EXPLORING THE INDIVIDUAL: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DIMENSIONS OF ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (05) ◽  
pp. 2050077
Author(s):  
KATJA-MARIA PREXL ◽  
MARCO HUBERT ◽  
MIRJA HUBERT ◽  
ANTJE GONERA
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Corporate Innovation ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
The Individual ◽  
A Company ◽  
Knowledge Absorption ◽  
Innovation Processes ◽  
Organisational Level

Absorptive capacity (AC) describes new knowledge absorption and its use for innovation on an organisational level. In this paper, we explore the role of individual AC (IAC) for corporate innovation. We focus on the individual and relationships among the capability dimensions of existing AC models. A quantitative online survey allows us to empirically explore and underline the role of the individual in AC. Our findings contribute to and extend existing theories of AC, by confirming the multidimensionality of IAC, shed light on the view of transformation and exploitation as alternative paths and their effect on different innovation processes. Our research highlights the individual’s central role in innovation and introduces, explores and evaluates individual capacities to absorb new knowledge. This in consequence will influence processes and structures within a company with regard to innovation and human resource management.

scholarly journals The individual performance outcome behind e-commerce

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 439-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Tam ◽  
Ana Loureiro ◽  
Tiago Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Individual Performance ◽  
Information Systems Success ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Behavioural Factors ◽  
The Individual

Purpose While most e-commerce studies focus on the understanding of online customer behaviour, mainly adoption and purchase behaviours. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between e-commerce and individual performance. The authors test the role of systems, information and service quality in e-commerce use and user satisfaction. Trust may become an important aspect for a consumer’s decision making, based on this the authors identify the effect of the role of trust on e-commerce use, user satisfaction and its impact on individual performance. This research has theoretical and managerial implications, since the protagonism of e-commerce is increasing in both academia and industry. Design/methodology/approach The authors apply a research model that integrates information systems success dimensions and user behaviour in the form of trust. The empirical approach was based on an online survey questionnaire of 437 individuals from Portugal. Findings The results reveal that overall quality and overall trust are important to explain use and user satisfaction in the context of e-commerce, which further leads to individual performance. The findings indicate that a higher level of use and user satisfaction increase individual performance. Originality/value The authors integrate information systems success dimensions and overall trust to understand the significance of e-commerce individual performance. The authors expect the results to enrich the understanding of the importance of considering both technological and behavioural factors to increase the success of e-commerce.

Building New Knowledge and the Role of Synthesis in Innovation

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bill Burnett
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Big Picture ◽  
A Company

We innovate to create competitive advantage. Competitive advantage is found in new knowledge, which solves the buyer's problem. Humans create new knowledge in three ways: through Discovery - stumbling upon something that solves a problem; through Experimentation - trying different approaches to a problem until the solution is found; and through Synthesis - combining existing knowledge to create new knowledge. Today, Synthesis is the most common way we solve problems. Everyone synthesizes, but some people are extraordinarily good at it. They see the big picture, and how all the pieces fit together. Their brains have the ability to reach great mental distances to find remote metaphors which presents knowledge that turns into great solutions. Mixing your experts with people who are novice super-synthesizers can create best in class solutions and give a company a sustainable competitive advantage.

THE ROLE OF ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY IN FACILITATING "OPEN INNOVATION" OUTCOMES: A STUDY OF AUSTRALIAN SMEs IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (02) ◽  
pp. 201-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
FANG HUANG ◽  
JOHN RICE
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Vital Importance ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Innovation Strategies ◽  
Innovation Approach ◽  
Knowledge Absorption ◽  
Innovation Outcomes

The open innovation approach emphasizes porous knowledge boundaries between firms and upstream suppliers, but tends to ignore questions of transformative efficiency and effectiveness once the knowledge reaches the focal organization. In this paper, we test for the significance of interaction effects between open innovation strategies and absorptive capacity, finding support for the idea that effective knowledge absorption capabilities are of vital importance in the facilitation of innovation effectiveness.

