Perceived Reasons to Hinder Absorptive Capacity Increase

Perceived reasons to hinder ACAP increase

9.6.2014

Dr. Tero Peltola1, Nataliia Samoilenko2 and prof. Nazmun Nahar2 1Department of Industrial Management | Tampere University of Technology2Department of Computer Science and Information Systems | University of Jyväskylä

Outline

• Motivation• Methods• Most interesting results• Main conclusions

10.04.2023Tero Peltola / CITER

MOTIVATION


Absorptive capacity

• Based on seminal works of Cohen&Levinthal (1989,1990) high ACAP indicates succesful new product development

• According to Zahra&George (2002) ACAP has dimensions of acquisition, assimilation, transformation, exploitation


METHODS


Qualitative approach

• 4 case organizations | 41 interviews


MOST INTERESTING RESULTS



Lack of trustLack of individual benefitsInsufficient user interfaceLack of commitmentOverlapping functionalities of some tools

MAIN CONCLUSIONS



Commonly known practices for improving ACAP are recognized but neglected

Study suggests that focusing on those key reasons should help organizations to increase ACAP

Handful of key reasons can be identified

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Perceived Reasons to Hinder Absorptive Capacity Increase