Validation of an instrument to measure absorptive capacity

Technovation

Volumn 31, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 190-202

  Jiménez Barrionuevo, María Magdalena ^a   García Morales, Víctor J ^a   Molina, Luis Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessment instrument; Potential and realized absorptive capacity; Resource based view

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS; CHANGING ENVIRONMENT; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS; POTENTIAL AND REALIZED ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; TWO-DIMENSION;

COMPETITION;

INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 79953328729     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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