Expanding Capabilities in a Mature Manufacturing Firm: Absorptive Capacity and the TCS

Oswald Jones, Martin Craven · 2001 · International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship

Summary. A small UK manufacturing firm with 70 employees participated in a Teaching Company Scheme over two years, which improved its absorptive capacity—the ability to assimilate new knowledge and skills. The company introduced new organizational routines to codify tacit knowledge, resulting in a 25% increase in turnover. The study shows that structured knowledge-transfer programs help mature small firms expand their managerial capabilities.

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DOI

10.1177/0266242601193003

Countries

United Kingdom

Regions

Europe

Categories

entrepreneurship, innovation-networks, general-innovation

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