Absorptive Capacity and the Identification of Opportunities in New Technology-Based Firms
Absorptive Capacity and the Identification of Opportunities in New Technology-Based Firms
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DOI：
10.1016/j.technovation.2017.06.001
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发表时间：
2017-06
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12.5
通讯作者：
Rögnvaldur J. Saemundsson;M. Candi
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作者：
Rögnvaldur J. Saemundsson;M. Candi
这项工作的目的是调查新企业中知识和机会之间的关系。更具体地说，这项工作提出并实证检验了潜在的吸收能力如何与识别新技术公司(NTBF)的机会有关。考虑到非关税壁垒的独特性质，我们将潜在的吸收能力分为问题吸收能力和解决方案吸收能力，前者是指识别和获取当前和潜在客户的目标、愿望和需求的知识的能力，后者是指识别和获取解决方案的外部知识以实现这些目标的能力。我们提出了三个假设，这三个假设预测问题吸收能力和解决方案吸收能力都将与识别非技术边界条件下的机会呈正相关，并且它们将相互促进。研究结果支持了区分潜在吸收能力这两个拟议层面的重要性，并阐明了它们在确定机会方面的有效性和相互作用。
The purpose of this work is to investigate relationships between knowledge and opportunities in new ventures. More specifically, this work proposes and empirically tests how potential absorptive capacity is related with the identification of opportunities in new technology-based firms (NTBFs). To take into account the unique nature of NTBFs we divide potential absorptive capacity intoproblem absorptive capacity, i.e. the ability to identify and acquire knowledge of the goals, aspirations and needs of current and potential customers, andsolution absorptive capacity, i.e. the ability to identify and acquire external knowledge of solutions to fulfill them. We develop three hypotheses, which predict that both problem absorptive capacity and solution absorptive capacity will be positively related with the identification of opportunities in NTBFs and that they will reinforce each other. The findings support the importance of making a distinction between the two proposed dimensions of potential absorptive capacity and shed light on their effectiveness and interaction for the identification of opportunities.