Content, Correlation, and Meaning of Categories ‘Legal Person’ and ‘Legal Personality’: General-Purpose Aspect

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 2156
Author(s):  
Vitalii V. VOLYNETS ◽  
Volodymyr A. SICHEVLIUK ◽  
Ilona V. KAMINSKA
Keyword(s):  
General Theory ◽  
General Purpose ◽  
Legal Person ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Legal Personality ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Theory Of Law ◽  
The Individual

At the present stage of its development, the general theory of law is aimed at achieving, as far as possible, a greater degree of practical use. Legal theorists seek to answer questions that are devoid of scholastic nature and derive from the practice of real legal relations. The performance of this task involves the movement of fundamental science, which is the general theory of state and law, on the path of ascending from the array of abstract reflections of legal reality, already formed by it, to obtaining its more specific theoretical reproductions. The purpose of this study is to present the correlation of categories such as ‘legal person’ and ‘legal personality’. The relevance of the study lies in the inability to gain new knowledge without the dialectical application of the framework of categories and concepts and methodology of the theory of law to the study of special (e.g., branch) and single (implemented at the individual level) legal phenomena in their relation to the general regularities of the functioning of the state and law. The research presents the content, correlation and meaning of these categories in the theory of law, and demonstrates their diversified use in Ukrainian legislation. The content of the category ‘subject of law’ covers those persons to whom the rights, duties and responsibilities, which are enshrined in the rules of objective law, are addressed. The category of ‘legal personality’ emphasizes the key role of objective law in constituting legal personality.  

scholarly journals By the Book or Out of the Box? Top Decision Maker Cognitive Style, Gender, and Firm Absorptive Capacity

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Pryor ◽  
Robert Hirth ◽  
Yanghua Jin
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Style ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Cognitive Styles ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Assimilation ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Innovative Cognitive Style

Despite scholars’ early emphasis on the role people play in fostering firms’ absorptive capacity (AC), research has not deeply explored the individual-level antecedents of this important capability. We draw on adaptive-innovative theory to explain how top decision makers’ cognitive styles can influence the degree to which their firms develop AC. Top decision makers who have high adaptive cognitive style prefer to adhere to existing norms, follow established procedures, and rely on current knowledge, and we argue that these attributes will strengthen those dimensions of AC based on firms’ existing knowledge and knowledge-assimilation abilities. Top decision makers who have high innovative cognitive style are more likely to reframe information, experiment with new problem-solving approaches, and take risks by violating norms, and we argue that these attributes may strengthen those dimensions of AC based on firms’ acquisition of new knowledge and the assimilation of knowledge throughout the firm. We also argue that gender differences may moderate these effects. Empirical results support our hypotheses.

Reducing skepticism about corporate social responsibility: roles of gender and agentic-communal orientations

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin P. Newman ◽  
Rebecca K. Trump
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Target Market ◽  
Content Type ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
A Company ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose Companies are increasingly emphasizing corporate social responsibility (CSR). However, consumers are often skeptical of the sincerity of companies’ CSR claims, particularly when the claim comes directly from the company. This paper aims to demonstrate how to reduce consumer CSR skepticism by examining the role of a company spokesperson’s gender and gender-related characteristics. Design/methodology/approach Two between-subjects experiments with a combined total of 329 participants examined how consumers’ levels of CSR skepticism are affected depending on the gender of the consumer and the gender and gender-related characteristics of the company’s CSR spokesperson. Findings Study 1 finds that a female (vs male) spokesperson generally elicits less CSR skepticism. However, Study 2 expands on this to demonstrate that consumers are less skeptical of a company’s CSR efforts when they are promoted by a spokesperson who exhibits gender-related characteristics that match, or are typically associated with, the individual consumer’s gender. Practical implications Brands often face difficulties in successfully promoting their own CSR efforts to skeptical consumers. These findings should guide companies and their brands in choosing ideal spokespeople for making effective, sincere CSR claims, depending on the target market. Originality/value This research is the first to identify the important role of gender in consumers’ perceptions of CSR sincerity. Thus, it provides practically-oriented strategies that may mitigate a growing consumer CSR skepticism that exists in today’s marketplace.

