Microfoundations of Internal and External Absorptive Capacity Routines
Summary. Organizations develop absorptive capacity—the ability to learn from and apply new knowledge—through specific internal and external routines. This paper identifies how firms balance creating knowledge internally with acquiring and assimilating external knowledge. The authors argue that successful early adopters of innovations implement complementary configurations of these routines, while most firms remain imitators because they fail to develop the right combination of organizational practices.
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Lewin, A. Y., Massini, S., & Peeters, C.. (2010). Microfoundations of Internal and External Absorptive Capacity Routines. Organization Science. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1100.0525
Lewin, Arie Y., et al. “Microfoundations of Internal and External Absorptive Capacity Routines.” Organization Science, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1100.0525.
Lewin, Arie Y., Silvia Massini, and Carine Peeters. 2010. “Microfoundations of Internal and External Absorptive Capacity Routines.” Organization Science. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1100.0525.
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title = {Microfoundations of Internal and External Absorptive Capacity Routines},
author = {Arie Y. Lewin and Silvia Massini and Carine Peeters},
journal = {Organization Science},
year = {2010},
doi = {10.1287/orsc.1100.0525},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1100.0525}
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TY - JOUR TI - Microfoundations of Internal and External Absorptive Capacity Routines AU - Arie Y. Lewin AU - Silvia Massini AU - Carine Peeters JO - Organization Science PY - 2010 DO - 10.1287/orsc.1100.0525 UR - https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1100.0525 ER -
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- DOI
- 10.1287/orsc.1100.0525
- Countries
- United States, United Kingdom, Belgium
- Regions
- North America, Europe
- Categories
- innovation-theory, innovation-networks, general-innovation
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- 2026-04-28