This paper advances the understanding of absorptive capacity by disentangling its four distinct sub-dimensions. Most of the studies in extant literature have treated absorptive capacity as unidimensional concept and as a firm-level construct without paying due attention to its organizational...

Explores the theory of firm knowledge and how firms create new knowledge. Knowledge is considered to be in one of two categories: information or know-how. Firms exist, it is argued, because they are better than markets at sharing and transfer of knowledge. Information, which is often...