WHAT’S GOING ON IN ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY STUDIES? RESEARCH FRONTS ON ORGANISATIONAL KNOWLEDGE ABSORPTION

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150056
Author(s):  
MARCIO AUGUSTO LASSANCE CUNHA FILHO ◽  
CRISTIANE DREBES PEDRON ◽  
ROBERTO LIMA RUAS
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Absorption Capacity ◽  
Organisational Learning ◽  
Research Front ◽  
Relevant Research ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Research Fronts ◽  
Knowledge Absorption

Absorptive capacity (ACAP) is one of the most active themes in knowledge management literature. The topic is extensively mentioned in several relevant research fields, including innovation, organisational learning and strategic management. In this study, we employed bibliographic coupling to analyse the extant academic literature published in order to detect research fronts on the theme. Our sample includes 2,072 papers published in the last four years, which is in line with our basic intent to investigate the latest academic research. Papers included in the core research front highlight the role of ACAP as an organisational ability to assess new valuable knowledge, aiding the development of organisational capabilities. The role of knowledge absorption capacity in alliance networks, open innovation processes, intra-organisational learning, as well as exploratory and exploitative initiatives are the other relevant research fronts identified. We suggest the proposed implications of the analysis as material for further research on the theme.

scholarly journals The role of employers in retaining older workers

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Howe
Keyword(s):  
Older Workers ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Older Worker ◽  
Creative Solutions ◽  
Employer Engagement ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Working Day ◽  
The Individual

Background: Previous research into the retirement experience tends to focus on the individual experience. This study looks at the role of work and retirement on subjective wellbeing and how corporations must change to engage workers for longer if they themselves are to remain sustainable.Objectives: The objective of the study was to ascertain the need for creative solutions for older employer engagement.Method: Using mixed methods Internet-based research methodology, 317 people were recruited with an online survey. Thematic content analysis was utilised to explore trends that emerged from the qualitative analysis.Findings: The principle finding was that, employers need to rethink how they engage the older worker to ensure that their workforce remains stable.Discussion: Low levels of life satisfaction were linked with being dissatisfied at work. Being at work also decreased the likelihood of social interaction. In contrast retirement offered freedom from the constraints of work. Employers need to adopt suggested solutions around flexibility, offering choices and a differentiation of the meaning of the “working day” to this cohort if they are to be successful in retaining older workers in employment.Conclusion: The results are significant because governments, both local and federal, are encouraging an ageing workforce to remain in work longer. However employers need to consider how they can create greater autonomy for older people in the workplace to encourage them to want to work longer.

scholarly journals Transnational Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Absorptive Capacity Theory of Knowledge Spillover Entrepreneurship Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-139
Author(s):  
Jonathan Marks ◽  
Samuel Dawa ◽  
Shungu Kanyemba
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Prior Knowledge ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Home Country ◽  
Knowledge Spillover ◽  
Theory Of Knowledge ◽  
Capacity Theory ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Transnational Entrepreneurship

The study seeks to explain how migrants’ access, understand and recognise the value of new knowledge in enhancing transnational entrepreneurship. This is important as it provides insights into how knowledge is accessed and employed in different contexts to recognise entrepreneurial opportunities. Using the absorptive capacity theory of knowledge spillover entrepreneurship, this study contributes to previous research which has focussed on the scope and boundaries of this phenomenon at a firm or institutional level, but not at the level of the transnational entrepreneur (TE). Furthermore, this study contributes by examining the role of human capital and the prior knowledge and experience that migrants use and acquire in transnational entrepreneurship. A qualitative approach based on phenomenology was adopted in this research. A purposive sample of four TEs living in South Africa and running businesses in Zimbabwe were investigated. The results show that the possession of requisite human capital along with concern for the home country facilitates the acquisition of new knowledge. This new knowledge, when integrated with prior knowledge and cultural compatibility between home and host countries, influences the immigrant’s intention to form new ventures and return to the home country. This study explains the role of human capital and the mechanisms that are implemented in acquiring knowledge resources and their subsequent transformation into a business entity.

The Microfoundations of Corporate Entrepreneurship as an Organizational Capability

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 279-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlo Salvato ◽  
Salvatore Sciascia ◽  
Fernando G. Alberti
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Corporate Entrepreneurship ◽  
Opportunity Recognition ◽  
Organizational Capability ◽  
Internal Constraints ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The Individual

The authors propose a conceptualization of corporate entrepreneurship as an organizational capability that allows firms to overcome internal constraints systematically so that they can reinvent themselves through novel business initiatives. The paper adopts the knowledge-based concept of absorptive capacity to identify the microfoundations of a firm's corporate entrepreneurship capability for opportunity recognition and exploitation. It advances a model that combines the individual-level role of entrepreneurial managers with firm-level efforts to strengthen entrepreneurial processes over time.

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