Antecedents and effects of individual absorptive capacity: a micro-foundational perspective on open innovation

摘要

Purpose - The paper aims to understand how individuals differ in individual absorptive capacity - their ability to recognize, assimilate, transform and exploit external knowledge. These individual absorptive capacities are a key knowledge management building block for an organization's open innovation practices. The study examines individual antecedents - human capital, social capital and cognition and innovation outcomes of individual absorptive capacity.