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Absorptive capacity and innovative enterprise systems: a two-level framework

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  • Abdelkader Daghfous

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The literature on innovation and technological change frequently reminds us that it is very difficult to improve a process that is not well understood. However, a review of past research indicates an implicit consensus that absorptive capacity is a generic organisation-level construct. This paper attempts to present a new conceptualisation of absorptive capacity, which divides absorptive capacity into two distinct levels. The first level represents the firm's general domain-neutral absorptive capacity that its employees/units possess. The second level represents the absorptive capacity in specific areas of knowledge such as customer relationship management, total quality management, knowledge management, including a more extensive discussion of supply chain management.

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  • Abdelkader Daghfous, 2007. "Absorptive capacity and innovative enterprise systems: a two-level framework," International Journal of Innovation and Learning, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 4(1), pages 60-73.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijilea:v:4:y:2007:i:1:p:60-73
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    1. Marina Dabic & Vojko Potocan & Zlatko Nedelko, 2017. "Personal values supporting enterprises’ innovations in the creative economy," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 8(4), pages 1241-1261, December.
    2. Vojko Potocan & Zlatko Nedelko & Matjaz Mulej & Marina Dabic, 2021. "How University’s Activities Support the Development of Students’ Entrepreneurial Abilities: Case of Slovenia and Croatia," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 12(1), pages 22-40, March.

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