developed and developing nations, this study conducts the research on the integrated IJVs in Malaysia’s construction industry … negative effects on the performance of Malaysia-China construction joint venture (MCCJV) projects. Quantitative and qualitative …

Knowledge is the most important element of enterprise¡¯s core competitiveness. The individual and experienced knowledge … lies in the minds of workers, this knowledge played a key role in proving efficiency and effectiveness. So, promoting the … knowledge sharing is the focus of knowledge management. However, only based on the technology and the leader's command did not …

The issue of the cooperation of private industrial firms with universities and the relevant transfer of knowledge is … of the evolution of barriers and facilitators of collaboration over time. The case indicates a fluid pattern of knowledge … generation, transmission and absorption, which is then compared to (and contrasted with) the findings of the existing literature. …

knowledge flows in determining innovation adoption rates is conceptually examined. A promising new approach is developed. Open … innovation system theory is extended, by reviewing the role of three frameworks: (1) knowledge intermediaries, (2) absorptive … innovation. Practical Implications: The framework will help to reveal gaps in knowledge flows that impede the uptake of …

performance in the construction industry are investigated. The aim is to identify mechanisms that influence green innovation and …Applying the model of absorptive capacity (ACAP), antecedents, predictors and moderators for green innovation and … environmental performance in a construction company. Data come from a questionnaire survey assessing environmental attitudes …

This research reunites some fundamental aspects for firms’ competitiveness: innovation, territory and absorptive … capacity. The objective of this research consists of studying how the absorptive capacity influences the innovation process …, centering on the context of an industrial district, where the innovation process is affected by specific access, assimilation …

In this paper we analyze how firms’ knowledge absorption capacity – given the knowledge environment – affects the … exploiting their absorptive capacity. The model suggests that the higher the knowledge absorption in firms, the higher the … theoretical arguments which imply that firms can influence the usefulness of their knowledge environment by establishing formal …

speed of accumulation of the acquired scientific knowledge regarding absorptive capacity. To contribute to narrowing this …

. External knowledge acquisition as well as internal knowledge building proved to be relevant, although the balance changed over … time. While initially acquisition and assimilation of external knowledge (potential absorptive capacity) were essential to … improve the existing coal cleaning processes, internal knowledge building was needed to come to real improvements in coal …