How Individuals Engage in the Absorption of New External Knowledge: A Process Model of Absorptive Capacity

David Sjödin, Johan Frishammar, Sara Thorgren · 2018 · Journal of Product Innovation Management

Summary. This paper presents a process model showing how individuals absorb external knowledge through three stages: recognizing value by assessing motivation and feasibility, corroborating value through legitimacy and shared understanding, and championing integration by securing resources. The model reveals that individual engagement determines whether knowledge gets exploited, terminated, or stalls. The findings highlight individuals' critical role in converting potential absorptive capacity into realized organizational learning.

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  title   = {How Individuals Engage in the Absorption of New External Knowledge: A Process Model of Absorptive Capacity},
  author  = {David Sjödin and Johan Frishammar and Sara Thorgren},
  journal = {Journal of Product Innovation Management},
  year    = {2018},
  doi     = {10.1111/jpim.12482},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12482}
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DOI

10.1111/jpim.12482

Countries

Sweden

Regions

Europe

Categories

innovation-theory, innovation-networks, general-innovation

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2026-04-28