning, yet understanding of the antecedents and consequences of both activities remains rather unclear. the purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of knowledge sharing on organizational ambidexterity (exploration and exploitation) as well as the mediating effect of mediating role of absorptive capacity. the research statistical population constitutes 9...