The role of organizational and social capital in the firm’s absorptive capacity
Summary. This study examines how firms absorb and use new knowledge differently depending on their innovation goals. Researchers interviewed 23 people across three French industrial firms and found that companies pursuing incremental innovations rely more on social capital and informal networks, while those pursuing radical innovations depend more on formal organizational structures. The type of innovation a firm pursues fundamentally shapes how it acquires and processes external knowledge.
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Aribi, A., & Dupouët, O.. (2015). The role of organizational and social capital in the firm’s absorptive capacity. Journal of Knowledge Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/jkm-05-2015-0169
Aribi, Amal, and Olivier Dupouët. “The role of organizational and social capital in the firm’s absorptive capacity.” Journal of Knowledge Management, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1108/jkm-05-2015-0169.
Aribi, Amal, and Olivier Dupouët. 2015. “The role of organizational and social capital in the firm’s absorptive capacity.” Journal of Knowledge Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/jkm-05-2015-0169.
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author = {Amal Aribi and Olivier Dupouët},
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year = {2015},
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- DOI
- 10.1108/jkm-05-2015-0169
- Countries
- France
- Regions
- Europe
- Categories
- innovation-theory, innovation-networks, general-innovation
- Added
- 2026-04-28