Relative absorptive capacity and interorganizational learning Export

@article{citeulike:3078065, abstract = {Much of the prior research on interorganizational learning has focused on the role of absorptive capacity, a firm's ability to value, assimilate, and utilize new external knowledge. However, this definition of the construct suggests that a firm has an equal capacity to learn from all other organizations. We reconceptualize the firm-level construct absorptive capacity as a learning dyad-level construct, relative absorptive capacity. One firm's ability to learn from another firm is argued to depend on the similarity of both firms' (1) knowledge bases, (2) organizational structures and compensation policies, and (3) dominant logics. We then test the model using a sample of pharmaceutical-biotechnology R\&D alliances. As predicted, the similarity of the partners' basic knowledge, lower management formalization, research centralization, compensation practices, and research communities were positively related to interorganizational learning. The relative absorptive capacity measures are also shown to have greater explanatory power than the established measure of absorptive capacity, R\&D spending. {\copyright} 1998 John Wiley \& Sons, Ltd.}, address = {School of Business, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A.; School of Business Administration, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, U.S.A.; Groupe ESC, Lyon, France}, author = {Lane, Peter J. and Lubatkin, Michael}, citeulike-article-id = {3078065}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199805)19:5%3C461::AID-SMJ953%3E3.0.CO;2-L}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/2194/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199805)19:5%3C461::AID-SMJ953%3E3.0.CO;2-L}, journal = {Strategic Management Journal}, keywords = {absorptive, capacity, interorganizational, learning, relative}, number = {5}, pages = {461--477}, posted-at = {2009-04-24 09:54:19}, priority = {3}, title = {Relative absorptive capacity and interorganizational learning}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199805)19:5%3C461::AID-SMJ953%3E3.0.CO;2-L}, volume = {19}, year = {1998} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3078065 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3078065 N2 - Much of the prior research on interorganizational learning has focused on the role of absorptive capacity, a firm's ability to value, assimilate, and utilize new external knowledge. However, this definition of the construct suggests that a firm has an equal capacity to learn from all other organizations. We reconceptualize the firm-level construct absorptive capacity as a learning dyad-level construct, relative absorptive capacity. One firm's ability to learn from another firm is argued to depend on the similarity of both firms' (1) knowledge bases, (2) organizational structures and compensation policies, and (3) dominant logics. We then test the model using a sample of pharmaceutical-biotechnology R&D alliances. As predicted, the similarity of the partners' basic knowledge, lower management formalization, research centralization, compensation practices, and research communities were positively related to interorganizational learning. The relative absorptive capacity measures are also shown to have greater explanatory power than the established measure of absorptive capacity, R&D spending. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. IS - 5 JF - Strategic Management Journal AD - School of Business, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A.; School of Business Administration, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, U.S.A.; Groupe ESC, Lyon, France EP - 477 TI - Relative absorptive capacity and interorganizational learning VL - 19 SP - 461 KW - absorptive KW - capacity KW - interorganizational KW - learning KW - relative AU - Lane, Peter AU - Lubatkin, Michael PY - 1998/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199805)19:5%3C461::AID-SMJ953%3E3.0.CO;2-L ER -