An empiricalresearch on the componentsand structure of enterprise absorptive capacityfrom the perspective ofprocess

Abstract

Abstract: Open innovation, joint development and knowledge absorption havebecome the focus of innovative theory development and practice.Based on existingresearch, the concept of absorptive capacityis explored firstly, then the components and structure of absorptive capacity from the perspective of process is proposed, and finally an empirical research is conducted byquestionnaire survey and confirmatory factor analysis. The results showthat enterprise absorptive capacity from the perspective of process is a complex concept with third-order dimensions, that is, there exists a recursive relation between the first-order factors for describing the knowledge processing function and the second-order factors for describing the organizational learning process, and the three second-order factors can also be converged to a higher-level factor.

Key words: enterprise absorptive capacity, confirmatory factor analysis, innovation-oriented firms

CLC Number:

F272.3

Lin Chunpei, Zhang Zhengang. An empiricalresearch on the componentsand structure of enterprise absorptive capacityfrom the perspective ofprocess[J]. Science Research Management, 2014, 35(2): 25-34.

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