Knowledge absorptive capacity: New insights for its conceptualization and measurement

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 707-715

  Camisón, César ^a   Forés, Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Dynamic competences; Knowledge management; Multi item measurement scales; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953028216     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2009.04.022     Document Type: Article

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