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Organizational Culture and Absorptive Capacity

The Meaning for SMEs

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Authors:
  1. Dorothée Zerwas

    1. Fachbereich Informatik, Institut für Management, Universität Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz-Landau, Germany

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  • Publication in the field of economic science
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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXIII
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  2. The Impact, Meaning and Challenges of Knowledge Absorption

    • Dorothée Zerwas
    Pages 1-25

  3. The Conceptual Principles

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    Pages 26-53

  4. A Model of External Knowledge Absorption

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    Pages 54-137

  5. An Empirical Analysis of the Research Models

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    Pages 139-217

  6. Summary, Conclusion and Outlook

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    Pages 219-245

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 247-279
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About this book

Firms are increasingly collaborating with outside partners to access external knowledge that will enable them to successfully innovate and remain competitive in the marketplace. To apply external knowledge, they must have a distinctive capacity to absorb knowledge. One of the main influencing factors for absorptive capacity is a knowledge-friendly organizational culture, because the knowledge absorbing behavior of individuals can be better coordinated through implicit values and norms than through structural coordination instruments. When focusing on an organization’s overall behavior, it is important to investigate in detail how a knowledge-friendly organizational culture influences absorptive capacity. Therefore, the author analysis the relationship between organizational culture and absorptive capacity and shows how a knowledge-friendly organizational culture should be designed to support the absorption of external knowledge in SMEs.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Fachbereich Informatik, Institut für Management, Universität Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz-Landau, Germany

    Dorothée Zerwas

About the author

Dorothée Zerwas is a post-doctoral researcher and lecturer at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Computer Science Faculty, Institute for Management.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Organizational Culture and Absorptive Capacity

  • Book Subtitle: The Meaning for SMEs

  • Authors: Dorothée Zerwas

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-05552-3

  • Publisher: Springer Gabler Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-05551-6Published: 16 April 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-05552-3Published: 02 April 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 279

  • Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Organization, Innovation/Technology Management, Business Strategy/Leadership

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