A THEMATIC ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY RESEARCH.

Peter J. Lane, Balaji R. Koka, Seemantini Pathak · 2002 · Academy of Management Proceedings

Summary. This paper reviews 189 absorptive capacity studies across major journals and conferences, identifying seven research themes: definitions, knowledge characteristics, knowledge transfer, organizational learning, innovation, corporate scope, and alliances. The authors find three critical problems: researchers no longer question the construct's original assumptions, the term has become a catch-all phrase for any knowledge acquisition, and few studies examine the actual organizational processes underlying absorptive capacity dimensions.

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Lane, P. J., Koka, B. R., & Pathak, S.. (2002). A THEMATIC ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY RESEARCH. Academy of Management Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.5465/apbpp.2002.7516527

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DOI: 10.5465/apbpp.2002.7516527
Categories: innovation-theory, innovation-networks, general-innovation
Added: 2026-04-28