Internal capabilities and external knowledge sources: complements or substitutes for innovative performance?
Internal capabilities and external knowledge sources: complements or substitutes for innovative performance?
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DOI：
10.1016/s0166-4972(02)00051-2
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发表时间：
2004-01-01
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12.5
通讯作者：
Tsakanikas, A
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作者：
Caloghirou, Y;Kastelli, I;Tsakanikas, A
本文试图研究企业现有的内部能力及其与外部知识源的相互作用在多大程度上影响其创新水平。这些能力的一部分源于企业内部长期的投资和知识积累过程，并形成了所谓的企业“吸收能力”（Cohen & Levinthal, Admin, Sci Q., 35 (1990) 128）。然而，还有其他一些努力增强了吸收能力的“原始”定义，这些努力与企业与其环境互动的方式有关。在希腊、意大利、丹麦、英国、法国、德国和荷兰等七个欧洲国家进行的广泛调查的实证数据为研究知识创造和知识转移的具体机制的相对有效性提供了证据。结果表明，内部能力和知识共享的开放性对于提升创新绩效都很重要。 (C) 2002 Elsevier Ltd. 保留所有权利。
This paper attempts to investigate the extent to which the existing internal capabilities of firms and their interaction with external sources of knowledge affect their level of innovativeness. Part of these capabilities result from a prolonged process of investment and knowledge accumulation within firms and form what has been addressed as the "absorptive capacity" of firms (Cohen & Levinthal, Admin, Sci Q., 35 (1990) 128). There are however other efforts that enhance the "original" definition of absorptive capacity and these relate to the way firms interact with their environment. Empirical data from an extensive survey that was carried out in seven European countries, namely Greece, Italy, Denmark, UK, France, Germany and the Netherlands, provides evidence for studying the relative effectiveness of specific mechanisms of knowledge creation and knowledge transfer. The results show that both internal capabilities and openness towards knowledge sharing are important for upgrading innovative performance. (C) 2002 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.