Organizational Culture and Absorptive Capacity The Meaning for SMEs /

• Main Author: Zerwas, Dorothée (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer Gabler, 2014.
• Subjects: Business.; Leadership.; Organization.; Planning.; Management.; Industrial management.; Business and Management.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Business Strategy/Leadership.

Firms are increasingly collaborating with outside partners to access external knowledge that will enable them to successfully innovate and remain competitive in the marketplace. To apply external knowledge, they must have a distinctive capacity to absorb knowledge. One of the main influencing factor...

Table of Contents:

• The Impact, Meaning and Challenges of External Knowledge Absorption
• The Conceptual Principles of Absorptive Capacity and Organizational Culture
• A Model of External Knowledge Absorption
• Implications for a Knowledge-Friendly Culture.