Absorptive Capacity and Information Systems Research: Review, Synthesis, and Directions for Future Research1

Roberts, Galluch, Dinger, Grover · 2012 · MIS Quarterly

Summary. This paper reviews how absorptive capacity—a firm's ability to identify, assimilate, transform, and apply external knowledge—has been used in information systems research. The authors find inconsistent conceptualizations, measurement approaches, and applications across IS studies. They trace the construct's evolution in organizational literature, clarify its relationship to organizational learning, and provide a framework to help IS researchers apply absorptive capacity more effectively when studying information technology's organizational role.

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Roberts, Galluch, Dinger, & Grover. (2012). Absorptive Capacity and Information Systems Research: Review, Synthesis, and Directions for Future Research1. MIS Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.2307/41703470

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DOI: 10.2307/41703470
Countries: United States
Regions: North America
Categories: innovation-theory, innovation-networks, general-innovation
Added: 2026-04-28