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Ebers, Mark ORCID: 0000-0003-2585-0813 and Maurer, Indre (2014). Connections count: How relational embeddedness and relational empowerment foster absorptive capacity. Res. Policy, 43 (2). S. 318 - 333. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. ISSN 1873-7625

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Abstract

While research has produced ample evidence showing that absorptive capacity affects innovation and organizational performance outcomes, we still know little about why some organizations possess greater absorptive capacity than others. This study extends previous research by showing how absorptive capacity emerges as an unintended consequence from organizational boundary spanners' external and internal relational embeddedness and their relational empowerment. Drawing upon survey data from 218 inter-organizational projects in the German engineering industry, we propose and find empirically that potential and realized absorptive capacity have partially distinct antecedents. Moreover, we show that the two components of absorptive capacity unfold not only separate but also complementary effects on innovation, implying that the whole of absorptive capacity is greater than its parts. In examining how different components of absorptive capacity emerge and unfold their effects, this study addresses critical limitations of the literature on absorptive capacity. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Ebers, Mark UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-2585-0813 UNSPECIFIED Maurer, Indre UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-445568
DOI:	10.1016/j.respol.2013.10.017
Journal or Publication Title:	Res. Policy
Volume:	43
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 318 - 333
Date:	2014
Publisher:	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Place of Publication:	AMSTERDAM
ISSN:	1873-7625
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences > Business Administration > Corporate Development > Professorship for Business Administration, Corporate Development and Organization
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGICAL-INNOVATION; SOCIAL-STRUCTURE; MEDIATING ROLE; WEAK TIES; PERFORMANCE; MODEL; FIRM Multiple languages Management Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/44556