From Sensing Shape to Shaping Sense: A Dynamic Model of Absorptive Capacity and Selective Revealing
Publication Type
Conference Proceeding Article
Publication Date
1-2011
Abstract
The concept of absorptive capacity is mainly agnostic to the iterative nature of knowledge production processes. We extend it to a dynamic model, in which firms can influence future spillovers they receive by selectively revealing knowledge today. We derive two strategies, signaling and steering, allowing firms to exhibit managerial agency to increase structural and content compatibility of external knowledge. We explicate potential goals, highlight boundary conditions, and discuss implications for innovation strategy and organization theory.
Keywords
Absorptive capacity, Knowledge, Selective revealing, knowledge production, innovation strategy
Discipline
Strategic Management Policy | Technology and Innovation
Research Areas
Strategy and Organisation
Publication
Academy of Management Proceedings 2011
First Page
1
Last Page
6
Identifier
10.5465/AMBPP.2011.65869638
Publisher
Academy of Management
City or Country
Briarcliff Manor, NY
Citation
ALEXY, Oliver; GEORGE, Gerard; and SALTER, Ammon.
From Sensing Shape to Shaping Sense: A Dynamic Model of Absorptive Capacity and Selective Revealing. (2011). Academy of Management Proceedings 2011. 1-6.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4915
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2011.65869638